Smite's Stout CDA - 205G

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I think it's one of the best tables out there. Definitely one that will stay in the hobby for a long time. Looks great!
I'm looking forward to it getting some size. So far it's growing kinda slow but I think it's partly just how compact it grows. It's a great looking piece and I'm glad placed it up front.
 

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Yeah, that’s one of the best shortcake variants out there.


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Yeah it's basically a high color shortcake. Love the red it has.

The frags from my Battlebox a while back are settling in. The Raindrops on Roses fell over and needs to color up but the rest are pictured.
RR Blue Flame
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BC Sunblaze Spath
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BC Bubblegum 2.0
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BC Pumpkin Spice
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Tongs FV specials coloring up and looking good
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I feel like this tiny spath frag has made a cool change in color and looking promising.
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i'm rooting your shazam to make a comeback, your colony of it in the last tank is probably my favorite colony of any acro i've seen in person. the shape and it being so tightly clustered was freaking sweet
 

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Looking good! I definitely need a spath soon. I totally agree with Matt, your Shazam was pretty f’ing nice!


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Yeah that shazam looking piece is one of my all time favorites with a couple different tones of blue, reddish polyps and when it's really pluggin away white polyps in the new growth tips. I've got it blasted by flow again so hopefully it'll shape up the same in this tank.

I love spaths as well, look forward to what you end up picking out.

I really like the look of CoralEuphoria's - Abe's Spathulata. It's pretty unique looking, aquacultured under MH/LED and Abe's pictures are super accurate so I may end up pulling the trigger on that and TGC Redwing later this month.
https://coraleuphoria.com/store/corals/acropora/ce-abes-spathulata/
 
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Man that first Tongs piece is a stunner!!

You seem to have pretty good luck finding hidden gems there. Actually … skill lol not luck.
 

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Man that first Tongs piece is a stunner!!

You seem to have pretty good luck finding hidden gems there. Actually … skill lol not luck.
Thanks man! He gets some killer stuff in for sure. It's a roll of the dice because he dips so harshly a lot of things bleach out but on a few slow days he's taken the time to show me the page he's ordering off from the overseas supplier and it's all fire.

If I see something interesting in the frag tank, I'll go to the large displays and look for which colony it was cut off for an idea of growth and sometimes color. If it looks slower and is see Tong, then I ask if he'll do fresh cuts off the back colonies but those usually cost a bit more.
 

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Cool piece! I might try a speciosa at some point, but waiting to see if something affordable pops up? I think Abe has a few decently priced ones.


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Yeah it's turning out pretty nice. I'm kinda the same on them, some seem pretty fragile for the price tag. It'll be a wait but I'll get you a piece of this if it starts growing well for me.
 

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Which piece is this? Looks pretty cool.
Thanks Dipan, it's getting pretty nice now. It's just a maricultured frag I bought a few months back from Tongs that looked special amongst the rest.
When I picked it up in October, under t5
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I'm gonna have to make the trip with you to Tongs one of these days to check that place out.
 

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I'm gonna have to make the trip with you to Tongs one of these days to check that place out.
Let me know when you're in the area and we'll do it!

They usually don't look like much at first. This one's kind of a turd but under all his blue lights I saw a unique looking orange that I don't have in my tank. See how this one goes. A $38 gamble, ha!
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I'm really gonna test they system with this wild aussie enchinata from Carson's Tropical Fish. It wasn't mounted to anything so I don't think it's maricultured. Looked a little sketchy yesterday after heavy dipping but the polyps are out today.
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I really do need to get a replacement pump for my bad Tunze, low level flow is lacking now. I'm leaning towards 2 x 4k gyres and hydros WaveEnginev2.
 
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Let me know when you're in the area and we'll do it!

They usually don't look like much at first. This one's kind of a turd but under all his blue lights I saw a unique looking orange that I don't have in my tank. See how this one goes.
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Tongs has some hidden gems , I feel their tank lighting doesn’t help see the true potential I’m some of their pieces.

I think I have a decent eye or get lucky quite a bit, being able to see some potential in coral under bad lighting.

Here’s one I got from them and instantly fell in love. In their tank it was really tucked away and looked to be a little pale and

this video/pic was taken the next day from when I got it. Clearly it wasn’t pale just




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