New guy here(to this forum)

The_Mussidae · Nov 17, 2016

All branching Euphyllia, and only the two..
I would love to swap for some other colors at some point. The stuff grows like a weed but I love em! I have seen some vivid orange ones ($$$) I'd give up everything in the tank for some!

The_Mussidae · Nov 17, 2016

I really like the teal hammer. It was kinda expensive when I got it. It was sold as a "rare" one. I haven't seen many of them but I don't know that it is that rare..

stevo01 · Nov 17, 2016

Im going to try to do a Euphyllia garden. I have 3 branching torches, 1 wall hammer, 1 branching hammer, and 1 cristata. Still want some frog or octo. I forget what types dont play well. I think its the octospawn and frogspawn that dont like to be close to other euphyllias. While torch, hammer, and grape are safe close together.

stevo01 · Nov 17, 2016

The_Mussidae said:
I really like the teal hammer. It was kinda expensive when I got it. It was sold as a "rare" one. I haven't seen many of them but I don't know that it is that rare..

Yes, its a rare color.

The_Mussidae · Nov 17, 2016

That would be awsome! Torch is on my short list.. the only problem is they can strech a bit further then the rest. If I keep them on the downstream end kinda like they are in my tank they should be ok. Some long tenticals right out the middle of the group would be cool...

The_Mussidae · Nov 17, 2016

Not familiar with cristata.. Gonna have to look that one up. HELLO GOOGLE!

The_Mussidae · Nov 17, 2016

Ahh.. grape.
That's what I know it by..

Squirrel_reefer · Nov 18, 2016

Great looking setup, glad to have you here

cromag27 · Nov 19, 2016

Welcome!

kireek · Nov 26, 2016

*Nice to meet you @The_Mussidae !* Nice set-up! The Euphyllia colony is impressive.It looks like you have a nice open brain on the sand bed as well.Thank you for sharing.

The_Mussidae · Dec 1, 2016

kireek said:
*Nice to meet you @The_Mussidae !* Nice set-up! The Euphyllia colony is impressive.It looks like you have a nice open brain on the sand bed as well.Thank you for sharing.

That brain was from my first batch of coral that got me started. It's been trough hell and back on several occasions. About 90% detached from skeleton about two years back during some water quality problems in a frag tank I had. Put it back in main tank and been nursing it back it looks really good for a while and then looks like I'm gonna lose it. Then when I think k it's a goner it comes back.

You can see in pic where it came lose. After it happened it pulled it out and cut off excess where it obviously what's going to grow back and cut off sharp spots to avoid tearing fleah. It is growing again and has some new skeleton chunks to underside. I may putt it out for better pics if anyone cares. It's a boring coral, no special color, but has some sentimental value being first one..
Sorry for crappy pic..

stevo01 · Dec 1, 2016

Poor guy

hope he heals up well.

kireek · Dec 2, 2016

The_Mussidae said:
That brain was from my first batch of coral that got me started. It's been trough hell and back on several occasions. About 90% detached from skeleton about two years back during some water quality problems in a frag tank I had. Put it back in main tank and been nursing it back it looks really good for a while and then looks like I'm gonna lose it. Then when I think k it's a goner it comes back.

You can see in pic where it came lose. After it happened it pulled it out and cut off excess where it obviously what's going to grow back and cut off sharp spots to avoid tearing fleah. It is growing again and has some new skeleton chunks to underside. I may putt it out for better pics if anyone cares. It's a boring coral, no special color, but has some sentimental value being first one..
Sorry for crappy pic..