SPS - Eye Candy

twon8 · Jan 25, 2007

that is not chips'

it is a "tricolor", there are many forms of it going around, from the garf bonsai to the richmond tricolor. They are near impossible to id to species; A. valida,nana, secale, cerealis, and nasuta are all very similiar in color, purple with green polyps.

JGoslee · Jan 25, 2007

What ever it is I like it.

gflat65 · Jan 25, 2007

I knew we'd suck you in, James. Welcome to the dark side...

gflat65 · Jan 25, 2007

BTW, that's a nice tricolor

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surfn · Jan 25, 2007

yeah, its just your run of the mill tri-color. it was a frag that came off a wild colony our club bought from our LFS, that everyone split up for a meet.

it did nothing in my system for a year, just encrusted onto the rock a little bit. never colored up much.

seems to like your tank though. lol

ficklefins · Jan 25, 2007

I'm getting more and more into SPS so I am still learning the ropes. I'm bringing my calc and alk up to proper levels so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that thing will grow better. But here is the reason for my new interest in SPS.

This Superman has been through a lot of stress and just lately has started to grow well.

Here is an efflo that I got a while ago and has finally adjusted and started to grow. It is by far my favorite SPS in my tank.

surfn · Jan 25, 2007

sorry fickle, cant see the pics at the moment.

what color is your efflo? where did it come from?

ficklefins · Jan 25, 2007

The base is brown/green with brown polyps. The extensions/branches (lack of terms) are purple with neon green polyps.

About a year ago I purchased a frag pack from someone on RC and this is one of the few that survived my tank crash. It didn't grow at all for 9months, and only started to grow recently. Don't worry Al it's nothing special as it is just starting out.

phisigs79 · Jan 26, 2007

I say you frag that efflo and give me a peice in case yopu tank crashes again and ill only charge you a small fee for a frag of it back :hammer:

JGoslee · Jan 26, 2007

Is this an efflo?

twon8 · Jan 26, 2007

JGoslee said:
Is this an efflo?

i don't think so, but you really need some grow out before an id.

ficklefins · Jan 26, 2007

phisigs79 said:
I say you frag that efflo and give me a peice in case yopu tank crashes again and ill only charge you a small fee for a frag of it back :hammer:

My tank crash was due to the fact that I used GE Silicone in my sump. They started using mold inhibitor in the silicone but hadn't yet labeled the tube. It took me 6 months to figure out what went wrong.

For all those people out there trying to save a few dollars getting a cheaper "just as good as aquarium silicone", DON'T DO IT. The $2 dollars I thought I was saving in silicone ended up costing me over $80 in dead corals.

JGoslee · Jan 28, 2007

Heres a few shots taken with just actinics....

JGoslee · Jan 28, 2007

This is my newest monti. It's called nightcrawler. I'll get some better shots when the main lights come on.

Azurel · Jan 28, 2007

I have seen some cool pics of that night crawler monti....That is one nice monti.....The more I see these dang SPS threads the more I am liking what I see..I blame you guys for it.....