When Acros Grow Together

SeaDweller · Nov 14, 2019

Acro on acro crime. #acrolivesmatter

jda · Nov 14, 2019

Please post the winner of those three battles when one is decided. In my other contest between the ORA Blue Tort and The WWC Purple Candle, it is still a dead heat standoff with both growing and nobody taking over... this one is going into overtime.

Crabs McJones · Nov 14, 2019

I had a sunrise millepora and a blueberry stag grow into eachother. They didnt fight or kill eachother, just kind of grew around eachother and kept going

ReefAtlas · Nov 15, 2019

Sea Dweller, love the coloration. Great job.

Do you know, what is this frag? Thank you.

iReefer12 · Nov 15, 2019

JDA, if you need to do some fragging then hit me up, I’d be in the market for TDF, and just a few mins away.

Sorry, don’t want to hijack the thread.

SeaDweller · Nov 15, 2019

ReefAtlas said:
Sea Dweller, love the coloration. Great job.

Do you know, what is this frag? Thank you.

The one you circled is TGC Mercury rising. It’s actually ALOT more bright pink in person.

Graffiti Spot · Nov 15, 2019

Oh man that’s a crazy nice Mille!!! Please update that piece as it grows.

Smarkow · May 29, 2020

Cool thread, gents.
How did these turn out?
Thanks for sharing

jda · May 29, 2020

The TDF won from my first photo. It completely surrounded and destroyed the ORA Orchid from all sides - Patton did not break through to save Bastonge (sorry, but WWII guy).

I took all of my colonies out and started over with frags. The TDF was probably 10-12 inches across in a perfectly flat table. That ORA Orchid was the size of a basketball. About every three years, I have to take the colonies out and start over again. I had probably 40-50 touch points where the corals were touching and they were so close to the glass that I could not scrape anymore without making a hundred frags.

Smarkow · May 29, 2020

jda said:
It completely surrounded and destroyed the ORA Orchid from all sides - Patton did not break through to save Bastonge (sorry, but WWII guy).

NUTS!

Charlie’s Frags · May 29, 2020

jda said:
The TDF won from my first photo. It completely surrounded and destroyed the ORA Orchid from all sides - Patton did not break through to save Bastonge (sorry, but WWII guy).

I took all of my colonies out and started over with frags. The TDF was probably 10-12 inches across in a perfectly flat table. That ORA Orchid was the size of a basketball. About every three years, I have to take the colonies out and start over again. I had probably 40-50 touch points where the corals were touching and they were so close to the glass that I could not scrape anymore without making a hundred frags.

What did/do you do with all the colonies?

jda · May 29, 2020

I break them up and give them away. Sometimes I sell parts of them if they are really nice. This time, I saved hunks of the nice stuff for my frag tank to start colonies there. I do not exactly break up my Purple Monster or other super nice and slow growing stuff, so it sticks around. Clams get to stick around too.

Brandon McHenry · May 29, 2020

jda said:
The TDF won from my first photo. It completely surrounded and destroyed the ORA Orchid from all sides - Patton did not break through to save Bastonge (sorry, but WWII guy).

I took all of my colonies out and started over with frags. The TDF was probably 10-12 inches across in a perfectly flat table. That ORA Orchid was the size of a basketball. About every three years, I have to take the colonies out and start over again. I had probably 40-50 touch points where the corals were touching and they were so close to the glass that I could not scrape anymore without making a hundred frags.

jda said:
I break them up and give them away. Sometimes I sell parts of them if they are really nice. This time, I saved hunks of the nice stuff for my frag tank to start colonies there. I do not exactly break up my Purple Monster or other super nice and slow growing stuff, so it sticks around. Clams get to stick around too.

That’s amazing to have a tank grow so quickly that you get to start over after just a few years. I’m surprised you don’t have a build thread for your main tank. Do you have a thread where you’ve posted any pictures of your tank/setup?

Reef_in_Denver · May 30, 2020

jda said:
I break them up and give them away. Sometimes I sell parts of them if they are really nice. This time, I saved hunks of the nice stuff for my frag tank to start colonies there. I do not exactly break up my Purple Monster or other super nice and slow growing stuff, so it sticks around. Clams get to stick around too.

If you need some help freeing up extra space let me know your prices!

JJKK · Jun 1, 2020

I got a bunch of frags from a live sale or auction a few months back. I stuck this WWC Blue Limeade in a natural hole spot in the rock and forgot about it. 9 months later, the Spongdode Monti is right next to it.

I thought the Limeade is a goner. But it looks like it is fighting back ok and making the edge of the Spongdode folding up. Or the Spongdode is getting ready to lift over it like a blanket.