Losettis growth pictures

[Sparkss]

Here it is when first bought 10/15/05:

http://tomandjue.com/Gallery/albums/TankshotsandCorals/Corals005.jpg


Here it is in late November 2005, a couple of weeks after we cleared out a "bad" hitchiker crab that had been eating the coral down to the "bone" (you can already see growth in teh cut sections). We have to amputate several heavily damaged branches. Amazing what one little crab can do in such a short span of time :

http://tomandjue.com/Gallery/albums/TankshotsandCorals/Corals_033.jpg


Here it is today 01/28/06:

http://tomandjue.com/Gallery/albums/TankshotsandCorals/Corals_015.jpg



and top down today :

http://tomandjue.com/Gallery/albums/TankshotsandCorals/Corals_014.jpg

[Paladin]

Nice growth and great looking coral!

[otterpop510]

i really like the blue.. beautiful coral!

[Sparkss]

thank you.. and yea, we really like the nice contrast that it has developed, between the baby blue base and teal coralites :)

[Elite]

Very nice piece Tom... Wanna sell a frag :D

[Sparkss]

I have about half a dozen frags ranging from 3/4" to 2" (give or take). There are already a couple spoken for, but I should have some left for the swap, if anyone is interested in a little trading/buying :)

If my current stock of frags runs out I can easily frag a couple more, but I feel more comfortable with the frags we have now, as they are already well encrusted on their plugs, and doing well. Bear in mind also that I have noticed better color and growth with it being lower in the tank than when it was higher up. Shoot me a PM if you are interested :)

[Elite]

Got my PM????

[raddogz]

I am curious if this basically the same as the Steve Elias stag that is supposedly so popular?

[crazzyreefer]

tom save me one

[Sparkss]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6628846#post6628846 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Elite
Got my PM????


I replied to it earlier this afternoon...

[Sparkss]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6629073#post6629073 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by raddogz
I am curious if this basically the same as the Steve Elias stag that is supposedly so popular?

I honestly don't know. If memory serves we acquired the mother colony from Atlantis. I have seen several other losettis for sale but none with the color that ours exhibits, but we all know how lighting and flow in the different tanks can cause such differemces, I only hope that our "change" is permanent :)

[xinumaster]

I'll take one frag too if still available. I can pick it up on feb 11 frag swap. Nice growth on that coral.

Perry

[Sparkss]

Just a little update. Barely 2 weeks later and now even more splitting and budding at the tips :)

http://tomandjue.com/Gallery/albums/TankshotsandCorals/Losetti_004.jpg

and top down

http://tomandjue.com/Gallery/albums/TankshotsandCorals/Losetti_006.jpg

[merlock116]

can u raise it higher than the sandbed? blast it with more light and the whole colony will go go a nice teal color instead of green w/ blue tips.

mine really colored up amazingly when i raised it off the bottom.

[Sparkss]

I had mentioned in another thread that it does turn an all over dark teal color the closer it is to the light. But I also noted that the growth rate dimished the closer it got to the light.

Plus :
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6619557#post6619557 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Sparkss
thank you.. and yea, we really like the nice contrast that it has developed, between the baby blue base and teal coralites :)

:)

Between the frags in the prop tank that are all teal and the colony in the main tank, we definitely prefer the coloration in the main tank, it stands out alot more than the all over teal coloration IMO.

Thanks for the info though :) Post some pictures of your colony, I would like to see it :D. Just tack them onto this thread. Thanks :)

[jedininja]

Hmm.. maybe I should move the frag I got from you down a bit to get better growth. The color is really great a few inches under 250w DE, but growth is slow.

[Sparkss]

yea, I did notice that with the ones in the prop tank (that were alot closer to the lights). I guess you could move it down for a couple of months to get some good size out of it then slowly move it back up :)