What is your biggest coral?
 

I got an amazing deal on this extremely large pipe coral (thank-you Wayne aka fencer) and it got me thinking/wondering what everyones biggest coral in their tank is.

My new pipe coral is by far the biggest coral in my tank and it is litterally about the size of a football.

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Currently, gotta be my closed brain, I've had it for over 6 years and grew it from a baby. For an idea on size I would say it's currently pretty close to the size of an actual human brain. And yes my clams are that big
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...g?t=1255722971

I did however have some large SPS corals in my previous tank
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...g?t=1255723236
Biggest was the blue formosa on the right which when I sold it wouldn't even come close to fitting in a 5 gallon pale. It had to be broken into 3 pieces to fit in three pails.

Currently my largest coral is this redish orange encrusting monti....its got about an 8" diameter

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP3576.jpg


previous to that was this frogspawn that was about the size of a human head.

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP2985.jpg

Both the biggest and the oldest, my bubble is 16+yrs old and the skeleten measures in at 12-14" fully expanded is 24"+ If I turn off the pumps the sweeper tenticles can reach just about any spot in the tank (72"x36")
http://i472.photobucket.com/albums/r...5/IMG_1497.jpg

:jaw:

WOW that's crazy

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In terms of surface area my 10x10" sea fan is the largest at present. In a previous tank though I had a pink rimmed cap that took up the better part of half of the bottom of the tank. 36x18x24" I know I know, this post is useless without pictures.

I have 3 large corals in my 225g: a bubble coral that was about 12" across when inflated, until I recently fragged a large piece for a fellow Canreefer. A very large Pipe Organ that is 12" across and 10" high. And a Toadstool that is 9" across and 7" high. I can't take the credit for growing these though as I got all three of them from Marie.

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/o...9/IMG_4495.jpg

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/o...9/IMG_4499.jpg

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/o...9/IMG_4464.jpg




And in the 90g I have a Torch Coral that is 8" across and 5" high. (also from Marie). And a Monti Cap that is 11" long and 9" across.

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/o...9/IMG_4438.jpg

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/o...9/IMG_4433.jpg

I've had this one a few years, it's about 16" across now.


http://www.zld.ca/reef/DSC_0014.jpg

I have many large colonies of SPS but I've always had a soft spot for this hammer which is about 14" across.
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...9083hammer.jpg