February 2012 POTM Entry Thread

pdmckinn78 · Feb 13, 2012

Beautiful corals...

Dave3112 said:

What is the beautiful blue and pink coral in the background? Is that an encrusting montipora?

SDguy · Feb 13, 2012

pdmckinn78 said:
What is the beautiful blue and pink coral in the background? Is that an encrusting montipora?

It's a cyphastrea.

Dowtish · Feb 13, 2012

SDguy said:
It's a cyphastrea.

aka Meteor Shower

Reef4reef · Feb 13, 2012

Here is my :X

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Electrokate · Feb 13, 2012

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houndsbayman · Feb 13, 2012

Otter_rs · Feb 14, 2012

SmokeyCFH · Feb 14, 2012

wow guys! awesome pieces and awesome pictures! Here's my meager attempt to be a part of this lol

Henry C · Feb 14, 2012

Not great, but i'll play...

Dave3112 · Feb 14, 2012

pdmckinn78 said:
What is the beautiful blue and pink coral in the background? Is that an encrusting montipora?

SD and Dowtish are correct. It is a meteor shower cyphastrea. Grows like a weed!

Gondore · Feb 14, 2012

butts182 · Feb 14, 2012

Pieces of the Ocean · Feb 14, 2012

I'll play.

houndsbayman · Feb 14, 2012

Really great pics everyone!!!!

BeakerBob · Feb 16, 2012

Here is a shot of my Tri-color Valida acro frag as it was growing up. It first grew over the plug, then, as shown in the picture, started its vertical growth. Picture taken with a Nikon D70, 1 second exposure @ f/32, aperture priority mode, ISO 200, 90mm Tamron macro lens.