Sweet Reef Corals Eye Candy Thread

[Sweet Reef Corals]

Had the camera out today. Figured I'd show off a couple nice colonies....

This is an import that has really turned into a nice colony. It has some nice caramel undertones and yellow highlights that really make it attractive in my opninion. And it’s a very fast grower!

SR Carmel Latte`

Cornbreds OMG!
The blue growth tips on this colony are stunning! Also, the colors it presents while it's encrusting are nice and ever changing.

 

[SpSDrew]

Had the camera out today. Figured I'd show off a couple nice colonies....

This is an import that has really turned into a nice colony. It has some nice caramel undertones and yellow highlights that really make it attractive in my opninion. And it a very fast grower!

SR Carmel Latte`

Cornbreds OMG!
The blue growth tips on this colony are stunning! Also, the colors it presents while it's encrusting are nice and ever changing.

Looks great! I need to make a trip down and get some sticks off you!

 

[Sweet Reef Corals]

Looks great! I need to make a trip down and get some sticks off you!

Anytime my friend. Packed wall to wall right now and things are doing very well.

 

[Sweet Reef Corals]

Just took a peek at another mariculture I’ve been cooking for about 8 months and decided it needed some pic love. Starting to show some great coloration and shooting branches all over the place. It’s only sitting in about 225-250 par right now! Lots of potential!

 

[Sweet Reef Corals]

One of my favorites! You just can't beat the PE on this piece. And this is only about 1/2 way extended, first thing in the morning.
RRC MARVIN THE MARTIAN

TSA FRUITY PEBBLES

 

[386reeftrader]

Marvin super underrated imo. Such a cool piece

 

[Sweet Reef Corals]

Marvin super underrated imo. Such a cool piece

100% agree! Those blue tips and plump polyps are gorgeous

 

[Sweet Reef Corals]

Couple of pics for today....

Here is my WWC Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Looks pretty different than the post by @coral reeftank a while back. A good looking mille none the less

RMF Tigers Blood
I love the light blue highlights in this one. It's very unique

 

[Sweet Reef Corals]

Happy New Year all! I've been busy over the winter taking a ton of pics since I can't play golf, being in Ohio

I've been working hard dialing in the main system and things have really hit a stride lately. Great growth, best coloring I've ever had. I have been doing the Tropic Marin trace elements hybrid setup with my soda ash (alk) and calcium carbonate two part for the last year and I have to say it truly makes a difference. The only thing I've had an issue with is the potassium levels in the part C. I have gone from an average of about 380 up to 425 or more on recent ICP tests and some corals do not like it that high. So, I mix in a bit of the BRS two part magnesium into the Part C container so that I can dilute the potassium without interfering with the Magnesium levels. So far it seems to be working great. I'll be sending off a new ICP this week to confirm. I still do bi-weekly water changes but I am going to cut back on those now because the price of salt has gotten completely out of control.

The newest 8' system has still had problems with SPS but I think I have to problem figured out. I put test acros in on 1-1-26 and they are still looking great after 10 days. So if they're still holding their color and polyped out in 4 more days, that is a massive hurdle that I have finally overcome! Stay tuned for more update on that!

Some eye candy for the new year!!

TGC Red Wing

This is a wild I brought in about a year ago. It's really hitting a stride now
SR Thorns

JF Jolt
This is by far the best coloration I have ever achieved on a Jolt!

Ari's Avalanche
I think this is probably the most eye catching piece I have. Pictures just don't even begin to capture the stunning blues against the whites on this one. Definitely in our top 5 favorites! Can't wait til it gets grown out some more

 

[Perry]

Happy New Year all! I've been busy over the winter taking a ton of pics since I can't play golf, being in Ohio

I've been working hard dialing in the main system and things have really hit a stride lately. Great growth, best coloring I've ever had. I have been doing the Tropic Marin trace elements hybrid setup with my soda ash (alk) and calcium carbonate two part for the last year and I have to say it truly makes a difference. The only thing I've had an issue with is the potassium levels in the part C. I have gone from an average of about 380 up to 425 or more on recent ICP tests and some corals do not like it that high. So, I mix in a bit of the BRS two part magnesium into the Part C container so that I can dilute the potassium without interfering with the Magnesium levels. So far it seems to be working great. I'll be sending off a new ICP this week to confirm. I still do bi-weekly water changes but I am going to cut back on those now because the price of salt has gotten completely out of control.

The newest 8' system has still had problems with SPS but I think I have to problem figured out. I put test acros in on 1-1-26 and they are still looking great after 10 days. So if they're still holding their color and polyped out in 4 more days, that is a massive hurdle that I have finally overcome! Stay tuned for more update on that!

Some eye candy for the new year!!

TGC Red Wing

This is a wild I brought in about a year ago. It's really hitting a stride now
SR Thorns

JF Jolt
This is by far the best coloration I have ever achieved on a Jolt!

Ari's Avalanche
I think this is probably the most eye catching piece I have. Pictures just don't even begin to capture the stunning blues against the whites on this one. Definitely in our top 5 favorites! Can't wait til it gets grown out some more

Outstanding Jesse,
That Aris looks beautiful!

 

[Sweet Reef Corals]

Outstanding Jesse,
That Aris looks beautiful!

Thank you my friend! Couldn’t be happier with the progress I’m getting right now

 

[biecacka]

Looks like I need to come see you Jesse!

Corey

 

[Sweet Reef Corals]

Looks like I need to come see you Jesse!

Corey

I’ve been waitin my friend!

You’ll have to bring some clubs and check out the Mevo+ I really love that thing!

 

[Sweet Reef Corals]

CRT Delight
Growing fast and coloring up nicely. Just moved it to 350 PAR to try to spur those orange polyps some more

TCK Ultimate Tenuis
I can't believe how fast this thing grows!! It has great polyp extension as well

 

[hatfielj]

I have the TCK ultimate tenuis (I’m not sure if it’s that or the ultimate pink highlighter but it’s from TCK). Anyway, mine hasn't grown much at all, but it has really colored up phenomenally.
I’ve never had a coral color up this well in my tanks before.

 

[Sweet Reef Corals]

I have the TCK ultimate tenuis (I’m not sure if it’s that or the ultimate pink highlighter but it’s from TCK). Anyway, mine hasn't grown much at all, but it has really colored up phenomenally.
I’ve never had a coral color up this well in my tanks before.

Looking good! Those polyps look like they’re going to be super nice!

 

[Sweet Reef Corals]

Peng's Heart of the Ocean
Finally got a frag that will grow for me! Grabbed this one on 1-4-26 and it already has a nice little crust going. The blue/purple is SOOO intense! And the pic doesn't do it justice...

Disney jr - Backup colony
This chunky crust is finally shooting a branch after about a year of puddling out!

Tusi's Rainbow Granulosa
Simply stunning smoothie

 

[Sweet Reef Corals]

Had about enough of this already today and it’s supposed to continue snowing until 7pm! Blessing in disguise is that it’s not ice and knocking power out…

 

[Sweet Reef Corals]

Been down and out since Jan 30th. That day I had shoulder surgery to repair 3 rotator cuff tears and a 70% dissected bicep tendon. Its was a long time coming. Many years of wear and tear and then the bicep tear at the gym meant surgery sooner rather than later. What a brutal surgery this is. I read a lot about it but I still under estimated the agonizing pain that would follow the surgery. Especially that first week! I’ve been taking my time doing reef maintenance over this period and have halted shipping.

4.5 weeks in and most of the pain is easily tolerable unless I accidentally have a sudden jerky movement to disturb it.

7 arthroscopic surgery holes! The surgery to repair the bicep tendon is crazy. They literally drill a hole in your humerus and re-anchor the tendon to the hole with a screw!! Crazy!

Looking forward to getting back into the coral photography. I am upgrading my photography gear to make it a little easier to manipulate my heavy DSLR over the frag tank. Going to be using a heavy duty Manfroto tripod with a 10” external monitor for easy shooting and review. See you all soon!

 

[revhtree]

Been down and out since Jan 30th. That day I had shoulder surgery to repair 3 rotator cuff tears and a 70% dissected bicep tendon. Its was a long time coming. Many years of wear and tear and then the bicep tear at the gym meant surgery sooner rather than later. What a brutal surgery this is. I read a lot about it but I still under estimated the agonizing pain that would follow the surgery. Especially that first week! I’ve been taking my time doing reef maintenance over this period and have halted shipping.

4.5 weeks in and most of the pain is easily tolerable unless I accidentally have a sudden jerky movement to disturb it.

7 arthroscopic surgery holes! The surgery to repair the bicep tendon is crazy. They literally drill a hole in your humerus and re-anchor the tendon to the hole with a screw!! Crazy!

Looking forward to getting back into the coral photography. I am upgrading my photography gear to make it a little easier to manipulate my heavy DSLR over the frag tank. Going to be using a heavy duty Manfroto tripod with a 10” external monitor for easy shooting and review. See you all soon!

Shoot man I'm sorry and hope your recovery keeps up and hurries along! Those young folks out there take for granted the resiliency of young body! HA! They better take care of it now!