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Old 12/28/2007, 12:55 PM
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Yeah, those are reasonably priced. I may have to look into it when I am able to frag something.
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Old 12/28/2007, 12:56 PM
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haha, yeah would be a good place to put them...i mean i must say, i like saving money, but for 15-20 bucks, that saves a lot of time..haha
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Old 12/28/2007, 12:56 PM
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And i believe that includes shipping..so great deal!
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Old 12/28/2007, 12:58 PM
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i like it, did you encase the inside ones in some kind of plastic?
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Old 12/28/2007, 01:03 PM
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yeah it was a resin mold....which i can say was a biotch to do...not something i will try again..haha but i can say i did it..lol
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Old 12/28/2007, 01:05 PM
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Speaking of eggcrates, here's an interesting read....

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...5&pagenumber=1
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Old 12/28/2007, 01:10 PM
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Ok, back to growth shots! This is a repost from a thread in my local reef club forum.

As you know, the plugs are roughly the size of a quarter. Look how tiny the watermelon is in comparison to a quarter!

Here's what it looked like when I got it.


Here's what it looks like now.
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Old 12/28/2007, 01:19 PM
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no fair Sone....looks good...yeah i used the same eggcrate the website says they used....not the white so to make sure its reef safe.....
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Old 12/28/2007, 01:20 PM
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how much was that frag???? Because now it looks like you have a 300 dollars piece..haha
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Old 12/28/2007, 01:31 PM
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It was over $100 but I don't remember by how much.
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Old 12/28/2007, 01:33 PM
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Ahh..got to love the secrecy of Sone's corals...its almost like the CIA of reefing..haha
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Old 12/28/2007, 01:39 PM
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Here's my nuclear green palys. When I got them, there were only 3 polyps. Now there are 5 little ones that has grown since then. One thing worth noting is that these palys seem to migrate. Notice how I had it mounted dead center on the disk? Now it has moved off to the side.

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Now:
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Old 12/28/2007, 01:41 PM
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haha...thats cool...whats next to them, maybe theyre trying to dominate that space!@
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Old 12/28/2007, 01:42 PM
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Here's the purple death palys. Just like the nuclear greens, I only got 3 polyps to start. Now there are over 6 new polyps on it.

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Old 12/28/2007, 01:43 PM
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wow, your going to be able to frag soon....
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Old 12/28/2007, 01:49 PM
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These Armor of God paly variation has grown out a bunch. It only had about 15 polyps to start with and now there's over 40. Too bad my other palys doesn't grow that fast.

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Now:
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Old 12/28/2007, 01:52 PM
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Very nice....looks great...i dont have any growth pictures to share....
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Old 12/28/2007, 02:01 PM
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You will. You are in the fun stage of rebuilding, think of it as a blank canvas...
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Old 12/28/2007, 02:09 PM
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Yeah i do....and dang i cant find anthias sold anywhere local....figures
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Old 12/28/2007, 02:34 PM
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What about that NY Aquatics place? I really like LA, you should give them a shot.
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Old 12/28/2007, 02:40 PM
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I like it sone, those are nice


Its fridaaaaaayyyyyyyy
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Old 12/28/2007, 03:14 PM
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Thanks guys, I hope it keeps up so that I'll be able to frag them soon.
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Old 12/28/2007, 03:48 PM
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2-3-07


9-13-07


12-27-07 (bluer bulb, took 2 frags out of it i think)
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Old 12/28/2007, 03:49 PM
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Man kurt those tips are glowing the second picture!
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Old 12/28/2007, 03:49 PM
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What bulb are you using in that pic?
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