My break into SPS

[cdeboard]

I have had reef tanks for a couple years now. Dabbled with sps here and there and have been debating on going that route. Went to the LFS for a cleaner shrimp yesterday and they had a huge colony of 3 different kinds of sps that had encrusted together in a scratch and dent $25 frag section of a huge tank. I thought "this HAD to be a mistake". So I took it home. I broke apart the 3 different types. I have loosely identified the large one (roughly 7 inches long and the branches spread about 5" at the top, several branches). It is a green/purple millepora. The other smaller frags I broke off look to be acro to me. One is a deep purple with a dark green hue and the other is wicked neon green. I will try to get pics when I get home tonight. Work has recently blocked access to photobucket. Corals are now under my 20k 250w halides and coloring up!

[ingtar_shinowa]

WOw, sounds so cool, subscribed. My LFS has one acro, it looks gross.

[bluerexy]

Wow! What a deal! $25 for all three?!?! Nice pick up. I can't wait for the pics later tonight!

[mike_cmu04]

Ya sounds like you got a great deal my lfs sells sps around $30 for a 1" frag.

[cdeboard]

Didnt get a chance to post pics last night. Polyps were all out and looking good. The green one has orange colored polpys. The rest will take a while to color back up from what I read. They were sitting on the sandbed under some really old bulbs at the LFS. They are now under my 20k halides.

[ingtar_shinowa]

.... sigh, i hate you ;-) lol

[mayjong]

Pic!!!!

[cdeboard]

Will try... have had some wicked storms. As of now I am still at work and the net is down at home according to the wifey.

All I have is a crappy cell phone to take pics.

[cdeboard]

Crappy cell pics: I listed this in a local forum for sale/trade lol. I dont really wish to keep sps but i couldnt pass the deal.

In this one, just behind the AOG, is the purplish green tint frag.
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h47/cdeboard/Photo0170.jpg

In this one you can see the big millepora and just in front of it the neon green one with orange polyps.
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h47/cdeboard/Photo0169.jpg

[ingtar_shinowa]

thank you!