Reef Pilot's Undersea Oasis

Reef Pilot · #1 12-20-2013, 05:10 AM

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Originally Posted by spit.fire

Purple turtle splatter

Haha, yeah, that is a good description of it alright...

Reef Pilot · #2 12-20-2013, 03:19 PM

Red Planet still growing like crazy.... And can't get any redder than this.

And this is what it looked like just 11 months ago when I got the frag.

Slyguy00 · #3 12-20-2013, 03:23 PM

Thats less than a years growth?? Wow that red planet grows fast!

Reef Pilot · #4 12-20-2013, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Slyguy00

Thats less than a years growth?? Wow that red planet grows fast!

Well, actually, it was slow to start. Here it is from last Apr, just barely covering the plug.

And this is from Oct, barely 2 months ago.

As you can see, it has pretty well doubled in size in just the last 2 months. And the color is much better now. So it definitely likes something in my tank.

Slyguy00 · #5 12-20-2013, 04:04 PM

That is impressive. I can't believe how fast that has grown. Mine has just started to grow noticeably faster. I hope it takes off like yours

Reef Pilot · #6 12-20-2013, 04:39 PM

What happens when a Setosa meets a Red Planet?

Who wins? I am OK if they just put up a border between them, but if one starts killing the other, then I will have to do something. I had to lay down an epoxy strip to stop my Sunset Monti from killing a neighbor SPS. Is that necessary again in this case, too?

Slyguy00 · #7 12-20-2013, 04:41 PM

Well with my experience the red planet usually wins. Just this week one of my montis grew to close to the red planet and it killed about a 1/4" circle of my monti.

spit.fire · #8 12-21-2013, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

Haha, yeah, that is a good description of it alright...

unfortunately i was informed that it is called a miyagi tort and not purple turtle splatter

Reef Pilot · #9 12-21-2013, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by spit.fire

unfortunately i was informed that it is called a miyagi tort and not purple turtle splatter

Well, I just looked that one up, and while there are some resemblances, not sure about that. The tips on mine are pink, not purple, and it has a very green base. Also the growth pattern is different. Mine seems to be spreading out equally in all directions. But it is still pretty small, so that could change.

But then again, not sure how authentic the internet pics I've seen are either.

Thanks for the lead, though.