Cali Kid Corals

GROW-OUT CONTEST: Alveopora - Growth Tracking

Got over a 7" stretch today...
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This is a hard coral to judge with so many heads. I guess if one more person dq’s then we won’t have to judge since there will only be two people left.
 
Here are my pics for this month...it is getting harder to get the polyps to retract enough to get a great count. When fully open it is stretching over 7" wide and polyp "fingers" open large enough to surround my thumb.

Included untouched pics and ones with dots / counts
92+98+103= 293
 

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Any tips on how to make it close all the way without hurting the coral? Also would a picture be ok and just do a full count on the last month ?
 
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Super hard to get it closed up since it has skeleton stuck to the rack. Definitely see a bunch of new baby heads
 
Definitely atleast twice as big as when I got the frag now. It was about the size of the goniopora next to it. Going to have to move it soon! By my count I have atleast 230 polyps now.
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wow it is so cool seeing how it grew over the passing months :) Kinda hard to count the heads I bet :D
 
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wow it is so cool seeing hot it grew over the passing months :) Kinda hard to count the heads I bet :D
Yeah... it gets to be very much best effort... i am sure I actually have more growth than i reported but got tired of counting. Lol.

Probably last alve challenge i do...unless there's a better way to evaluate growth . Oy
 
Here are my pics this for this month. Captured three sides and top views:
97+94+108+55= 354

Also posted current golf ball size and original size frag (1/4)
 

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