Show me your prized coral - the one frag or colony you love the most

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Wow the color on these are amazing!!! What kind of lights do you run?
Thank you!

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Where is that last goni from?! Looks amazing!
Don’t even bother it’s the biggest pita lol

It goes through phases for weeks where it looks like this
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And then it does this in the middle of the night
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I’m told that once it’s base is fully spread and encrusted, it will extend almost 24/7 and was warned it’s a slow grower.

I have two frags. One of them for 8 months. It’s encrusted maybe .25” in each direction in 8 months.
 

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Don’t even bother it’s the biggest pita lol

It goes through phases for weeks where it looks like this
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Or


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And then it does this in the middle of the night
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I’m told that once it’s base is fully spread and encrusted, it will extend almost 24/7 and was warned it’s a slow grower.

I have two frags. One of them for 8 months. It’s encrusted maybe .25” in each direction in 8 months.
O lordt! What a pita! It looks amazing! My amazeballs is finicky sometime too. But, that one of yours is beautiful!
 

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Thank you ! This is the goal (pics of mother colony). I was told it took almost 5 years to grow this. And that it really doesn’t start extending until it’s base is fully encrusted on a surface. Seems like it diverts energy to encrusting vs extending

Daytime when lights just come on in the morning

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Not my favorite coral type per se, but it is my favorite individual colony that I own.

It’s a huge 15-20” in diameter Turbinaria that I’ve grown from a small frag, and no matter how big or colorful other colonies are, it always stands out and steals the show:
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You can really tell when a colony is HUGE when you look at a tank from ~30ft away and can still make up exactly what It is lol
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Not my favorite coral type per se, but it is my favorite individual colony that I own.

It’s a huge 15-20” in diameter Turbinaria that I’ve grown from a small frag, and no matter how big or colorful other colonies are, it always stands out and steals the show:
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You can really tell when a colony is HUGE when you look at a tank from ~30ft away and can still make up exactly what It is lol
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Your tank looks like a TV screen, its amazing. How long has it been up?
 

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I'm a bit more old school when it comes to some corals. I'm still fan of the ultra colored scoly I use to eww and aww over them. And look at the price tags. I recently acquired my first ultra scoly. It has been a long time coming but when you find one on sale for $50 it's kinda hard to pass.

I don't have a Pic of it though.

I also really like a beautiful Monti cap all spiraled up and layers.

I miss the long tentacle plate corals from long ago. all you see now is short tentacle or dome plates. It was a way to add anemone like coral without killing your other nems ha ha.
 

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Not my favorite coral type per se, but it is my favorite individual colony that I own.

It’s a huge 15-20” in diameter Turbinaria that I’ve grown from a small frag, and no matter how big or colorful other colonies are, it always stands out and steals the show:
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You can really tell when a colony is HUGE when you look at a tank from ~30ft away and can still make up exactly what It is lol
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That coral looks amazing! A lot of fantastic corals in your tank!
 

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