Show me your "diamond in the rough"

tnc112105 · Feb 13, 2018

Hi fellow reefers!

We've all seen the sad looking corals in the "bargain tank" at the LFS.

Every so often you get rewarded and find a "diamond in the rough".

This Scoly I picked up for $50 a few months ago was pale and receding. I thought it was a bleeding apple, but with a little TLC it's turned into a real beauty with grays and purples starting to come in.

Tell me your story and show me your "diamond in the rough" corals!

Zack K · Feb 13, 2018

$25 BTA. Not only have I had 2 splits from mom, but the read magic happens under the blues that the LFS missed.

tnc112105 · Feb 13, 2018

OMG. That BTA is stunning.

What a find!

Daniel@R2R · Feb 14, 2018

Cool thread! I'll bump this one!

hoppy · Feb 14, 2018

Found this guy on its side in the bottom of a dark snail tank in my LFS- the smallest sliver of green peeking out- asked about it and it was given to me for free- a week later and can see 3 heads- getting chunky with target feeding-

tnc112105 · Feb 14, 2018

@hoppy

Keep us posted on how it does!

hoppy · Feb 16, 2018

Will do,
Unfortunately I noticed a single mojano poking out of it today near one of the heads- coated that bugger with frag glue and put back in tank- hoping I didn’t get any on that head but otherwise it’s doing well-

Same can’t be said for my ppe cyphastrea
Think I’m gonna lose that. :-(

BoomCorals · Feb 16, 2018

Two of the latest

tnc112105 · Feb 17, 2018

Wow @BoomCorals what do you call the 2nd one?

najer · Feb 17, 2018

£5 from the brown and damaged section, I can wait.

DSC_0004 by sshipuk, on Flickr

BoomCorals · Feb 17, 2018

tnc112105 said:
Wow @BoomCorals what do you call the 2nd one?

Creme de Menthe

BioReefer ^_^ · Apr 18, 2020

So, I got a small little frag plug at the LFS last year in August of 2019. It had been too close to a coral and got stung really bad. The guy there was going to take the plug out and throw it away so I asked if I could have it. He gave it to me for free. A little care and seven months later, it’s looking great.