Reef Pilot's Undersea Oasis

[Slyguy00]

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.

[Doug]

Wow, thats a beautiful red. And some growth.

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by Doug

Wow, thats a beautiful red. And some growth.

Thanks, Doug. Am happy with the growth, but not so much with where I placed some of my corals.

[spit.fire]

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]

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.

[apexifd]

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

I'm sure I can get you a frag, Peter. But it is still pretty small, and would like to grow it out a bit more. It's really taking off now, though, so shouldn't be too long.

Do you know what it is called? It's definitely a nice piece alright.

Heavenly Lavender Field. LOL

let me know when you have a frag ready.

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by apexifd

Heavenly Lavender Field. LOL

let me know when you have a frag ready.

Haha,... Heavenly Lavender Tort....

Will let you know when ready to frag a piece (but remind me in case I forget).

[KPG007]

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

Beautiful tanks Walter! I need to do a road trip soon and pay you a visit.

I got that coral from Chris (Chowder). It was a unspectacular green rock when I got it. After a couple months it coloured up and started to look like yours. I made a few frags, then, after my frag rack kept falling because of the weight, I sold the majority of it to Paul at Oceanic. I still have a piece, but it's still quite small.

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by KPG007

Beautiful tanks Walter! I need to do a road trip soon and pay you a visit.

I got that coral from Chris (Chowder). It was a unspectacular green rock when I got it. After a couple months it coloured up and started to look like yours. I made a few frags, then, after my frag rack kept falling because of the weight, I sold the majority of it to Paul at Oceanic. I still have a piece, but it's still quite small.

Thanks, Kelly, and for sure drop by some time. Look forward to picking your brain again on a bunch of things.

Yeah, that little frag I got from you turned into a really nice little gem. Do you know the name of it?

[Reef Pilot]

My Setosa and Red Planet were about to go to war, so I laid down an epoxy border (was more concerned about the Setosa). Just below is a Purple Cross (another aggressive coral) that will soon meet up with the Red Planet. So will see what happens there. The frag at the top left can be moved so am not worried about it.


And mounted this little Red Planet frag just yesterday. It was an accidental casualty when I was laying down the epoxy. But today, I see all the polyps are out. It is less than 1/2 an inch, but obviously a tough coral.


A few days ago, I removed (and sold) my original Purple Cross mother colony. The stalk was more than an inch in diameter, and needed a hammer and small wooden mallet (am not joking) to do the job.

But it came out pretty cleanly, leaving only some growth around the bottom which I will leave in place. It was just too big for that location, and kept beating up on its neighbors, so it had to go. I have another one growing lower down (can see it at the bottom of the 1st pic), and is again growing rapidly. The Purple Cross is my original SPS (bought a good sized frag just over a year ago) and probably my most prolific coral.