Rainbows in Spain

zibba · Jun 6, 2014

Just wanted to drop a note to say "thanks" and show off a coral that we got from you.

Have had it for about 14-months now. Fairly slow grower but I think that's because it has been spending all of its energy encrusting. Hoping those little branches start shooting up soon! The color from top down is impressive.

Thanks again!
- Z

nova65ss · Jun 6, 2014

Very nice! I have had it for a few years it is the pic on my avatar. It is such a sweet acro and a slow grower for me too.

zibba · Jun 6, 2014

nova65ss said:
Very nice! I have had it for a few years it is the pic on my avatar. It is such a sweet acro and a slow grower for me too.

Cool, nice pic!

I agree and glad to hear I'm not the only one experiencing slow growth!

buddythelion · Jun 6, 2014

You know it's a gem when it's a slow grower. LOL

gar732 · Jun 6, 2014

Very nice! That piece has been on my list along with a few others I need to pick up from Adam.

zibba · Jun 6, 2014

buddythelion said:
You know it's a gem when it's a slow grower. LOL

Ha! If that's the standard, then I have a lot of "gems." But I do like this piece.

gar732 said:
Very nice! That piece has been on my list along with a few others I need to pick up from Adam.

Thanks! I'm always tempted to add more sticks when I see his posts, but I don't have anywhere to put them.

Battlecorals · Jun 6, 2014

How delightful. this is truly one of my favorite acros. somehow its been nicknamed the "Spainbow" (maybe out of laziness on my part) Glad to see yours and others doing well and thanks do much for sharing!

Here is a quick top down of one of my over fragged mothers

. Down to one branch/cluster on this one but under t5s this one may be the best looking out of four separate colony's I have grown from frags in three different systems.

zibba · Jun 6, 2014

"Spainbow," I like that!

Thanks for sharing the mother colony picture. Fun to see.

Really impressed with how you display your coral frags. I'm sure we'll put together another order in the future.

Thanks again.

All Delight · Jun 7, 2014

Very nice. It's about to go crazy with all those branches starting to come in. Sit back and enjoy.

ReeferBean · Jun 7, 2014

Nice piece.

ReefMadScientist · Jun 7, 2014

zibba said:
"Spainbow," I like that!

Thanks for sharing the mother colony picture. Fun to see.

Really impressed with how you display your coral frags. I'm sure we'll put together another order in the future.

Thanks again.

When can I get a frag? I am in Phoenix also.

Battlecorals · Jun 7, 2014

All Delight said:
Very nice. It's about to go crazy with all those branches starting to come in. Sit back and enjoy.

if only.

such is the fate of a mother colony. shell be clipped and clipped again never fully reaching maturity. I try to keep multiple mothers of stuff i really like to help curtail stress and the even worse dormancy but the pretty ones never seem to get big. I vowed to leave my little display alone and have been diligent for over a year now. Lets hope i can keep it up. I confess ther is something a little sad about a large shallow tank full of abused mothers. As opposed to a thriving reef tank left alone to mature

must be feeling a bit reflective this AM lol.

nova65ss · Jun 8, 2014

Battlecorals said:
if only. such is the fate of a mother colony. shell be clipped and clipped again never fully reaching maturity. I try to keep multiple mothers of stuff i really like to help curtail stress and the even worse dormancy but the pretty ones never seem to get big. I vowed to leave my little display alone and have been diligent for over a year now. Lets hope i can keep it up. I confess ther is something a little sad about a large shallow tank full of abused mothers. As opposed to a thriving reef tank left alone to mature

must be feeling a bit reflective this AM lol.

Ha I can imagine it is somewhat painful clipping the nice ones all the time I know it would hurt me!

zibba · Jun 9, 2014

ReefMadScientist said:
When can I get a frag? I am in Phoenix also.

Going to take awhile before it's ready to frag, but you'll be able to get one at the PROP auction when it's finally ready. Do you post on the AZ FRAG forum or follow PROP on facebook?

All Delight said:
Very nice. It's about to go crazy with all those branches starting to come in. Sit back and enjoy.

Thanks. I hope so. I have a lot of corals that have done that over the past year in my tank.

ReeferBean said:
Nice piece.

Thanks!

rovster · Dec 6, 2015

I have to say this thing is growing like a weed for me. Granted Adam sent me a very generous "portion" but mine is totally fraggable after a few months. Adam, would you consider this a fast grower? Mine seems to be growing long very thin branches.

I initially broke my original frag into 3 pieces so I just planted them all together. Has not been really long, maybe a few months. Color is getting better too, and lots of new nubs.

Here is a quick phone pic from a couple of weeks ago. I'll try to get a proper pic soon.

BryanS4 · Dec 6, 2015

Mine is still new.

anarchy · Dec 7, 2015

Mines getting there
Taken with galaxy s4

Taken with iPhone 6S

Seth401 · Dec 11, 2015

My Spainbow has been the second fastest grower in my tank behind PC Rainbow. Seemed to almost be growing in the bag Adam shipped it in. Think I got it in October. Adam cut a nice frag but it has grown a lot(up and encrusting fast).