What your favorite kind of coral?

[Zack]

I like open brains thats my fav because of there glow and just there mouthes are so cool.

[Brad]

I personally lean towards Carnation

[Pineapple House]

I lean towards the bright green/blue goniopora, those are so beautiful!

PH =)

[Zack]

why do you like them?

[Pineapple House]

I can just as easily turn back on you and say Why do you like the green open brains? lol

I like them from their glowing bright green/blue polyps waving with the current. The coloration is just amazing under actinics, same goes for the Red goniopora :)

PH =)

[Zack]

Thanks I fixed it!

[dadevil2335]

I will have to say montipora caps. Something about the formations that they create, those whorls, and it helps that they're a fast grower. I hope to collect as many different variations of monti caps as i find.

[phistio]

yeah, i have to say carnation (dendronephthya) rocks!!! also alevepora, blastomosa, and caulastrea are some of my favorites.

[Zack]

Do you like to get frags or larger pieces?

[Brad]

I have a friend of mine who has Chinese Staghorn and that green color is really great.

[bulldogger1]

:) I can't help but love any type and color of lobophylia.

[ReefBum]

I'm an Acropora Humilis fan....

[ReefBum]

some Humils pics...



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[Pineapple House]

Very nice pictures ReefBum! And welcome to Reeflounge, glad to have you here!

PH =)

[ReefBum]

Thanks PH :D

[Zack]

wow very nice pics reefbum! What size tank you keeping those pritty corals in?

[Pineapple House]

Zack, I think it's a 120 gallon. Just checked out reebum.com, awesome site! Great work!


PH =)

[Zack]

oh wow how cool is that, I bet those lights you got get hot huh?

[ReefBum]

Thanks everybody! Yes, the tank is a 120g and the lights do get hot!!! However, I've got a few fans and a chiller to keep temps in the 79-81 degree range.

[Zack]

LOL, I bet your tank plays with your electricity bill huh? Anyway cool tank and keep up the great work!

[Pineapple House]

ReefBum, check out This thread (http://www.ReefLounge.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=46) Your tank is under some of the most beautiful tanks i've ever seen! You should really think about entering in the tank of the month contest, see the tank of the month forum for more details :)

PH =)

[ReefBum]

Zach S. Yeah.....you could say that I get a little bummed after opening my electric bills. PH - Thanks for pointing me to that thread...it is certainly an honor to be among those awesome tanks :) I'll have to check out that contest thread.

[firechild]

Reefbum,
Awesome pics. :shock:

I think my favourite coral would be A. millepora. I haven't been able to get my hands on this species but intend to get some soon. the wide variety of bright colours is great, blues, oranges, greens, yellows and the colonies that have a mix of these colours are spectacular.

[Pineapple House]

Welcome to the forums firechild! Hope you enjoy your stay...and stay! :-D

PH =)

[killroysrevenge]

My favorite coral is simply a red open brain. Or maybe pom pom xenia. Or purple mushrooms. Or a hammer coral. Or maybe Im just addicted.

[Zack]

I think we all are! :roll:

[colinh]

My favorite corals are my Blastomussas. I have an all green, orange and green, and bright red.

[Zack]

are those lps?

[phistio]

i love blastomae!!! :wink:

[marc harrison]

i like both the open brain coral and the open brain coral :lol:

[marc harrison]

i like both the open brain coral and the bubble coral :lol:

[killroysrevenge]

I like soft corals better than hard corals. Does anyone know of a good website to get encrusting polyps? Maybe orange.

[Zack]

try garf.org Irisservice got a whole bunch of soft coral frags from there!

[michealprater]

hammer/anchor coral.

[killroysrevenge]

Hammers are cool. Can be aggressive i think. I am really starting to like collony polyps. I dont have any but I think they are really nice. I just wonder if they would take over a tank or would other corals fight them off.

[Thorkot]

I like Colt Corals most. This was my first coral.

[Pineapple House]

I'll change my vote, to the gorgonian...nothing compared to my newest addition:
http://www.imgmag.org/images/pineapple_house/Aquarium/Dsc00667.jpg

PH =)

[phistio]

but scientifically gorgonians aren't in the same class as cnadarians... :?

[Pineapple House]

:roll:

Phistio, just out of curiousity, could you ID that gorgonian? I've tried to get Eric Borneman to ID it, but so far no reply from him, although some members there, including reefdiver, Project Reef, and a few others know that it wouldn't be photosynthic. I think Ali's friends used to have one like it, and theirs died in 6 months even with the best of care :? If you can ID it, I would be suprized!

PH =)

[Fugly]

I like my battling Goni.
Flower pot coral impressed me when I saw how quickly it reacts to Metal Halide Lighting (and colours it shows).

[phistio]

it's yellow, right? (btw, that polyp extenxion is amazing!!! :shock: )

i would have to assume it's a deeper water species first, off hand. i'l try an dig a little further...

[Fugly]

This goni was just a fortunate score really. Was labelled as liverock and was pretty weak looking in shop tank but when it entered my tank under the MH lights it thrived. So was pretty lucky with that. Enjoyable first coral though. Great water movement :)

[Fugly]

That gorgonian is sweeeet!!! How did u aquire that PH??

[Fiji Live Rock]

My FAVORITE has to be the Waving Hand(Blue)! :mrgreen:

http://www.liveaquaria.com/images/products/large/pw85511xenia_blue.jpg

They constantly "grab" at the water trying to get food. :mrgreen:

[Pineapple House]

Thanks for the compliments! After 2 weeks of searching the net, I found out the species. It's called Blue Bush Gorgonian Acalycigoria sp. Acording to Randy, the owner of www.themarinecenter.com (highly recommended place!), Not a lot is known about his one as it's
relatively new to the trade. It does require strong, preferably
alternating current. It's obviously nonphotosynthetic, but the polyps
are large enough that it seems to do well in some tanks unlike
gorgonians with tiny polyps that just get overgrown with algae. These
definitely aren't wimpy in that way. Although it will require plankton
feeding, our observations are that this gorgonian will fare better than
most non photosynthetic gorgonians. You're unlikely to find any accurate
info out there on this one, but the long term verdict is not in.

I'm very happy to say that it has been doing great! There were a couple of dead spots on it (no tissue), but I can see those are now gone since I bought it. I notice daily that the tissue around the dead spots is growing polyps (I got some nice ones!), which is amazing. I have a few pics here.

PH =)

[Fugly]

This now shows, that the gorgonian is regrowing it's tissues.
Very impressed! :D That is some great recovery work. What sort of additives were you using?? It would be great if I could get that flowerpot of mine to regrow in the skeletal(dead) parts.


My FAVORITE has to be the Waving Hand(Blue)!
Nice specimen Fiji was wondering what genus?? speceis?
Frogspawn? Pulse? I am fairly new to corals so I want to find out as much as possible. :) Tnx

[Pineapple House]

Hmm...
I never dosed anything, all the levels were perfect without any additives. I know gorgonians will need calcium, my calcium is at 500ppm. They tent to dislike lighting, which is why im worried (i'm upgrading to 2, 400wt Radiums), so i'm hoping everything will turn out ok. I've only seen it out on the market twice, some can be cheap, others can be quite expensive, it all matters on the LFS and size. I also have it under direct current with the power head (you can see iton the top right of the gorgonian picture). It shoots the water down, bounces off the substrate, and hits the gorgonian in 3 different places ( bottom, right, and top). I blast it with phytoplankton weekly (about 15ml), DT's to be exact.

Also, to answer your last question, I saw it at the LFS. I've done some heavy reaserch on the care of nonphotosynthic gorgonians, but never expected it to be extremely hard to care for (says many members of various boards). I bought the one which looked the healthiest; nice polyp color and extention, and most tissue remaining. If the polyps aren't opened, don't buy it.

PH =)

[phistio]

to add to the fact that they "don't like light"...they are a deep water, atlantic specific species...in deeper water reef, not much of the spectrum reaches (in terms of nanometers) to where the gorgonians thrive.

i would suspect they would thrive in lower lighting tanks, and love actinic lighting.

also, i believe (from what i can see in the pictures) there is a parasite feeding on the gornonian.

[Pineapple House]

also, i believe (from what i can see in the pictures) there is a parasite feeding on the gornonian.
What? :shock:

[Pineapple House]

I got your PM Phistio, no parasites :)

Heres some pics of the growth in less than 18hrs, the tissue is regenerating very fast, and even some new polyps :)

PH =)

[phistio]

good deal! :D :mrgreen:

i myself love these deep water gorgonians...the reds (from what i've personally seen) seem to do better...but i love the idea of have a nice bright yellow focal point in my tank. anyhow, i may grab a species myself. :D

[Fugly]

Hey PH it would be great to see an update on the regrowth on that gorgonian of yours. :) 8)

[Pineapple House]

Hmm...

It seems to be starting to go on the bottom :? Around the base I can see some large dead spots, although everything else from the base is growing...odd...I might frag it tonight, just as a back up...I'll get some pics tomorrow, as the lights are off now.

PH =)

[Zack]

cAN'T Wait to see them

[Pineapple House]

Ok, I fraged it again :shock: for a total of two frags, which i'm trading one to Saltcreep.

The first picture is the recovered tissue! Even some new polyps forming!

The second is the dead spot, which has grown over the last 7 days for no reason :(

PH =)

[Pineapple House]

And finally, here's my pride and joy :) My second frag, the first one is showing very slight imporvement in the tissue I scraped off, but not much, but it hasn't even been 24hrs yet :)

PH =)

[Fugly]

Keep them pics coming PH. Very nice gorg. :)

[Fugly]

How are those frags coming along PH?

[Pineapple House]

Exelent. The damage has healed up completely on the big one, and the frags are growing nicely :) The dead spot has also healed up a small bit, although not much. I found a 'red polyp' gorgonian growing on the back of the rock, containing 2 very small red polyps with a small branching. I'm hoping over time this will look like the big one, just with red polyps instead of blue...that's gonna be fun to see. As for the pictures, likely on Saturday or Sunday I can give you some.

PH =)

[Zack]

VERY nice glad to hear!

[Fugly]

Looking forward to them. :) Getting my 707 happening again soon. Want to post some pics of my new bi-colour blennies. :wink:

[Pineapple House]

Awesome Fugly! It's an awesome camera, you should enjoy it!

PH =)

[Fugly]

Yeah I know!! :D I can't wait.... I want to use nightshot on my Open Brain Coral and show you guys a pic of its tenticles it puts out at night. 8)
I am soon to aquire my Sony Digital Photo Printer. It prints 3.8 MP Photos! :shock: They look AWESOME!. Pretty damn close to photo shop photos if not better in some cases. :P

[Pineapple House]

Here it is! Heres the first frag. I can't get a good shot of the second one though, as the glass around it is covered in coralline and algae.

PH =)

[Fugly]

Nice one PH! :) Looking good I c. Those polyps are quite interesting. 8)

[Zack]

YES!!! very nice man!

[corrado170]

My favorites are Pipe Organ, and Aleveopora. I like the coloration and movement of my aleveopora and I am fascinated by how the pipe organ grows.


-ACAquatics

[call69]

hammer corals are the best... waving with the current and have considerable size and display....

oooh ahhh... hammer corals....