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harthag12
08/21/2009, 09:05 AM
So I ended up w/ a Flower Pot coral (Goniopora) kind of by accident in my mainly LPS tank. I posted a picture of it from a few weeks ago, it's definatly grown & is taking on a pink tint. It eats any New Life Spectrum pellets that fall on it, plus I'm sure it's eating the phyto, zooplex, oysterfeast, etc I feed the tank. It's growing pretty quickly & it will stick out long wavey tentacles past the flower pot body. Just how big will this get? It beat up a head of hammer coral that was to near it and I had to move it but i've basically got a plate coral (Fungia) under it and a piece of SPS that's really near it and I"m a bit concerned, so far the current is making the tentacles go over both pieces, there is a torch coral that it's getting close to on an even level.

I'm trying to figure out how to add 2 chalices to my tank but my tanks looking pretty deadly w/ LPS tentacles everywhere.


http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f58/harthag12/006.jpg

Aj Flip
08/21/2009, 09:16 AM
Fts?

harthag12
08/21/2009, 10:53 AM
Don't have a current one saved anywhere, I'll grab a pict after work.

harthag12
08/25/2009, 04:42 PM
Here's a full tank shot. You can see the piece of Sps next to it, the plate just under it and a Torch above the Sps & next to it. Behind it hard to see is a huge maze brain that has it's tentacles flowing straight to the flower pot coral. I did boot the Flower pot over a few mm more to the corner since than. Beat up hammer is in the sand more to the righ tof the tank now, it's recovered mostly, 1 head still seems a bit shrunk.

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f58/harthag12/025-1.jpg

The tank looks better in person, everything kinda blends in this photo w/ the rock.