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Yep, like Menny said, pavona. Looks like Mint Pavona. I have a nice almost baseball size colony and it definitely sends out a lot of sweepers! 

7 minutes ago, SuncrestReef said:

It looks pretty similar to mine, though it depends on the lighting.  Mine sort of looks teal blue/green, but it's one of the most difficult to photograph accurately.  This was also my very first coral, and I bought it at Cuttlefish & Corals.

Here's a crappy iPhone photo:

Looks pretty similar. 

I agree it’s hard to photograph as well since it’s already a blue color. 

11 minutes ago, MrBret said:

I can't get down there, but if you ever came up and still had the utters and OG Mummy eye....I would take.

I'm working on getting a car by the end of the month, so I can make more regular trips upstate and catch more meetups! So hopefully I can make it up soon.

There's not much of a reefing scene in Eugene, or I just don't know the right people, so I might still have the frags. If I don't by the time I can make it up there I can always try and frag up some more. 

Does anyone know if this is a rarer hammer? It was one of first corals and I always thought it was a pretty basic hammer. I can't seem to find any for sell anywhere though. It might be that people stopped stocking it in favor of more flashy and pricey hammers though. 

Anyone know anything about it?

30 minutes ago, SuncrestReef said:

Nice photos!

Thanks. I wanted to get some clear pictures so people could really tell what they were getting. 

33 minutes ago, Vance164 said:

I am interested in the real hammer do you ever get near harrisburg

Harrisburg is only like 25mins from me so I could probably make it out there sometime. Would be awesome if we could meet in Junction City as well. 

Which one were you looking at? 

The tank looks so awesome. Can’t wait to see how you stock it! 

I just realized I didn’t put WTS in the title, my apologies.

 Any way a mod can fix that for me? 

I have some frags that I’d like to trade (looking for more acros) or sell. Nothing too fancy though. I’m located in Eugene and unfortunately can’t travel far at the moment. (Working on getting a new car as my last one died recently)

Feel free to let me know if I’m asking too much for things. Never really sold frags before. 

OG Mummy Eye (6 eyes): $25

Teal Branching Hammer:

$5 for the little

$10 for the bigger one (Sold)

Utter Chaos (3 polyps): $25 (Sold)

Blue Stag: $15 (Sold)

TDF (already encrusting): $35 (sold)

Thanks for taking the time to check out. If there is more interest I could make more frags of everything shown here.

My Rainbow BTA have been splitting like crazy so I defintely need to offload some. They are Rainbows with white fleks all over them. I currently have three with two of them about to split again. I’m in Eugene. 

Some shots under 12k.

9 hours ago, caolewis said:

What's the little below on the left? Cadilac?

Good eye! Yeah it’s a RRU Pink Cadillac frag. It’s been coloring up nicely since I got it about two months ago. 

About two months of growth and the TDF is still going strong.

Say hello to Ghanima. My little mustache kitty. 

Welcome!

With so much stuff out there and so many ways to run a tank sometimes the easiest way to get started is to find someone’s tank, who has had success, that you admire and just copy theirs.

I’m interested but not super familiar with all the names.

Turns out you’re not too far from me, live stay in Eugene, any chance I could come by sometime and check things out in person? 

I got an order from Budmans corals recently. Everything came in happy and healthy, all showing signs of PE shortly after being put into the tank. 

My test acros  have been doing fine for almost a year now so I felt comfortable getting some nicer acros. 

My testers:

And here’s what I got:

Left to Right we have:

Reef Raft Canada Pink Cadillac 

Tri Color Granulosa 

WWC Heart Breaker

Bluetip Stag

Reef Raft USA Frutopia

Cherry Corals Voodoo Magic

Haven’t snapped any good picks quite yet but hopefully I can soon. Just recently glued everything down and. Can’t wait to seem them all grow out and color up. 

My guess for the source of your algae problem would be that you stocked up so fast. Your bio load has skyrocketed compared to the growth of your bacterial colonies.

I think some cheato is always a good idea as a nutrient export. Just keep up with your regular maintenance after you add it and see how things go for a bit. Algae isn’t bad for you reef, unless severe, it’s really just considered an eyesore by most. 

Getting rid of algae can can be a slow process, unless you use chemicals to battle it. Though I don’t really like chemical treatments for myself cause it feels like Kind of a quick fix and I’d rather learn how to fix my husbandry. I want to develope better habits and really understand my systems and I feel like quick fixes hinder that process for me. 

This is really cool. It’ll make a great tank to show off some smalle inverts like Sexy shrimp or a pompom crab. Can’t wait to see how it looks once stocked. 

21 minutes ago, albertareef said:

Try heavy metals... I guarantee you can kill it 😞  Normally though, yeah it seemed to be a trooper and did really well in the tank for a long time.  Definitely will look for another piece.

Well considering how mine is growing and the fact I have a nano I’ll probably do some trimming later in the year and I would be happy to share this piece with the collective. I feel like it’s my duty to kick back some frags considering this was a freebie given to me at my first meetup. 

I thought Acanthastrea Lordhowensis has been reclassified as Micromussa Lordhowensis? 

So Acan Lords are now Micro Lords. 

Either way it definitely is a beautiful little colony! 

On 1/6/2019 at 9:50 AM, youcallmenny said:

TdF is indestructible.  I put mine through so much, including getting chomped on by a parrotfish, only to have it bounce right back.  Definitely a specimen to be proud of!  I love the top layer of hot pink yours has put on. 

Yeah, seems pretty bulletproof. It and a couple other acros in my tank have been doing well recently so I just ordered a couple highends (RR Pink Cadillac and WWC Heart Breaker to name some) to try my hand at. 

When I first got my chunk of TDF I tried doing research but couldn’t find much, but one thing that kept coming up was that it was just another Red Planet acro. That you shouldn’t bother buying it and just pick up the cheaper RP.

I can say for sure it is not. Mine has hot pink coralites and teal blue growing tips instead of red. The body does get green like RP but it’s more of a lighter blue green.

I’m still learning things, but isn’t that a Micromussa? 

I like they idea of getting a swap going. Getting everyone to share pieces and add to our collective stock. It’s nice because if you ever lose a piece or have a crash it’s like your friends have them banked for you so you can get them back later. 

This was really awesome to read.