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Unread 09/29/2005, 07:45 AM   #1
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Show us your Show Piece! (Big Coral)

I know a lot of us have that one coral that is just grown huge and is what most people classify as a "Show Piece" for their displays. Please post some pic's of your huge coral, so we can all see that beauty!

Here is a galaxea I just recently got rid of because it got to big! It was the size of a large grapefruit!



(Please don't post that small frag of something you got for tons of money or traded someone.) Thanks

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Unread 09/29/2005, 08:02 AM   #2
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Well I was going to post my big coral but it looks just like Bills and is just about the same size.


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Unread 09/29/2005, 08:03 AM   #3
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This pic is a couple of months old but you get the idea. It's a yellow leather that is over 15" from front to back.




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Unread 09/29/2005, 08:09 AM   #4
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Here's a Florida Ricordia that has about a 4.5 inch Diameter, has anyone seen one this large before???





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Unread 09/29/2005, 08:21 AM   #5
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Its a toss up between everything in my tank,& these two.

The reason why I chose this one (sinulara) is because it was almost dead when I rescued it 3mo ago it was only 1 branch poorly glued to a rock.





These G.I Joe zoas i got yestorday are awesome,imo.




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Unread 09/29/2005, 09:11 AM   #6
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Unread 09/29/2005, 09:20 AM   #7
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Some more SPS...



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Unread 09/29/2005, 10:10 AM   #8
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Herer is my Elegance coral. I have taken 3 nice sized frags off of it, otherwise it would be about twice as large.




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Unread 09/29/2005, 10:38 AM   #9
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I have a couple that I love.
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Unread 09/29/2005, 10:41 AM   #10
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SHOW US YOUR SHOWPIECE.

BIG CORALS ONLY, NO FRAGS!

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Unread 09/29/2005, 10:43 AM   #11
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I had one like this one but not as nice looking. For the longest time the tentacles wouldn't come out and so I made frags of it. These are two of the frags that came out of it. I was amazed at how the piece that I had was so unattractive that the great looking frags came out of it.




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Unread 09/29/2005, 10:57 AM   #12
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Big green milli started out as a lowly frag, it's about 20% bigger than this pic and I "shave" a bit off the front every time I use my cleaning magnet!!

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Unread 09/29/2005, 02:00 PM   #13
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Check out the size of the toadstool in this pic..... (sorry about the blob I had erase the 2 ****'s sitting in front)




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Unread 09/29/2005, 02:10 PM   #14
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I have had this for 5 and a half years. I have fragged huge pieces off of it several times. It was probably 4 or 5 inches when I got it and is now 16 inches across. If it was actually "stretched out" I have no idea how large it would be.




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Unread 09/29/2005, 02:28 PM   #15
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Quote:
Originally posted by nebraskareef
SHOW US YOUR SHOWPIECE.

BIG CORALS ONLY, NO FRAGS!

Thank you.

Not all of us have the space or money for a 200g tank,so to you its just a frag,to some of us its our BIG PIECE,& SHOW PIECE.

Thanks,for allowing us to show our "frags" on your MONSTER SHOW PIECE THREAD.


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Unread 09/29/2005, 02:33 PM   #16
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This is one of the largest corals I have ever seen, an Elegance at the Washington D.C. zoo.




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Unread 09/29/2005, 04:40 PM   #17
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Unread 09/29/2005, 05:03 PM   #18
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And a fan of yellow

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Unread 09/29/2005, 05:07 PM   #19
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my orange digi, not a very good pic.




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Unread 09/29/2005, 05:57 PM   #20
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ummm....we'll just call this my show "area". its actualy 3 corals but u get the point.



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Unread 09/29/2005, 06:23 PM   #21
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Unread 09/29/2005, 06:43 PM   #22
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I think people are missing the point of this thread. The intension was to showcase LARGE SHOW PIECE corals. He specifically stated not to post frags...it wasnt had to follow the criteria. I dont have a large show piece colony hence...I didnt post a pic.


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Unread 09/29/2005, 06:57 PM   #23
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I just don't understand what the big deal is.If someone doesn't like the "frags" then simply scroll down paying no attention to the "frag" pics.Cant we all just get along.


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Unread 09/29/2005, 06:57 PM   #24
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well said.....i agree.....i dont have any either..hence no post


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Unread 09/29/2005, 07:16 PM   #25
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I just don't understand what the big deal is.If someone doesn't like the "frags" then simply scroll down paying no attention to the "frag" pics.Cant we all just get along.
We dont have anything against you, its just this is a thread for large showpiece corals. You wouldnt post a question about your yellow tang in this thread, its just out of place. Like pictures of frags.

I dont think its that hard to understand. We just wanna see who has some really large corals out there.


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