Turn your brown corals into GOLD! Unique Corals' latest contest is ON!!!

[c_healy]

Earthly tones look so lovely in a reef! Haha

 

[VB68]

I finally have a place to put pics of my two "ugly"corals. I got these in my first live sale about a year and half ago. Was so proud of my first sps frags. In the sale they weren't brown or I don't think I would have bought them. They both were single 1"sticks. But, have steadily grown and have crazy polyp extension.
I actually have thought about giving them to somebody just to see if they would color up for them. A few weeks ago, I asked another reefer in my local club if he thought the one on the left was bleeched. The big branch on the left side of the left frag was growning but white. He convinced me it might just be new growth. Well he was right, it is full of polyps now. I keep thinking of the ugly duckling story and hoping one day they will spring to color.

 

[zab34]

First up is my "nuclear green paly" half of the polyps were nice and green and they kind of just faded into the darkness of poo poo brown. Ended up donating them to someone setting up a classroom tank.

Next up is my brown cactus. It looked sort of purple in the store, so I picked it up cheap. Never really turned purple just a nice brown stag.

And my crown jewel is brown mushroom. This coral is so brown/grey you really can't decipher it from the rock it is on. If it did wave In the flow it may we well just be a bare rock. But good news it had baby. So now have two or these brown beuts.

 

[scchase]

Here is my submission a lovely brown Idaho Grape
I received my first piece around 12 years ago and have grown tons of it since giving it away to half the state. I was so happy when I first got it since it was something rare and unusual here in CO, everyone I give it to gets the nice pretty purple coloration out of it all I get is brown, it is invasive as all get out and since I have a hard time just killing it has come to fill in the back sides of my reef where I can't really see, too bad it has also encrusted several other areas in my tank and now has to be constantly chipped off for more room.

 

[Mole]

So, who wins the prettiest ugly award? :bigsmile:

 

[c_healy]

They're all strong contenders! Haha

 

[Bustyraker]

This is a great thread, we should all post again in a month or so to see if anything has recovered

 

[uniquecorals]

Soooo much brown goodness here! We're deliberating now and should have the winner chosen soon!

-Scott

 

[jonny]

Just remember my story! You laughed, you cried, it MOVED you! Lol

 

[PaulKreider]

Last minute entry! But shes worth it
In my old town we had a LFS that was known for just not being able to keep corals, you could go in one week and the new shipment would look "alright" and then the next week they were completely browned or on their way out. So Id often go in a few days after shipments to see if I could score any nice pieces on their way out or sorts. One day I came across this maricultured acro, was horribly brown but I figured for $15 I couldn't go wrong if it colored up.

Came with a couple pests but Got that sorted out with a few dips, After about 4 months its still brownish getting blue tips though. Figured it was worth a shot to enter!

 

[TrialandError]

Hope I'm not to late to enter. This poor thing puffs up pretty but man is it sad looking. It had a spot that looked the color of green slime for a while but it's just boring and bland.

 

[aceer15]

Here's my big ol' colt coral. Bulky, bare, and plain colored alien like fingers that makes a nice bed for my clown goby

 

[dryad001]

I know the contest is over but heres my blasto

When I found it:


2 weeks later


And right now:

 

[c_healy]

Woohoo third place!

Thanks guys :-D

 

[jonny]

Wait a second...I missed something....there is a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place? and....how did you find that out? I'M SO LOST! lol

 

[c_healy]

Apparently ....I just got a pm

 

[jonny]

Ahhh ok lol well...congrats, I think! Are congrats in order for this type of contest? lol

 

[RiverRat]

congrats c_healy its a poopsicle to cherish

 

[c_healy]

Ahhh ok lol well...congrats, I think! Are congrats in order for this type of contest? lol

Yea....I'm not really sure...but I get a sweet frag! :-D

 

[Bustyraker]

I smell something fishy going on here... And it's not because I just did a waterchange...