A year in the life of some sps and lps frags (photo tour)

[watchguy123]

I found some pictures on my cell phone of some of my frags (SPS and LPS) from September 2011 and so I took some new photos today to observe the progression. Although I thought I had started repopulating my tank earlier, it seems that it was September to November of 2011 that I did the majority of "planting" my reef.


The PPE chalice/favia is at the very bottom of the photo. It is a browned out LPS, kind of unusual, don't you think.

And a year later:

 

[watchguy123]

And here is my red planet frag in September, 2011

And now a year later, September 2012

 

[watchguy123]

Here is the tyree pastel war coral from September 2011

And here it is today on the same rock:

 

[solitude127]

I guess they like your system.

 

[watchguy123]

This is a tiny citr red dragon frag and a decent size purple monster frag from September 2011

here is the purple monster colony today encrusting on the rock to the right as well as branching extensively

I have moved the cite red dragon from its original spot in 2011 to a lower spot in the tank, this is it today:

 

[watchguy123]

My purple polyp nasuta and scc planet earth from September 2011:

And today (please note the scc planet earth extends quite a bit to the right, it kind of looks like that is another colony but its scc planet earth)

 

[watchguy123]

Mummy eye chalice from September 2011

Today's photo of mummy eye chalice:

 

[ShiftyGirl]

Amazing! Your patience has been much rewarded. OR you've been feeding them coral crack.

 

[watchguy123]

There are four frags to note: Jayda Mindtrick Monti, Tyree Lime in the sky, ORA Pearlberry and rommel's watermelon millie. Check out the disk/rock that the Jayda frag is on, that rock is about 5 to 6 inches in diameter

And here is todays photo and note the Jayda Mindtrick monti covers the entire rock/disk.

 

[watchguy123]

Check out these two chalices from September 2011:

And now look at the growth (there are two mummy eyes on the bottom because when I removed the chalice from its plug, I tore it and ended up with two smaller frags that I glued back down.

 

[watchguy123]

I guess they like your system.

I think they are happy

 

[watchguy123]

Amazing! Your patience has been much rewarded. OR you've been feeding them coral crack.

Just patience.

 

[Reef Bullet]

Photo tours like this are always inspiring! Thanks for sharing

 

[SKremk]

Very cool. You've had some awesome growth!

 

[DecanoLA]

very nice, congrats

 

[SchnitzelReef]

Awesome!!!!


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[lowbudget]

all i can say is wow very good growth. who did you get your purple monster from?

 

[hbtl_ofndr]

Good reminder to take pics when you first place your coral. Looking at the tank daily you don't really notice the growth.

 

[watchguy123]

all i can say is wow very good growth. who did you get your purple monster from?

From a very well known reefer, back east, Dan Copps.

 

[lowbudget]

if you ever frag let me know

From a very well known reefer, back east, Dan Copps.