Some top downs from tonight!
 

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this is a wild yellow mille i'm hoping does well it is starting to color up now after a month or so, tips are starting to brighten
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cali tort
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this piece is starting to be a PITA. i got these three tips of coral from a shipment that the mother colony rtn'd in the bag and i have babied these hoping they would be something. they started to rock before the dinos but now they are staying a glorious brown but are growing good

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purple cross

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lime in the sky

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Those are some real nice looking pieces Colin. Great colour on all of them and the polyp extension on that A. tenius is crazy.

Colin those a some sweet corals.:wink:

Is that what this is? It's freakin awesome! Not sure I've seen this species before.

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Here's a couple of shots....This first one is just for you, Colin! Note: I don't do any post capture colour correction, and I have not figured out exactly how to compensate for my new bulbs....so the colour balance on these shots is a bit odd.

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This 2nd shot is actually one single piece of coral. It looks like it is going to turn red because of my new bulbs, but it is pretty bizarre looking right now! I suppose I should sell it right now and give it some kind of Red/Purple/Turquoise exciting sounding name...

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nice stuff man. good job

Looks a lot like this one I have, I believe to be A.aculeus.

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Nice looking pieces but a word of warning from the voice of experience.
That Montipora samarensis (often sells as carrot digi) is dangerously close to that hydnophora. One day you may look and find what looks like a spiderweb going from that green hydno to the monti or a bare skeleton that used to be the monti.:wink: I would give it at least 3 inches.

Colin the ones snappy pointed out and #2 #6 #7 are all freaking amazing!!

You have a great collection there,
we should definately trade up in a bit as mine is building up too.

Yes, that hydnophora is a killer. You can see that I recently cut back that orange digi because it was growing too close. It might be years before the monti and the hydnophora meet, but I'll keep my eye on that.

It is tough because I want the coral to achieve large (OK... REALLY large) sizes, but I can't just mount two tiny frags 12" from each other and wait 4 years for it to look good.

Sorry Colin not intentionally trying to hijack your thread. I think you'll be surprized how fast they can actually grow once they get going, the first year is the slowest. IME hydnophora can be just fine for months near another coral and then one day after being lulled into a false sense of security, wham it attacked and nearly killed the coral it had seemly ignored for months. Anyway just thought I'd mention it, hydnophora looks very cool but I eventually took my large colony out of my sps display because of it's aggressive behavior. I have witnessed 4" sweepers from an innocent looking colony, but if you try and keep it "downstream" in the flow you may be able to get away with it.:biggrin: