who has the biggest sps colony

[rogerwilco357]

who here on Reef Central has the largest sps colony? who you? post a pic please lets see the fruits of your labor.

[dvanacker]

probably CWARD's millepora or deepsea (??) I think it is has a few HUGE efflo's.

CWARD's tank is not up anymore from my understanding so probably those efflo's are the biggest I've seen on this board lately. THere is probably some people with big montis though.

[Litter Box]

While mine is certainly not the biggest, I have a "Supernatural Montipora" (encrusting) that I have in the center of my tank. It is about 1/2 the size of a basketball. I have had it for years growing from a frag the size of a quarter.

I plopped it on a rock and it took over the rock by itself with no competition. It survived a tank crash and it is obvious based on the size versus all of my other corals.

I'll get a pic up tonight.
Jason

[rogerwilco357]

post some pics i have no mother colonies so I would like to see what they look like or what is considered amongst fellow reefers to be a mother colony. thanks guys

[Litter Box]

Better late than never I guess.

You can judge the size by the Vortechs on the back glass.

The second is a closeup.

[rogerwilco357]

wow that is huge how long did it take to grow out?

[Litter Box]

Ummm? Maybe 5-6 years? It may have been longer. I can't really remember, but around that timeframe. It started out as a frag the size of a quarter when I got it.

It survived a move to countless tanks, two tank crashes. One crash was renovating my family room and I pretty much wiped out most of my SPS with drywall dust. This coral is bulletproof. I have also fragged it a number of times over the years as it ran out of rock to grow on long ago.

[jd474]

Well since you asked for big, and not pretty, this is 'Big Ugly' (b/c it's big, and it's ugly):

A. microphthalma
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn158/saxmansports/bigugly.jpg

probably a full meter across, and 18 - 20" tall. and before anyone gives any guff, it's 7' from the lights, that's why it's brown.

[Litter Box]

Ugly or not, that's incredible! :thumbsup:

[Jadams]

Holy colony batman!

[ingtar_shinowa]

JD i love it! how the heck do you keep flow inside that critter!

[twiggyb]

Break me off a piece of that big ac' bar! No, for real though :) That's huge!

[rogerwilco357]

Well since you asked for big, and not pretty, this is 'Big Ugly' (b/c it's big, and it's ugly):

A. microphthalma
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn158/saxmansports/bigugly.jpg

probably a full meter across, and 18 - 20" tall. and before anyone gives any guff, it's 7' from the lights, that's why it's brown.

don't think i have ever seen an ugly coral they amaze me how they grow and the grand design of their display is mind bending that is a prime example huge and beautiful . jmho

[Litter Box]

JD,

Can you post a picture from the front of your tank? That thing must cast an enormous shadow.

[aquasport24]

jd,

can you post a picture from the front of your tank? That thing must cast an enormous shadow.
+1

[Bayliner]

you have it 7 feet from the lights ?

[Litter Box]

you have it 7 feet from the lights ?\

Judging by JD's picture, signature and avatar, it looks like he may be a curator at a private marine world/aquarium.

So, there may not be a shadow at all on this one.

Anywho, that is still freakin' huge!

[jd474]

\

Judging by JD's picture, signature and avatar, it looks like he may be a curator at a private marine world/aquarium.

So, there may not be a shadow at all on this one.

Anywho, that is still freakin' huge!


Not the curator, but I do have some large coral exhibits, and no, no shadows :thumbsup:

[ogre1231]

This one isn't in my tank, but it's just down the road at one of my local dive spots
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1404/4603976532_ae14c10d1c_o.jpg

[glaukos]

wow!
where do you live?

[ogre1231]

Okinawa, it's rediculous. It's really a reefers dream, though, technically, you're not supposed to take frags home. I was at a local pet store the other day for the first time and 4" maxima clams were 10 bucks. The Soft corals here are HUUUUUGE. I've seen 15 foot sinularia and some pretty awesome anemones. Here's a couple more
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4065/4648337959_f4d5aab63c.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4648952564_afd6dab9ed.jpg

[joshrules123456]

please start a thread with more pictures from Okinawa!

[dvanacker]

Okinawa sounds like a dream......damn Canada.

[GhostCon1]

wow! I never knew that Japan had reefs until this month =/ Please post more :D

[Bayliner]

please start a thread with more pictures from Okinawa!

+1 if you have any more pictures that would be great.

[maynardjames]

awesome pics

[buy_baff]

don't think i have ever seen an ugly coral they amaze me how they grow and the grand design of their display is mind bending that is a prime example huge and beautiful . jmho

Roger I have this same coral remind me when I send you the milli and I'll through a frag of this in also.
-Bill

[dmorel]

wow! I never knew that Japan had reefs until this month =/ Please post more :D

Be very careful... I wish I never learned about the reefkeeping ways of the Japanese. Some simply amazing reefs (pretty good links on glass box design if you want to learn more)...

[rogerwilco357]

AWESOME Thanks for keeping me in mind..Roger I have this same coral remind me when I send you the milli and I'll through a frag of this in also.
-Bill

[rogerwilco357]

can u get a pic of the sinularia? 10 bucks for the clams ? put me down for 2 :lol2: so i can sell everthing and move their and go diving every day hmm won't need a tank anymore..sweeet

Okinawa, it's rediculous. It's really a reefers dream, though, technically, you're not supposed to take frags home. I was at a local pet store the other day for the first time and 4" maxima clams were 10 bucks. The Soft corals here are HUUUUUGE. I've seen 15 foot sinularia and some pretty awesome anemones. Here's a couple more
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4065/4648337959_f4d5aab63c.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4648952564_afd6dab9ed.jpg

[Mike de Leon]

Okinawa sounds like a dream......damn Canada.

Easy on the put down. We get the best imports in NA! Amongst other things!:spin1:

[CleveYank]

I saw a bubble coral in the Philippines in Bohol that was 12 feet around and 8 feet off the bottom. I could not believe my eyes. I go back in 2 to 3 years, I'll see if it's still there. Biggest thing I ever saw coralwise.

[chessmanmark]

Well if your talking about corals in a tank you have to mention Atlantis Marine World in Riverhead, Long Island, NY.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y65/chessmanmark/IMG_3449.jpg

[nelcadiz]

o_O!!!!

[chrisqueenz]

That is nice!

[kawicivic]

Old thread bump...any new big colonies?

[allsps40]

Well if your talking about corals in a tank you have to mention Atlantis Marine World in Riverhead, Long Island, NY.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y65/chessmanmark/IMG_3449.jpg

Thank you for posting this. I lived in Long Island for a summer a few years ago. Worked at Suffolk County Fish and Reef while I lived there. I was told by many to go check out Atlantis but with work and life I never got a chance to get out there. I was told it was a very large reef and I would be blown away. I now live in Arizona so no chance now :thumbdown.

[MattAndKim]

Seaworld Orlando has a mind blowing sps tank. IIRC colony count is in the high hundreds, if not >1k. They have some fantastic coldwater anemone DT's too.

[collie man]

i was lucky enough to grow up in long island and i can tell you that atlantis is like mecca for us reefers! now im live in cali and get to go to vivid...

[Pallobi]

Well since you asked for big, and not pretty, this is 'Big Ugly' (b/c it's big, and it's ugly):

A. microphthalma
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn158/saxmansports/bigugly.jpg

probably a full meter across, and 18 - 20" tall. and before anyone gives any guff, it's 7' from the lights, that's why it's brown.

this is what you call... "legit" :) awesome work and amazing colony for the big Fugley Lol... but seriously, very nice my friend, for real...

[Pallobi]

however its too bad not more have shown their own corals in there own systems... jus sayin ;) anyone else? now this thread has me all curious :)

[M007]

easy on the put down. We get the best imports in na! Amongst other things!:spin1:

+1

[Tony B (UK)]

Here's my monti its about 2ft round

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e156/brazao123/DSC_0039-3.jpg

More pictures here on my build thread http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1936405