Let's see your Bonzai!
 

Thanks to SolidDetail808 (Mike) I was able to get pictures of my GARF Bonzai's. The original frag was about <1/4" from Sanddollar about 2 years ago or so on an order generated from Frags.org.

This picture is the mother colony about the end of 2006--I swear didn't grow for the first 8 months, lol... To give you an idea of the scale the frag was mounted on a 3/4" ceramic plug.

[IMG]http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r18/Eliazer805/My%20Coral/DSC01714.jpg[/IMG]

Mother colony now:

[IMG]http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r18/Eliazer805/My%20Coral/Bansai2.jpg[/IMG]

This second colony I accidentally broke off from the mother colony about 1 year ago:

[IMG]http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r18/Eliazer805/My%20Coral/Bansai.jpg[/IMG]

Please post pictures of yours and how long you have had it :).

sorry... a little outta focus... but here is an old shot of mine in our tank in the lobby here at work

[IMG]http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee69/Kip4130/bonsaidanielsan.jpg[/IMG]

I just wanted to add that this coral is probably the one piece that inspired me to keep coral in the first place. I hope GARF doesn't mind me posting their pictures but, they are so insperational :).

[IMG]http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r18/Eliazer805/bondisk1000750.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r18/Eliazer805/bonclam1000750.jpg[/IMG]

BTW Kip that is a very nice bonsai you have there. What lighting do you use and were do you place it in your tank? Your colors are so different then mine :).

i've found this coral to look best in less than intense light and it seems to like some poop in the water

my work tank runs 150wDE... i have ush14k in... it's about 2/3rds the way up from the bottom... it gets a good mix of flow too

I recently got this coral (2 months) and its directly under a 150W 14k phoenix. It is growing faster than I thought it would but it looks like crap compared to when I got it. Its a real light purple and the polyps barely come out. Do you guys think it is getting too much light? All my other acros have great color. I just want to get a sense of where you guys are keeping your bonsais.

My colony had the same problem before I moved it over from my 60g to my new 112g--you can kind of tell from the washed out color in the first picture, it was like that for a long time. The main difference in the tanks is that I am using a calcium reactor and the flow is much better. the depth placement was almost identical. I don't think it's getting too much light I have mine at about 4-5" below surface under a 250w MH and the only effect--as you can tell is that the purple is lighter at the tips than at the base, plus I have great PE.

Yeah, mine looks almost identical to yours in the first pic except the polyps don't come out as nicely. Washed out looking is a good way to describe it, that is exactly how I would describe mine. I hope it gets better....

I just had redbugs when this pic was taken so it has gotten most of its color back now.

[IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y212/jjmcat/validapuddel.jpg[/IMG]

Lets see your Bonsai
 

Based on the pics, I think that's what this is. Here it is in when I got it....
[IMG]http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7d605b3127ccebae1e1cfee9b00000026108Dbsmrly2M[/IMG]

and here it is 3 months later!!

[IMG]http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7ce08b3127ccebf3c64ed472200000026108Dbsmrly2M[/IMG]
[IMG]http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7ce08b3127ccebf3d50cae66300000026108Dbsmrly2M[/IMG]

Hmm. Now I think it's a tricolor.

here is what i believe is a bonsai,maybe it isnt?

[IMG]http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b239/checkinhawk/Project%20150%20gallon/bonsaitopdown.jpg[/IMG]

this is what i used to have it till rowaphos kill it.
[IMG]http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h23/koboree/feb2004151.jpg[/IMG]

I think I have one, too...not very purple, though, and the polyp extension is much better in the dark:

[IMG]http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb113/bjdoyle64/bonsai2.jpg[/IMG]

That was beautiful, tamarindthai! I am sorry about the loss. :(

these days with so many people calling an acro with a little purple and green it is hard to know if you have the "real" bonsai unless you get it straight from GARF or from another known/trusted source.

but it doesnt really matter anyway.... as long as you like the coral and are happy with it.... brand naming isnt a big deal

Here is mine

[img]http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee37/Reeferpnoy/015copy-2.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE][i]<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11430864#post11430864 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tamarindthai [/i]
[B]this is what i used to have it till rowaphos kill it.
[IMG]http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h23/koboree/feb2004151.jpg[/IMG] [/B][/QUOTE]
i got my straight from garf,just a free tiny frag when i order 100 of the red leg crabs

I suspect this is one...?

[IMG]http://www.climatestudios.com/rc/acro_10.30.07.jpg[/IMG]

After an alk spike, I had to chop this one up. It has recovered to about half of its original size.

[IMG]http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o184/mrpoletti/LastTri.jpg[/IMG]

Here are two shots of my frags.

[IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/seansod/Nikon%20D40x/bonsia10001_filtered.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/seansod/Nikon%20D40x/bonsia0001_filtered.jpg[/IMG]

Tony

Here's a shot of a frag I bought as bonsai. I think I paid too much.
Just a fancy A.valida if you ask me.

[IMG]http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h210/Trainer02/dec2107021bonsai.jpg[/IMG]

[QUOTE][i]<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11436863#post11436863 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Oldude [/i]
[B]Here's a shot of a frag I bought as bonsai. I think I paid too much.
Just a fancy A.valida if you ask me.

[IMG]http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h210/Trainer02/dec2107021bonsai.jpg[/IMG] [/B][/QUOTE]

I'm no pro but, this doesn't look like a bonsai to me :(.

Atlantis Bonsai

[IMG]http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f285/dougspivey/SEP%2007/ATLBonsai.jpg[/IMG]

Does anyone want to sell a frag of theirs?

[IMG]http://swfmas.com/gallery2/d/8281-2/garf_bonsai.jpg[/IMG]