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Old 07/11/2007, 08:46 AM
marino420td marino420td is offline
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Anyone have pics of sps reaching water surface
If you have them, lets see them.
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Old 07/11/2007, 10:21 AM
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I'll have to snap some pics but I have about 20 or 30 branches ofo a green slimer extending out and my green w/ purple cap is about a half inch below.
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Old 07/11/2007, 11:40 AM
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Old 07/11/2007, 12:51 PM
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Nice teach!
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Old 07/11/2007, 02:03 PM
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What happens when they reach the surface? Do they just stop growing up and out of the water and branch out?
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Old 07/11/2007, 02:48 PM
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Sort of. Mine grow about 1/4 inch out and stop and I have a couple that look like they are a table surface growing across the top. It's kind of neat to be honest.
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Old 07/11/2007, 03:50 PM
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They can grow that high up and be ok? My 250w DE halides are about 4" from the water surface.
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Old 07/11/2007, 04:05 PM
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I have 400w halides.
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Old 07/11/2007, 04:11 PM
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Not to take away the thread, but would a green slimer with blue tips need bright light to keep its color? I have it down low and it seemed to have maybe lost the blue tip a little, but I just got it to so it transfered tanks not too long ago.
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Old 07/11/2007, 04:17 PM
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does it count if i am holding it in my hand....lol
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Old 07/11/2007, 04:24 PM
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Now thats some crazy SPS, Nice thats like the best I have seen in a long time. looks great.
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Old 07/11/2007, 04:25 PM
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JBNY had a tankful essentially touching the surface....sick
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Old 07/11/2007, 06:07 PM
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I have some acros reaching water surface:

Panoramic



This pic was taken three months ago



Four month ago. Now the brown acro reachs the water surface



Now

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Old 07/11/2007, 06:08 PM
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Those are some sick tanks. Man. crazy. i am speechless
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Old 07/11/2007, 06:37 PM
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does it count if it reaches during a water change? lol, i can get a pic this weekend then
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Old 07/11/2007, 09:20 PM
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i saw a tank that the montis and acros were reaching the surface. it looked like somone took a hedge trimmer and ran it across the tank.
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Old 07/11/2007, 09:28 PM
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An older pic and the coral has long since been fragged into many colonies.



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Old 07/13/2007, 01:09 PM
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Old 07/13/2007, 01:32 PM
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Sweet pics everyone.

jmluna- what is that flat, green coral in the center of your tank?
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Old 07/13/2007, 03:01 PM
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Quote:
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Sweet pics everyone.

jmluna- what is that flat, green coral in the center of your tank?
I call him TERMINATOR

This is a huge hydnophora sp. I bought this coral 5 years ago. It has grown like a plate and only the last year develops some vertical branchs.
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Old 07/17/2007, 03:00 PM
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Another pic

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Old 07/17/2007, 03:25 PM
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http://www.ryanphotographic.com/imag...%20Islands.jpg
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Old 07/17/2007, 03:35 PM
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Old 07/17/2007, 04:30 PM
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Ive got a few corals that have grown to the surface but I dont have many good pics of them... most of my pics are before they were touching but here is one of them.

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Old 07/17/2007, 04:59 PM
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Great pictures everyone.

Cook- that is a very cool photo. Did you take it? Where is that?
 

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