SPS - Eye Candy

[SteezySPS]

Coral cancer! never heard of it. hopefully its not contagious. it's skeletal?, growth. thanks for the input.

 

[Toombs]

Here are some of my colonies.

ORA Purple Poci

Unknown piece but like the shaggy look!

Unknown tabling acro, couldn't get the color, it's a sea foam green and dark blue polyps.

Another unknown acro.

Tri Color Validia

Another unknown acro, sky blue skin with dark brown polyps, one of my fav's.

And of course Red Planet!

 

[Sahin]

Haha not contagious. But here are two articles that mention "tumour like" growth and Acropora "Growth Anomaly":

Calicoblastic neoplasms in Acropora palma... [J Natl Cancer Inst. 1986] - PubMed - NCBI

And

PLoS ONE: Growth Anomalies on the Coral Genera Acropora and Porites Are Strongly Associated with Host Density and Human Population Size across the Indo-Pacific

Hope the links work.

Is the coral from a recent wild piece?

 

[Laird]

 

[Trevor40]

Laird, your acros are looking awesome!! The colors look great.

 

[Trevor40]

Tenius and Pink Lemonade

Tricolor Valida

I'm exited about this one.

 

[SPSkeeper]

Here are some of my colonies.

The weird thing about this guy is that its got the same corralite structure as a solitaryensis or verweyi but the polyps don't really match up. Beautiful piece though!

 

[SPSkeeper]

Here's a few of my pieces throughout the hobby, no longer have them but was fortunate enough to get the opportunity to see them flourish and watch them grow.

 

[SPSkeeper]

Here is another diamond in the rough, got him in like this -

Few months later under better lighting and better conditions than what he was under -

Still getting better as time goes by with much improvement -

End result, one happy colorful camper :)

Believe it or not all pics were taken with a samsung 10megapixel point and shoot under 175w 14k Ushio MH bulbs.

 

[Shauno]

just took me over an hour to get through the 116 pages of SPS Eye Candy. You all have some amazing corals and the variety is stunning! Here's one I would like to add:

top down:

 

[psionicdragon]

so beautiful!

 

[sportzfish]

Shauno's first pic of the pink with bright yellow tips looks like the Reeferscove poison envy.

 

[Shauno]

so beautiful!

Thanks!

Shauno's first pic of the pink with bright yellow tips looks like the Reeferscove poison envy.

Wow! That's the 1st coral that I have seen that looks similar. RC's envy coralites are different though...

My 2nd pic is a top down and the growth/branches are also different.

 

[WesF]

 

[Acropora Crazy]

WesF Those are some awesome pieces you have there! Very impressive!
Are these named corals or just wild or maricultured? I think one is the cali tort but I am not sure on the others. Great job!
Do you have a thread on your tank?

 

[WesF]

Thanks! Names are top to bottom.

Upscales Microlados
Tyree LE Soli
Cali Tort
Red Planet
Tyree LE Purple unknown

I do have a build thread on here somewhere, I'll dig it up.

Edit: here it is.

https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/large-aquariums-180g/42803-wesfs-wall-250g-downdraft.html

 

[Trevor40]

Wes, your microlados colony is beautiful!! I can't wait for my frag to grow out like your is.

 

[WesF]

Wes, your microlados colony is beautiful!! I can't wait for my frag to grow out like your is.

Thanks, it's definitely one of my favorites and does very well for me.

 

[DrewF]

Amazing

 

[btldreef]

that purple unknown looks awesome. can't wait for mine to grow out and look like that!