Bowerbanks / hillae show off thread
 

Well i think this is due. we have a lot of thread dedicated to other nice lps. so lets get the ball rolling on this one. I would love to see everyone contribute a picture or two. so off and rolling here are a few of mine.
[IMG]http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m171/wishntoboutside/lps%20aussie/IMG_0784.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m171/wishntoboutside/november%20corals/IMG_0970.jpg[/IMG]
both of these were taken a while back. bring on the new lense and i get this.=)
[IMG]http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m171/wishntoboutside/favia%20and%20lps/IMG_1038-1.jpg[/IMG]
feeding time
[IMG]http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m171/wishntoboutside/favia%20and%20lps/IMG_1044.jpg[/IMG]
this is my favorite one at the moment=)
[IMG]http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m171/wishntoboutside/favia%20and%20lps/IMG_1028.jpg[/IMG]
here is a close up while feeding.
[IMG]http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m171/wishntoboutside/favia%20and%20lps/IMG_1029.jpg[/IMG]
aint that a just to sexy.its going to hurt me when she gets made into mini colonies soon.
anyone got some pic's bring them on thanks in advance
Richard
i think i may be able to shoot a few more,

Here's one.

Colby

[IMG]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r265/BaysideCorals/aus18.jpg[/IMG]

Very nice Richard. I'm gonna have to checkout yout setup one of these days.

Cableguy nice colony.

Here are some of mine.

Red and Teal Hillae
[IMG]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e304/AllDelight000/04-22-07corals046.jpg[/IMG]

Got this from Ron @ Reef Tec. He said it was a Bowerbanki, but I have no idea. Its pink and green.
[IMG]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e304/AllDelight000/01-26-07009crop.jpg[/IMG]

My pink hillae. My most prized coral. I sometimes look at my tank and play that save the coral game. If I could only save one coral from my tank which would it be. It would be this one.
[IMG]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e304/AllDelight000/01-03-07029crop.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e304/AllDelight000/03-23-07016.jpg[/IMG]

I don't have any of these... yet :D , but I saw this one online a few weeks ago. Almost pulled the trigger, then it was gone...... Still, looked cool enough that I saved the pic.


So, fess up. Who got it? I know you're in here:D


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cable guy great color. looks great.

all delight. i love you pink one. wow

SPStoner none but great post..=) looking foward to see what you acquire in the future.

[IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y234/andrewkw/xti/IMG_0626.jpg[/IMG]

not a great pic, and not an exceptionally great piece but it's my only hilae.

I'm actually going to move it under more light in an attempt to get it more pink.

Now this is truely a awsome LPS thread...must keep going. But those in the know will tell you not many of these types out there.

This one is my 'what one coral would I save" coral.
Bowerbanki eating a feather duster worm. I love this guy.
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Different colony, feeding time
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One of my Hillae colonies
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Wow you guys got some SICK STUFF!!! Here's my only one and he sure eats a lot lol!

[IMG]http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/Addicted_2_Africans/bowerbank.jpg[/IMG]:mixed:

I am jealous, I have neither but am waiting either for a nice deal on getting a head or two to start a colony or eventually someday the bank to be able to purchase one anyway.

I know they aren't the most common thing but their pricing just seems too high and even irregular sometimes.


How do you find the growth of them to be?

Both of these are growing well but I wouldnt say fast.[IMG]http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/162269IMG_0284.jpg [/IMG]

[IMG]http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/162269IMG_0283.jpg [/IMG]

Monkey that first one is sweet.

Airinhere I can see why you'd save that one. Thats a nice colony.

Hogfirsh those are some nice colors.

Andrew can't tell much from that picture, but from what I've of your corals I'm sure its a nice one.

Christie I paid way too much for mine. And pricing is really irregular. There are alot of the aussie ones out there, and if you stay away from the "exotic" specialist you'll find them really reasonable. I've seen purple and green hillae frags for like $20 a head. Thats dirt cheap. Growth IME is pretty slow. That red and teal one that I have in the first picture had two adult heads when I first got it, about a year ago. I was looking for the picture of when I first got it so I can show you then and now. Of course I always run into it when I don't need it, now I've been looking for 20 mins and can't find it. Anyways when I first got it it had adult heads, now those heads have gotten alot bigger and have grown more mouths around it. I think I have about 6 additional mouths now. But it seems like it takes forever for them to fully develope. I feed them here and there. But at least they've grown more mouths. That was the first Hillae I bought, and it came from one of those exotic farmers so I paid a premium. But I was mislead because he told me it was pink. He promised not a reddish pink but pink, pink. I've seen a fully pink no red Hillae before, so I knew it was possible. So I forked out the cash. It looked kinda reddish pink in my tank, then once it settled in it was red. This was the first time I dealt with him I called him and he said well you know, under different lights and different tanks the corals will change slightly. Lesson learned.

The pink one is a totally different story. I've had that piece for about 14 months and not one new mouth. Nothing. I got that piece from Chris @ Reefermadness. He said he had it for 2 years and nothing. If he wasn't exaggerating, thats 3 years without any growth.

If you want I could find a frag around here for you and ship it to you. PM me if you like.

interesting note on the growth rates. I have seen very lil to none on some of mine while others are growing. Some that i fraged in the past healed great others receeded. It probably would take forever to get a full sized head growth. To some it up I find my hillae's inconsistant with everything but all like to eat at night.

Here's one I almost lost to PO4 problem; it is recovering now.
[IMG]http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a289/icu_2/bowerbanki.jpg[/IMG]

lost this one to PO4 RIP... Candy apple red w/ green stripes. Good news is I did frag it before it went so there is hope for someday getting it again.
[IMG]http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a289/icu_2/hillaemommy.jpg[/IMG]

Thanks delight, might...... be one of my favs

here's mine

[IMG]http://www.worldwidecorals.com/acanhilea.jpg[/IMG]

Very nice pieces i think iam going to start that collection starting Jan 1 2008 HAPPY NEY YEAR!

Can some care to explain what is "PO4"? I appreciate it.

Phosphate - I used ROWA and Phosban mix in a large GEO reactor and it lowered the PO4 to much to fast (~3 ppm to 0). LPS are more touchy on the rapid decline of PO4 whereas the SPS were happy in hours IME. Sadly, the it was too late for my bowerbanki.

HTH

anyone else got any to show. lets try to keep this going=)