Let's see your Bonzai!

em805 · #1 12/20/2007, 03:42 PM

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.

Mother colony now:

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

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

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Kip · #2 12/20/2007, 03:50 PM

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

em805 · #3 12/20/2007, 04:11 PM

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

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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

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Kip · #4 12/20/2007, 04:19 PM

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

sjfishguy · #5 12/20/2007, 05:35 PM

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.

em805 · #6 12/20/2007, 05:43 PM

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.

sjfishguy · #7 12/20/2007, 05:56 PM

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....

jjmcat · #8 12/20/2007, 06:01 PM

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

mkbtank · #9 12/20/2007, 08:07 PM

Based on the pics, I think that's what this is. Here it is in when I got it....

and here it is 3 months later!!

mkbtank · #10 12/20/2007, 08:09 PM

Hmm. Now I think it's a tricolor.

checkinhawk · #11 12/20/2007, 08:55 PM

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

tamarindthai · #12 12/21/2007, 02:08 AM

this is what i used to have it till rowaphos kill it.

iwishtofish · #13 12/21/2007, 02:08 AM

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

iwishtofish · #14 12/21/2007, 02:10 AM

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

Kip · #15 12/21/2007, 09:09 AM

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

reeferpnoy · #16 12/21/2007, 09:25 AM

Here is mine

tamarindthai · #17 12/21/2007, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by tamarindthai
this is what i used to have it till rowaphos kill it.

i got my straight from garf,just a free tiny frag when i order 100 of the red leg crabs

PSam · #18 12/21/2007, 12:14 PM

I suspect this is one...?

Marko9 · #19 12/21/2007, 12:27 PM

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

seansod · #20 12/21/2007, 06:21 PM

Here are two shots of my frags.

Tony

Oldude · #21 12/22/2007, 12:04 AM

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.

em805 · #22 12/22/2007, 01:36 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Oldude
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.

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

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dots · #23 12/22/2007, 02:21 AM

Atlantis Bonsai

Freed · #24 12/22/2007, 04:08 AM

Does anyone want to sell a frag of theirs?

keinreis · #25 12/22/2007, 08:31 AM