What 3 sps you must have in your tank?
 

So i know there are a lot of sps lovers on canreef, which 3 sps you must have if you can only have 3 sps?

Here is my list

SCC
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k2...psde5f31c7.jpg

Purple Monster
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k2...ps58482784.jpg

Sunset Millie
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k2...ps3fdfa685.jpg

Hawkins echinata
Pearl berry
Hot pink milli

ORA Miami orchid
Jawbreaker
Yellow passion for me

Hawkins echinata
Yellow Lantana monti
Fiji fever

Tony, why must you make it so difficult? 3 only... we all know that's impossible! :)

Orange Passion
Pearlberry
SSC

3 is really hard. Ill add my choices later (want to dig out pics) but i see some listed im not fimilar with. What are the yellow lantana monti,jawbreaker and figi fever? Pics would be awesome.

3 is not fair. Lol. I've got a addiction and don't think it could be narrowed down. But flavor of the week for me

Purple monster. ;)
Red diablo
Deswalli (similar if not same as D.V)

And yeah jaw breaker one day....

Too bad I don't have a wicked camera. As I've got some banging unnamed pieces as well

Peach with purple tip acro
White with purple and teal dw
Green purple tip hairy acro

[IMG]http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...t%20SPS/PM.jpg[/IMG]

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...y/Dave/PM2.jpg

[IMG]http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...aperainbow.jpg[/IMG]

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...S/cytherea.jpg

I should add red planet to my list. When I was starting out as a young ladd in the sps world, every where I go to buy frags i would point to a red planet and not knowing what it was. One time I went to buy frags from a hobbyist he had 3 red planets in his tank and I pointed to all 3 of them and wanted to buy it (not knowing they were all red planet) :-) that's my little tango with the red planet!

~Tony

Sorry, the rules clearly state, "only 3 SPS." Nice try red tango boy.

Not that I even have a tank , but sps is in my future and the top 3 for me are monti spongodes , red planet , and ORA Hawkins Echinata

I'm feeling left out here ...

What's an SCC ?

Ill play

ORA SSC
TYREE Pink lemonade
ORA pearlberry

have all three;)

You mean SSC? Strawberry Shortcake acro.

Nice list. I have to point out though that SSC is not an ORA coral....they are imported (still) from aussie.

Thanks
The typo threw me

opps!!!:D

I thought I was missing out on some new coral :lol:

Forum typos are what they are
I've read you guys are top-notch with your shipments, so s'all good

My List.....
 

In no particular order:

Sunset Millepora (some of which - DV has some of the nicest specimens I've seen).

RR Jaw Dropper Acro - no scientific name available. I've seen a handful of these in person....and the web picture provided is quite accurate in colouration. I'm curious to see how the specimens are doing in their respective homes (and if they have survived). The enclosed lower res pics were taken with my camera phone. It gives you some kind of idea.

Web Pic:

http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps91d75e6e.jpg

Camera Phone Pics:

http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps2e1d0ac9.jpg

http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps3f63dccf.jpg

http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps94e1f0b6.jpg

Acropora spathulata - in any form or colour. Just for the cool coralite formations. Endemic of Australia.

My top 3 would be....

Oregon tort
Red planet
Yellow caroliniana

Taipan, thanks for posting pics of the RR JB. I only seen the web pics and always wondered how close the frags would look like compared to that. Even tho you cell pics are abit blue you can definately tell that they are close in colour.

If I could only choose 1 acro that would be it!

RR Jaw Dropper or Extreme Autumn - How much for the Frag $500?? - and who will be able to keep the color??

wicked - can honestly say I have never seen one like this before

http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps91d75e6e.jpg

I have one of those being held for me.... Picking it up next week :biggrin:

My top 3 right now:

Setosa
ORA Red Planet
Tyree Red Dragon

I'm sure there are others but these are the most prominent in my tank right now. Other noteables:

SSC, ORA Pearlberry, Tubbs Pink Jade, Tyree Pink Lemonade, RR Wolverine and my Ultimate Bonsai. That last one has some unreal blue & green colour!

Those are the most noteable in my tank at the moment. We will see when the JawDropper starts growing out. *Fingers Crossed* cause it sure aint cheap!!!!!

Ok, I've put some thought into this! My top three MUST HAVE SPS are:

1. DV's <place coral name here>
2. Tyree <place coral name here>
3. ORA <place coral name here>

#BrandWhore

Damn it! I should of thought of this!

~Tony

Hmmm, I would just go with:

1. DV's <place coral name here>

2. DV's <place coral name here>

3. DV's <place coral name here>

I saw the new pieces that are being held by the LFS this morning for clients on the 'waiting list'. Very nice indeed. Enclosed are pictures from my new camera phone. I've purposely taken a picture of a piece out of water as well for reference and better representation.

http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps1e32c65a.jpg

http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps2659b4f9.jpg





http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps04e1e4af.jpg

Red dragon, red planet and red setosa! lol, all red

http://i786.photobucket.com/albums/y...ps19fb701d.jpg

http://i786.photobucket.com/albums/y...ps6b7b71a0.jpg

3 sps
 

I've got at least 15 sps frag in my 70g cube tank right now. but here's my choice if i had to pick.

Red Dragon ( bought yesterday)
bubble gum millepora
granolusa megenta

This may not be the intent of your question, but if I could only have 3 in my tank, I would choose faster growing, colourful, thick branching type SPS corals like:
1. Tenuis
2. Valida
3. Cali Tort

But here are a few that I currently don't have that are on the top of my must have list.
1. Strawberry Shortcake
2. Kushberry
3. Plum Crazy (ORA)