Diabolic Pacman

rovster · Jul 19, 2015

Yeah it took off encrusting then stopped. PE has Horton better so that puts me at ease. I have changed up the lighting a bit since I got it but then it stalled. Actually, same think happened to my friends colony. Grew to a good sized minicolony (think small apple) then hasn't done much in a while. I'm still hopeful that one day it will wake up again.

coral reeftank · Jul 19, 2015

Yes every coral is nice in its own way. This one seems to be a very slow grower. I've noticed that if you don't mount the frags onto rock, the coral will grow more branches, as opposed to it just encrusting forever.

Apisto · Mar 5, 2016

coral reeftank said:
Yes every coral is nice in its own way. This one seems to be a very slow grower. I've noticed that if you don't mount the frags onto rock, the coral will grow more branches, as opposed to it just encrusting forever.

As per your suggestion, I started a new colony...kind of a back up on a center rack with a little more light. Encrusted the entire 2" plug then started shooting branches. The little frag to the right shows the amazing range of colors this coral is capable of...

Recent close-up of the original colony.

Apisto · Mar 5, 2016

Having a little problem with photobucket.

Here is the recent pic of the new back-up colony.

coral reeftank · Mar 5, 2016

Looks great, so I it seems my idea works out well for your piece.

Apisto · Mar 5, 2016

coral reeftank said:
Looks great, so I it seems my idea works out well for your piece.

And obviously your ideas have worked out pretty well for your corals, as well. Tons of beauties in your tanks!!

bustayanky · Mar 6, 2016

Here's my picture of my Diabolic Pacman Mother Colony:

Apisto · Mar 6, 2016

Nice! Great growth.

afamousjohnson · Mar 8, 2016

Such an amazing piece - along with the rest of your tank Neil. Bet they all will be enjoying the extra space

Always impressive! Great Job.

Reefnjunkie · Mar 8, 2016

After years (literally) of trying to acquire this piece I can finally say I have it-It browned out while going through quarantine/dipping but has rebounded quite nicely and getting some really bright yellow and red to the polyps. I bought the Pink Floyd from Hung so the comparison will be interesting.

Glad to be part of this "group" now LOL

slojmn · Mar 10, 2016

Reefnjunkie said:
After years (literally) of trying to acquire this piece I can finally say I have it-It browned out while going through quarantine/dipping but has rebounded quite nicely and getting some really bright yellow and red to the polyps. I bought the Pink Floyd from Hung so the comparison will be interesting.

Glad to be part of this "group" now LOL

I think the Pink Floyd and Diabolical PacMan will grow out to be quite different, but that colony shot above makes me wonder. It will be cool to see your photos down the road to show what the difference will be. I love the Pink Floyd but the Diabolical PacMan is an awesome piece. A Must Have!!!

slojmn · Mar 10, 2016

Apisto said:
Having a little problem with photobucket.

Here is the recent pic of the new back-up colony.

Neil, That looks fantastic. My piece has made a wonderful comeback from my little disturbance to it. It seems it was not really dead in that whole area. Its almost back to normal. My piece looks dead on exactly like your pic above. My grow out nubs are not quite as big as yours in the picture though. It loves the light!! I wish I could take pictures like you.

Apisto · Mar 10, 2016

slojmn said:
Neil, That looks fantastic. My piece has made a wonderful comeback from my little disturbance to it. It seems it was not really dead in that whole area. Its almost back to normal. My piece looks dead on exactly like your pic above. My grow out nubs are not quite as big as yours in the picture though. It loves the light!! I wish I could take pictures like you.

I am so glad to hear that. I have been wondering how all that went. Yes, it does seem to handle as much as you can give it.

Smite · Mar 12, 2016

bustayanky said:
Here's my picture of my Diabolic Pacman Mother Colony:

Dude, Will. You frag that let me know!

bustayanky · Mar 12, 2016

Smite said:
Dude, Will. You frag that let me know!

Hey Matt I can cut u a frag. Let me know when u want to pick it up.

Smite · Mar 12, 2016

bustayanky said:
Hey Matt I can cut u a frag. Let me know when u want to pick it up.

Nice! I'll shoot you a text tomorrow

Chknsamich · Mar 12, 2016

Anyone tried to compare this to the WWC Afterparty?

slojmn · Mar 22, 2016

Chknsamich said:
Anyone tried to compare this to the WWC Afterparty?

I have both but my WWC Afterparty is still a small frag and in a totally different part of my tank. It may not be a fair comparison once it grows up.

Neil, My Diabolic Pacman has made a full recovery from the little "incident" with the saw and such. This doesn't do it justice at all because the blues and grays don't show up too well. My camera is just a point a shoot for the most part and wouldn't get any closer for a macro shot. I need to break out the good camera and get some shots of it. It is such a nice piece.

Apisto · Mar 24, 2016

slojmn said:
I have both but my WWC Afterparty is still a small frag and in a totally different part of my tank. It may not be a fair comparison once it grows up.

Neil, My Diabolic Pacman has made a full recovery from the little "incident" with the saw and such. This doesn't do it justice at all because the blues and grays don't show up too well. My camera is just a point a shoot for the most part and wouldn't get any closer for a macro shot. I need to break out the good camera and get some shots of it. It is such a nice piece.

Hey Alicia,
So glad to hear there was no real problem with that incident. And, WOW, that thing has really grown since then. Looking great!