After seeing these, I've got to get me an LPS tank! (56K download warning)

gcarroll · #1 10/18/2007, 12:46 AM

I decided to venture out to see how the other side lives! I went to pookstreet's home to drop off a coral and you know I brought my camera. 300 gallons of wet dreams. I have seen all these wicked colored acans around and I can now say that I too am a believer!

Now to talk the wife into another tank.

I took a lot of pics but here are a few to hold you over til tomorrow.

gcarroll · #2 10/18/2007, 12:50 AM

Chalices

wishntoboutside · #3 10/18/2007, 10:00 AM

very nice greg. i need you to come over and take some pictures of my tank. let me clean it first.=)

gcarroll · #4 10/18/2007, 10:18 AM

here are the rest! (sorry they are not as sharp as normal but I did not notice how slow the shutter speed was til I got home and downloaded)

Benny Z · #5 10/18/2007, 10:46 AM

omg - WHERE can i get a frag of these purple wellsis???

gcarroll · #6 10/18/2007, 10:59 AM

actually I think he said those were palythoa. I don't remember the name of them though. maybe "purple death"?

dangtang25 · #7 10/18/2007, 11:37 AM

yea thats a purple death paly.

Benny Z · #8 10/18/2007, 11:37 AM

ok, that would make a lot more sense. they looked like blastos at first, but now i see the rim around them isn't a fleshly rim. definately looks more like palys.

i was gonna say!!!

i gotta get me some o' them!

lol!

Echidna09 · #9 10/18/2007, 04:02 PM

I believe Zoanuts (maybe Zoafrag) has purple death blastos.

kev apsley · #10 10/18/2007, 04:06 PM

Great Pictures Greg! Kenny has some killer stuff, I got some frags from him a few months ago and it pretty much started the LPS trip I'm on now!

is that the Prism Favia or the Dragons Soul? or are they the same? what a specimen!!

gasman059 · #11 10/18/2007, 04:21 PM

some nice stuff there.

gcarroll · #12 10/18/2007, 05:08 PM

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Originally posted by kev apsley
is that the Prism Favia or the Dragons Soul? or are they the same? what a specimen!!

I spoke w/ Kenny and I was told that is actually the original Dragon Soul colony. It is a remarkable piece.

kev apsley · #13 10/18/2007, 05:11 PM

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Originally posted by gcarroll
I spoke w/ Kenny and I was told that is actually the original Dragon Soul colony. It is a remarkable piece.

God I LOVE that coral! Did you get a frag?

rppvt · #14 10/18/2007, 05:18 PM

What kind of LIGHTS is he using?

gcarroll · #15 10/18/2007, 05:30 PM

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Originally posted by kev apsley
God I LOVE that coral! Did you get a frag?

Not any more. I was originally given one from Richard (wishintobeoutside), who is a very good friend of mine, but I cannot maintain the color as I have too much light. I gave the frag back. I'm sure I can get it back if I set up a low light tank in the future. Last I talked to Richard, he was having trouble keeping the color in his tanks since they are so shallow. I assume that is why the colony in in Kenny's tank but don't quote me on that.

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Originally posted by rppvt
What kind of LIGHTS is he using?

The lighting on the tank is temporary while awaiting his MH system. Right now he is using some cheap T5 fixtures.

kev apsley · #16 10/18/2007, 05:35 PM

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Originally posted by gcarroll
Not any more. I was originally given one from Richard (wishintobeoutside) but I cannot maintain the color as I have too much light. I gave the frag back. I'm sure I can get it back if I set up a low light tank in the future. Last I talked to Richard, he was having trouble keeping the color in his tanks since they are so shallow. I assume that is why the colony in in Kenny's tank but don't quote me on that.

Got ya! I have a small colony so when you are ready for a frag give me a holler

Alexpescado · #17 10/18/2007, 06:14 PM

Great Pics. Kenny has a beautiful varied collection of Lps.

kev apsley · #18 10/18/2007, 06:21 PM

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Originally posted by Alexpescado
Great Pics. Kenny has a beautiful varied collection of Lps.

yes he does and so do you my friend!

wishntoboutside · #19 10/19/2007, 04:17 PM

kev,

the piece that is at kenny's is the orginal dragon soul colony. a fragement of this did go to steve tyree, other fragments have gone to hugo and josecasas, recently slojim. i have seen a few similar colonies but not the same as this. the color stayed true and is more vivid then another peice i have. This piece may be similar to atlantis aquarium's ulimtate crown jewel, but i have not seen a fragment to compair. my orginal colony was broken by diver/ collector, i have seen sps addict fragment and is very close if not the same... i hope this history helps.

Richard

slojmn · #20 10/19/2007, 07:58 PM

Richard, I love that Dragons Soul frag I got. I have noticed the vibrant purple began to dim within the first few days of being in my tank. It came out of the bag so bright...one of the brightest purples I have ever seen, only to dim out on me. Any suggestions?? I have it on the bottom, at least 30" under the 250w 12K Reeflux SE MH bulb, in full light. I am thinking I need to get it in a shaded spot with diffused light maybe???

rppvt · #21 10/19/2007, 08:15 PM

Not too far off topic, and maybe this needs to go in the "lighting and other technical stuff" forum, but I was under the impression that with corals one wanted MORE light rather than less, is this not true for softies?
I've got these maniacs crawling all over my tank and I've got lots of light. Granted the colors aren't much to get excitied about, hardly like the gems I'm seeing here, but I've got actinic t5s AND 10 and 14 kMh's and I'm real good at growing brownish orange buttons.

kev apsley · #22 10/19/2007, 09:36 PM

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Originally posted by wishntoboutside
kev,

the piece that is at kenny's is the orginal dragon soul colony. a fragement of this did go to steve tyree, other fragments have gone to hugo and josecasas, recently slojim. i have seen a few similar colonies but not the same as this. the color stayed true and is more vivid then another peice i have. This piece may be similar to atlantis aquarium's ulimtate crown jewel, but i have not seen a fragment to compair. my orginal colony was broken by diver/ collector, i have seen sps addict fragment and is very close if not the same... i hope this history helps.

Richard

yes it does! Thank You very much for the explanation

kev apsley · #23 10/19/2007, 09:54 PM

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Originally posted by kev apsley

yes it does! Thank You very much for the explanation

could you also elaborate on lighting requirments for the Dragon Soul? (great name for a coral) Thanks!

wishntoboutside · #24 10/21/2007, 12:35 AM

slojmn,
gald you like the frag. the purple held well for me it was the red the went from red to brownish at times. the piece that is at kennys is under t-5's i believe. kenny please chime in on this, i know you been busy.
i orginaly had it in a tank only 10 inches deep. so it was hard to get it looking nice. i raised my light above tank 18 inches and still was not happy with those results. my fragments do well in my main take with phoenix de bulbs and about 24 inches of lighting. here is a pic of the other colony in my 10 depth tank. it is more green than red, and the purple is washed. this will be moved soon in another tank. my room remodel almost done

maybe its me but i would say with some bulbs changing in and out but i would go at least 14 to 20k on bulb color, deep 24 to 30, and maybe off to the side of light but not directly. direct light i get greens.

also please not miguel from fraggle reef did also aquire the same or similar colony of this for the record. forget to mention this in previous post

pookstreet · #25 10/21/2007, 01:20 AM

Wow, those do look nice. I think I need to go and raid that guy's tank

Thanks for taking all those pix Greg. I really do need to get a macro lense but as you can see, I still need LOTS of equipment for the system.

I would have posted sooner but as wishntoboutside indicated, I've been crazy busy, which is actually an understatement. I am still waiting for a couple of packages from fellow reefers but have to tell them to hold off shipping b/c I am just not around.

Thanks for the kind words Alex and Kev. You guys are too shabby yourselves.

slojmn, try to shade the D-Soul a bit if you can or move it off to the side. Too much light will wash out the purple and bring out more of the neon green, as in the photo that wishntoboutside posted above. I do have the piece under T5's temporarily and I think it does bring out the best colors.