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It's been awhile since a update. So here's some  "backdated" :P pictures of the systems before they were torn down pending a revamp.

Sps dominated reef

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1 hour ago, SubzeroLT said:

Drooling :)

 

More pics please

Thanks Leon. 

Got a Olynpus TG5 awhile back and have been shooting reef inhabitants with it. Will take the opportunity to share some personal favourite shots here. :)

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One of the "projects" for the previous reef was to grow encrusting corals on bare bottoms.

Here's some pictures of such a attempt using Montipora danae. 

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Closeup shot of one of the initial frag laid on the glass base.

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Group shot

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Merging as these grow......

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And grow.....

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Till these almost covering up a major portion of the reef base.

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Didn't spare the Cyphestreas too... 

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Meteor Shower Cyphastrea 

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Bubblegum Cyphastrea 

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And sometimes when they touch ....

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So far so good

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A side shot under just Blue LEDs. 

 

 

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Always been a fan for a coral encrusted bed rather than a sandbed so now short-listing suitable specimens in terms of colors, growth form/rate for the next build. 

So far, these are the specimens that I'm planning to work with. 

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Always loved the look of these beautiful mini petal shaped Tubipora musica or commonly known Pipe organ coral. Planning to "fit in" pockets here and there among the other encrusting candidates. Some bright white/green splashes of colors should brighten up the reef scene. 

 

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Clavularia sp. Forest fire cloves will be another softie specimen selected for their unique petal shaped look and growth rate. A section at the back portion reef base carpeted with these, with extended polyps waving to pulsating flow would be a sight to behold. :yeah:

 

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Rhodactis sp. Sunkist Bounce Corallimorphs. Looking at these grown to at least 3 cm sized specimens for foreground carpenting effect. The effect that I'm hoping to see will be a section of the base with numerous large waving vesicles or "orange bubbles". 

 

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Favites pentagona War coral will be one of the encrusting LPS specimen selected for the foreground too. Will be seeking out other encrusting bright colored LPS/SPS specimens to complement this specimen.  

 

Do let me know if you have any coral recommendations that will be a nice fit to the above specimens as I'm currently still in the selection process. 

Thanks in advance. 

 

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And YES!!! what I'm crazy about these days. 

Jawbreaker Corallimorphs :wub:

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These ridiculously bright fluorescent shrooms will get a prime location among the encrusting specimens. :yeah::yeah::yeah:

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3 hours ago, R0B said:

Really nice rock structures. Should allow for plenty of flow and small foot print.

Is there enough real estate for your amazing and vast collection? Haha

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Thank you for the compliments.  

Space is never enough for this hobby. So will need creative ways to manage them.

What I'm planning to do is to extend out more thin branchlike structures on the right rockscape and grow staghorn like specimens on them. And hopefully this will still allow ample light to diffuse through for the encrusting growth on the reef base.  :ph34r:

 

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On 5/13/2020 at 9:13 AM, Joe_P said:

 

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Favites pentagona War coral will be one of the encrusting LPS specimen selected for the foreground too. Will be seeking out other encrusting bright colored LPS/SPS specimens to complement this specimen.  

 

Position these Favites pentagona 6 cm encrusted disks onto 9 cm frag tiles. Hopefully these will encrust fully just in time for transfer to new build. 

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I'm into collecting of unusual or uncommon specimens. Here's a Psammocara sp. nicked Pumpkin Patch which is not often seen in collections here.

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