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And if you like blues, this one is crazy different. Got it as a wild piece and I like the shade of blue, the weird chubby multi branches. Overall, very different and I think pretty.

I love random pretty pieces too. One of my favs is a turquise blue aussie piece with a blue that i've never seen before. Slow grower, but it is finally projecting after a few years in my system.
 

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I had a power outage some weeks ago. Blown circuit breaker the afternoon after I left on a 10 day vacation. Lost some fish and some coral before problem fixed. Stuff always happens when you're on vacation

Browned out this frag of RR USA orange passion


Man, i've got a frag of op of questionable origin. Looks just like that, may it's real.
 

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I bet yours and mine is real...


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Maybe they both are, that would be cool. Mine is RR USA, got it from a friend and his frag came from RR USA. I have a RR Canada op and a RR Canada Ultimate op which I got directly from Canada and then there are others, like SC op which I don't have.
 

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Oh my bad. I have a bona fide sc op and i thought the questionable was supposed to be sc as well. I don't know how they differ though, and these two frags do not look identical (yet?)


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Yes i believe so. They are off which is why the bigger one is questionable. Smaller one i got from battlecorals, that should be real knowing adam...


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Fun to be able to blow up a photo so it is super close up.




The tip of this acro got roughed up a bit. Nonetheless, I really like the color




Good or bad, I have a lot of little frags growing.




This one may also turn out cool




I just know this tenuis will color up eventually




This guy hasn't colored up at all, but I love the rapidly encrusting base that is all white. It seems to be encrusting so fast that you can almost see it happening.

 

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You know how sometimes you stare and stare at your tank waiting for some growth. Well the first picture was taken in April, a few weeks ago and the second was taken this morning. Kind of cool to see the oregon tort branch I cut from the side and previously glued vertically next to the colony finally encrusting into each other. It is just a couple millimeters of growth but remarkable nonetheless. I did this because the oregon tort was growing out horizontally and I want vertical growth. Whether that actually happens or not, it was fun to try.



 

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That's cool. Mine always encrust quite awhile before projecting...i really want to science the crap out of acropora, it's an awesome species!


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Yeah most of my acro's are smaller frags. Getting a lot more incrusting than popping out sticks. Especially my Garf bonzi.
 

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Yeah for me, bonsai does not project much ever russ. It's tabling. I've had the same colony for like 5 years and it's never gotten more than .5" on the projections, just grows fat.

Put it high up to bring out the purple. Such a simple awesome coral!

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The next two pictures are interesting. I took a large frag of a colony that has been in my display for a long time and placed it in my frag tank yesterday. I also have a chunk of the same colony that has been living in my frag tank for a good while. My display runs 2-5ppm nitrates and about .08 or so ppm phosphates. My frag runs undetectable nutrients. Well look at the comparison in color with normal nutrients vs UNLS. Both pieces are sitting in my frag tank so the lighting is the same for the photos. Pretty stark contrast between pastel and deep/richer colors. They both are nice just so different.

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My vivid's starting to show some color. It is also started to grow pretty quickly as well.




This next colony is starting to get to be too big and is running into other colonies and rocks so it is time to trim him.



 

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Finally, starting to see growth and color on some of my tiny frags

Got this from a good friend. The side was a little goofy looking, so I glued it goofy side down and you can see it starting to encrust.





This is a reef raft USA piece starting to show a bit of color. I think it is going to turn out great even if I can't figure out how to get it in focus





My favorite Acro, Z Wonder, crazy color and growth pattern. I smile every time I see it. This top down view is very cool





Weird coloration and cool growth, Yellow eyed jaw dropper. Not sure what to call the body color, but I do like it


 
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