Pictures of mature colonies in aquariums?

[XRe]

My search skills are clearly lacking... So, to set the stage... I'm planning on setting up my first reef aquarium early next year, and I'm researching as much as I can between now and then. One of the things I'm having a tough time pinning down are what, exactly, all these frags and very small colonies I keep seeing are going to look like a couple/few years down the line as they mature (assuming I'm successful with them, obviously).

I look at TOTM pics, and pics of other great tanks here and on social media, etc, but they hardly come with a labeled diagram of what's what And I can't seem to find a post or set of posts with pics of identified mature colonies...

Am I dense (probably), or just haven't looked in the right place, or.... ???

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

Welcome

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

It would b best to see what corals interest you and what type of system u want to achieve. Then compare the frag w a colony via a coral identification and place it according to system design, aqua scape, lighting and flow.

 

[X-37B]

Take a look at my build thread on my 120. It goes from start to finish in 33 months. You can see frags grown to colonies.

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

Not even close totm material but this milka stylo and green monti were grown from frags. .

 

[XRe]

Not even close totm material but this milka stylo and green monti were grown from frags. .

Ah, thanks - all the green in the lower left? Is that all the same Monti colony? Monti cap’s plating behavior is relatively easy to spot, but I’ve not seen enough to know if it also forms what you’ve got there, or if that’s another Monti or even something else?