Man where to start. This piece is like my holy grail haha, I went to the beach and decided to walk into a LFS and it was the first piece of coral I saw. I fell in love with it, it was a gorgeous blue pectinia with a green rim and yellow eyes. I had never loved a coral so much, it was 175, I had never even thought of paying that much for a coral but man was it pretty. It was so hard to walk out of the store that day with out the pectinia. A whole month passed and I couldn't get the piece out of my head. Finally I broke, I called the store to see if he still had it in, they said yes. So I left immediately and made the two hour drive to the store. Man was I excited, I must have been going 100 miles per hour. As soon as I got to the store it was bagged and ready to go, I couldn't wait to get home and put it in my tank. I dip it and acclimated it for an hour, I was gonna take my time with this coral because it was gonna be the prized jewel of my reef tank. Everyday I walked by my tank I looked at it, I could almost say it made my day looking at it. After about a month things took a turn for the worst it began to loose its green rim, it didn't look as blue and the hello began to dull. I kept telling myself no, its just me. It can't be loosing coral, I kept telling myself that until it was so brown that it looked red. I was so saddened by the it and every time I walked by it, it was a reminder that I had failed. I got a new tank and when it came time to pick the corals I was gonna transfer I couldn't get myself to give it away or sell it. I was determined to bring it back. Well after about a month in the new tank it began to look some what blue and you could see the paling of the eyes I was so excited but its been this color for about 4 months now, Ive had the pectin for about a year now and I still can not get myself to give it away or sell it. I am still determined to bring the color back. Now let me introduce you to the LE Sprinkled Purple Turd Pectinia
I'll play along. Here is my Stag. Under 1x Radion peaking at 75%. It is incredibly happy and growing pretty fast for a stag (has grown almost 1.5" on the tips with new tips growing). Can't see it in the picture, but it is entrusting in the back. Here ya go!
Here is the other surrounding corals along with it:
Here it is zoomed/cropped:
Here is an acropora abrotanoides that I had for over a year. I called it the "Hulks Junk". I generally stay away from thick corals, especially corals with a reputation for being as difficult as an abrotanoides. It was on sale at a LFS for $20 so I gave it a shot. I actually kept good color for around 6 months, but after a cyano remover dose, it lost all the green and went tan on me. For the last 8 month I have kept this coral and it has been dormant, until recently. I transferred my previous 60 gallon into a new 115g custom cube 10 weeks ago. The abrotanoides liked the new tank and showed some better pe and more of a turd brown instead of a tan brown. It looked healthier and actually started showing small growth nubs. Ironically I just got rid of it today. I couldn't stand looking at it anymore, and I need the real estate for a shortcake 
this is the only one i've got(wanted to play lol) and its a white out. no idea what happened to this beauty. whether i add to much carbon, gfo, or had a alk swing this guy went from this to that and as been for the last 2 months. the funny thing is when i would fed the tank reef roids or fauna marin ultra i could see the tentacles expand and close up and feast.
before acans
now acans bottom right
I have 2 SPS that will not color up. I have had them both for over 5 years and have tried all the lighting options we have available in the hobby. These just won't color up. Now if I take a frag off of either one, it will color up in about 3 weeks.
July 2013
Nov 2013 This is the best it has ever looked
July 2013
Nov 2013
I don't take many pics of them cuz they are so ugly lol
My ugly coral submission is going to be the first coral I ever purchased. My little frag of Radioactive Dragon eyes.
I saw this little guy in the store and couldn't take my eyes off of it. I had been thinking about buying coral for quite some time and all the advice I had heard was start with a zoa. So, I bought it. It was the bright green beauty that would certainly brighten up my tank.
A little time goes by and I start to experiment with lighting. My dragon eyes began to change, I was so excited, it was like I was one of the pros "creating a morph".
There was a time when my dragon eyes changed, so the center was the shape of a bright green star.......but I got greedy.
They continued to change into what they are today, a mass of brown polyps with the slightest of green on the skirt.
I have tried to change them back over time, but my efforts have been in vein.
So, today I enjoy my mass of brown.........the coral that started my adventure in reefing holds a special spot in my heart and my tank.....that spot just happens to be towards the back of the display now
