You current favorite coral? Difficulty: Post a pic!

[Electrobes]

It's rare for someone to have an all time favorite coral for years to come. There's always one that comes and takes the top spot. Here's mine!

It's a gorgonian of some type. I mistook it for an SPS when I first saw it. This pic was the day I got it... excuse the cyano at the base.. it's now gone from my tank. :smile:

 

[fsu1dolfan]

Mine is my Purple Garf Bonsai - It was my first SPS and start out at maybe an inch tall. I treated it like gold and really wanted to see if i could maintain SPS.

Early pic from almost 2 years ago!! (July 09) When i got it, it was fresh cut and glued to the frag plug so this pic is even after a month or so as it is encrusted!

Month Later August 09

12/09

Today

 

[fsu1dolfan]

Just realized this is in the soft coral forum - DUH :tongue: Sorry about the oversight...you should have mentioned it in your subject or first post grrr LOL

 

[Electrobes]

lol I should have mentioned this is the soft coral forum! :xd:

 

[Electrobes]

Just realized this is in the soft coral forum - DUH :tongue: Sorry about the oversight...you should have mentioned it in your subject or first post grrr LOL

Haha my bad, I gotta remember the people like us who post like madd and watch the New Posts tab! ;)

 

[fsu1dolfan]

Haha my bad, I gotta remember the people like us who post like madd and watch the New Posts tab! ;)

lol - i dont know what you are talking about hahahah...maybe i should sloooow down and read better huh!!

 

[stylaster]

cool thread, i would have to say mine is giant green toad stool ive had for about 4 years now

 

[Electrobes]

Man you caught the toadstool on a great current.. I love how the polyps are hurricane-like!

 

[Tabasco1]

That was pretty funny FSU! Nice growth though! Can I play and say my favorite coral that I am wanting to own? :) Which is pretty much z & p garden that looks like you walked into Willy Wonka's!

 

[fsu1dolfan]

That was pretty funny FSU! Nice growth though! Can I play and say my favorite coral that I am wanting to own? :) Which is pretty much z & p garden that looks like you walked into Willy Wonka's!

Thanks LOL - Here's a pic of my nice zoa/ric garden at one point back before i really didnt know much (2008)....it was definitely cool to look at from the top down! Top right zoas were wild from a hitchhiker on a rock i bought!!

 

[gparr]

Nephthyigorgia

 

[Tabasco1]

FSU- how different do those corals look from the front? Top down shot is definately sweet. Love the rics.

 

[fsu1dolfan]

FSU- how different do those corals look from the front? Top down shot is definately sweet. Love the rics.

Yeah rics are always one of my favorites. Here is a front shot of my tank from the top down look.

 

[CJO]

Nephthyigorgia

I loved some of the pics you showed at our meet a couple of months ago. Some of those are amazing!

CJ

 

[Tabasco1]

FSU-is the FTS under the same lighting as the top down shot? If so that is a crazy difference! Both look great, but so different

 

[fsu1dolfan]

FSU-is the FTS under the same lighting as the top down shot? If so that is a crazy difference! Both look great, but so different

Yeah both were using my 150w Phoenix Sunpod - I may have played with the camera to get a truer color on the first shot. The second has less blue than what actually is there....no actinics back then

 

[Electrobes]

I was going to say that sure looked different too. I love your ricordias on the bottom, they look big and healthy!

 

[DCG1286]

Tyree Green Polyp Toadstool, Nepthea Colony

The Nepthea is roughly 3 years old now, it started out as a tiny frag in my g/f's 20G tank. In the past year or so, it has really exploded in growth!
The Toadstool has been with me for a while as well!

 

[adrianbryce]

This is my favorite