the center piece...

[SneakyTortuga]

I would think that is due in part to the really high end ones being relatively new. So they haven't grown out yet. And the fact that unless you exactly duplicate the conditions they were cultured in, you may not have as nice of a coral colony as you expected in the end.

I agree! It’s almost an art to get some of these corals to color up

 

[declanisadog]

Oregon Tort. Bright blue, and the weird growth pattern does it for me.

 

[CNDReef]

Large leng sy cap.

 

[Jordan Prather]

For sps this is probably my favorite colony I have seen

 

[SneakyTortuga]

For sps this is probably my favorite colony I have seen

now thats stunning!!! any name on this one?

 

[Jordan Prather]

now thats stunning!!! any name on this one?

Rt 66 merlins staff good luck finding one though they do pop up on cherry corals from time to time around $500 a frag though the place that this piece originated from closed up

 

[SneakyTortuga]

Rt 66 merlins staff good luck finding one though they do pop up on cherry corals from time to time around $500 a frag though the place that this piece originated from closed up

Looks like a stunner! I saw someone local who was selling a few

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

i know there are plenty of threads asking for your "top 10 sps" threads but i was wondering...

for those of you who have achieved those wall to wall sps tanks or are just starting with a field of tiny sticks.... what is that ONE center piece. the one coral that stands out from the crowd. that one show piece that when people who know nothing about the hobby come over they say "wow! whats that?"

the piece that if you took it out of the tank, the tank just wouldn't be the same...

share pictures if possible

You as for it. Largest piece for its kind
Dendronephthya

 

[Graffiti Spot]

If we're just talking a standout center piece, I would have to go with a grown out stag colony of any kind (which does include the bali slimmer). Seeing a stag colony standing tall with mounding, tabling and smaller branching corals surrounding it down below just gets me every time.

+1 staghorns are always something that draws everyone's eye

 

[Graffiti Spot]

You as for it. Largest piece for its kind
Dendronephthya

Never seen anyone keep one of these for any good amount of time except for a few who have species specific tanks.

 

[MikeAndrews]

A huge Red Planet Acro or my big watermelon chalice. Both have been dragged many times to give to friends

 

[thaveteran]

Vivid’s Rainbow

 

[bubbaque]

Vivid’s Rainbow

Chris was telling me how nice yours was!

 

[Stickboy15]

You as for it. Largest piece for its kind
Dendronephthya

Ive never heard of this or seen one

 

[Rich Klein]

A huge Red Planet Acro or my big watermelon chalice. Both have been dragged many times to give to friends

I can be your friend ;-)

 

[adtravels]

acropora robusta is my fav centrepiece. Green base and polyps with thick pink/purple tips

 

[RussiReef]

It is hard to pick ONE center piece here.

 

[MAX6297]

 

[DaveRaz]

Another vote for vivid Rainbow

 

[pantai biru]

My sps no name