Gomer
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This coral has some personal history and I feel like typing, so beware of an excessively long DBTC post!
I got this guy originally back in Feb 08. It was my first nice SPS. I "grew" it originally under power compacts, then under a sunpod and always held it's color. I say grow because all it seemed to do was puddle out.
Here is a poorly white-balanced and a bit saturated photo of it back in April 08
..and puddle was ALL it did for about a year. I knew it had potential but it wasn't sending out branches so fragging it in the normal sense wasn't going to happen. So I did the next best thing. Since this guy puddled over the entire plug and under it, I chipped away at the bottom of it and made some tiny frags (3 in total) maybe 1/2 a year ago. They didn't have the color of the main part, but they were frags
So, I grew out these chips and let them do their thing. Their thing, being puddling! These frags also were in no hurry what so ever to recolor.
Recently, the main "colony" has actually started to send up branches!!! Of course, it wasn't on the frag plug, but rather on the frag rack puddle...go figure :~ It is also growing into Jeremy's A. abroholsensis. Oh yeah! The new "grafted simplex"
Well, I need to clear out a bunch of my frags, and the 3, not yet colored up puddles on frag plugs need a home. Maybe someone else will find their secret of anti-puddling?!!!
Requirement: ...well.. THat is up to you! Pick a number or suggest a name or humor me with a youtube video or tell me about an awesome recipe or beer. It's your party :-D
Pickup at the October meeting!
Current photo. Under T5 (2x ATI blue plus, 2x UVL 75/25)
Other corals to compare color to (left to right)..ignore any misspellings
blue tipped insignis
This DBTC acro
Perry's aussie Blue polyp monti (in the back)
Rich's Tenuis (tips of a small frag right behind "this acro")
A. abroholsensis
A butchered green tenuis
False Aqua Delight
Ian's brown out special
Spongeodies
oh..and the obligatory macro shot!
I got this guy originally back in Feb 08. It was my first nice SPS. I "grew" it originally under power compacts, then under a sunpod and always held it's color. I say grow because all it seemed to do was puddle out.
Here is a poorly white-balanced and a bit saturated photo of it back in April 08
..and puddle was ALL it did for about a year. I knew it had potential but it wasn't sending out branches so fragging it in the normal sense wasn't going to happen. So I did the next best thing. Since this guy puddled over the entire plug and under it, I chipped away at the bottom of it and made some tiny frags (3 in total) maybe 1/2 a year ago. They didn't have the color of the main part, but they were frags
So, I grew out these chips and let them do their thing. Their thing, being puddling! These frags also were in no hurry what so ever to recolor.
Recently, the main "colony" has actually started to send up branches!!! Of course, it wasn't on the frag plug, but rather on the frag rack puddle...go figure :~ It is also growing into Jeremy's A. abroholsensis. Oh yeah! The new "grafted simplex
"Well, I need to clear out a bunch of my frags, and the 3, not yet colored up puddles on frag plugs need a home. Maybe someone else will find their secret of anti-puddling?!!!
Requirement: ...well.. THat is up to you! Pick a number or suggest a name or humor me with a youtube video or tell me about an awesome recipe or beer. It's your party :-D
Pickup at the October meeting!
Current photo. Under T5 (2x ATI blue plus, 2x UVL 75/25)
Other corals to compare color to (left to right)..ignore any misspellings
blue tipped insignis
This DBTC acro
Perry's aussie Blue polyp monti (in the back)
Rich's Tenuis (tips of a small frag right behind "this acro")
A. abroholsensis
A butchered green tenuis
False Aqua Delight
Ian's brown out special
Spongeodies
oh..and the obligatory macro shot!
