Show me your BIGGEST softie show piece - Page 3

jwoyshnar · 05/23/2012, 07:27 AM

It's in his info on the bottom of his post. May 2006

trinidiver · 05/23/2012, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by jwoyshnar

It's in his info on the bottom of his post. May 2006

ooops.................overlooked that......................lol

thanks

trinidiver · 05/23/2012, 08:17 AM

Wow............... interesting read

jarederaj · 05/23/2012, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Nanojj22

i like the first pictures with the moon lighting looks great.

The VERY first pictures? The lighting is pretty cheap. I just got two 44" hamilton LED strips from petco.com I just stuck it to my 6 bulb TEK fixture and it works great actinics (t5 actinics suck in my opinion, not bright enough)

gbrendonk · 05/30/2012, 10:26 AM

Looks good cant wait for mine to get that big.

trinidiver · 06/25/2012, 08:38 PM

how tall do the devils hand really get

marlinman86 · 06/27/2012, 06:57 PM

wow those things are huge

SushiGirl · 06/27/2012, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by trinidiver

how tall do the devils hand really get

Good question. Mine don't seem to be getting too tall, I'd like to know how wide LOL.

jarederaj · 07/13/2012, 05:54 PM

Some updated growth pics of my nepthea.. you can refer to the very first post if you want to see the difference.. this coral is definitely filling up the left side of my 90 gallon nicely now

SushiGirl · 07/13/2012, 06:18 PM

Wow, that's just gorgeous. We're going to set up a 20 long very soon, so maybe when we move some of the frags out I can get one of those!

jarederaj · 07/13/2012, 06:31 PM

Yea I had buyers remorse at first spending $110 on it, but ive gotten a lot of that back selling some frags to local reefers, its a pretty fast grower, I would compare it to a colt coral if you have ever had one.

Ive never liked getting frags, I usually buy a bigger piece for a little bit more and it has the extra branches to grow fast enough to make lots of frags and make money back relatively fast

Xenia is always a good investment also to let it spread and trade it or sell it for corals/money

SushiGirl · 07/13/2012, 07:05 PM

I've never had a colt coral. I do miss the days before frags...$39.99 for a softball sized galaxea & $29.99 for big brains. Xenia was our first frag in this tank & took off great until my boyfriend put biopellets on the tank. Lost some frags & everything was dying so he pulled them offline. Everything but the xenia has come back. It's all tiny. It will get a little bigger, then shrink again. I think it enjoyed the high nitrates.

ibefishy · 07/16/2012, 02:41 PM

In the left corner of the tank was a toadstool I had that measures 16" across when it wasnt all folded up. I finally got rid of it and bought a small neon green toadstool that is now growing rather large. In the last few months it has gone from the size of a quarter to about 9" across, I have fragged it several times for members of the local ref club that wanted one.

SushiGirl · 07/16/2012, 03:12 PM

16 inches...like I said, won't fit in my 55!

trinidiver · 07/16/2012, 03:15 PM

ibefishy, how did you frag it. Always wanted to do it but dont have the ba!!s. Mine is about 8-9". I had it when it was about 2".

ibefishy · 07/16/2012, 04:13 PM

Take a new sharp razor blade and slice off a piece. I generally do a wedge shape and then run a toothpick thru it and rubberband it to a piece of live rock for a few weeks and then it will attach and you have your frag. After it attaches remove toothpick and rubberband. When you frag a softie like a toadstool best to do it out of the DT in a seperate bowl of water because they slime up like crazy.

trinidiver · 07/16/2012, 08:44 PM

ok cool..................thanks

05/23/2012, 08:17 AM	#53
trinidiver Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Glencoe, Trinidad. (West Indies) Posts: 787	Wow............... interesting read __________________ Always expect anything from your friends......they will shoot you down as they get a chance. Current Tank Info: Its a 220gal reef.......LPS/leathers/zoas. Check my album.

06/25/2012, 08:38 PM	#56
trinidiver Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Glencoe, Trinidad. (West Indies) Posts: 787	how tall do the devils hand really get __________________ Always expect anything from your friends......they will shoot you down as they get a chance. Current Tank Info: Its a 220gal reef.......LPS/leathers/zoas. Check my album.

07/13/2012, 06:18 PM	#60
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,042	Wow, that's just gorgeous. We're going to set up a 20 long very soon, so maybe when we move some of the frags out I can get one of those! __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

07/13/2012, 07:05 PM	#62
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,042	I've never had a colt coral. I do miss the days before frags...$39.99 for a softball sized galaxea & $29.99 for big brains. Xenia was our first frag in this tank & took off great until my boyfriend put biopellets on the tank. Lost some frags & everything was dying so he pulled them offline. Everything but the xenia has come back. It's all tiny. It will get a little bigger, then shrink again. I think it enjoyed the high nitrates. __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

07/16/2012, 03:12 PM	#64
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,042	16 inches...like I said, won't fit in my 55! __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

05/23/2012, 07:27 AM	#51
jwoyshnar Registered Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: 18441 Posts: 1,137	It's in his info on the bottom of his post. May 2006

05/30/2012, 10:26 AM	#55
gbrendonk Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 26	Looks good cant wait for mine to get that big.

06/27/2012, 06:57 PM	#57
marlinman86 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 53	wow those things are huge

07/13/2012, 05:54 PM	#59
jarederaj Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 62	Some updated growth pics of my nepthea.. you can refer to the very first post if you want to see the difference.. this coral is definitely filling up the left side of my 90 gallon nicely now

07/13/2012, 06:31 PM	#61
jarederaj Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 62	Yea I had buyers remorse at first spending $110 on it, but ive gotten a lot of that back selling some frags to local reefers, its a pretty fast grower, I would compare it to a colt coral if you have ever had one. Ive never liked getting frags, I usually buy a bigger piece for a little bit more and it has the extra branches to grow fast enough to make lots of frags and make money back relatively fast Xenia is always a good investment also to let it spread and trade it or sell it for corals/money

07/16/2012, 02:41 PM	#63
ibefishy Moved On Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Grover Beach, California Posts: 308	In the left corner of the tank was a toadstool I had that measures 16" across when it wasnt all folded up. I finally got rid of it and bought a small neon green toadstool that is now growing rather large. In the last few months it has gone from the size of a quarter to about 9" across, I have fragged it several times for members of the local ref club that wanted one.

07/16/2012, 03:15 PM	#65
trinidiver Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Glencoe, Trinidad. (West Indies) Posts: 787	ibefishy, how did you frag it. Always wanted to do it but dont have the ba!!s. Mine is about 8-9". I had it when it was about 2". __________________ Always expect anything from your friends......they will shoot you down as they get a chance. Current Tank Info: Its a 220gal reef.......LPS/leathers/zoas. Check my album.

07/16/2012, 04:13 PM	#66
ibefishy Moved On Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Grover Beach, California Posts: 308	Take a new sharp razor blade and slice off a piece. I generally do a wedge shape and then run a toothpick thru it and rubberband it to a piece of live rock for a few weeks and then it will attach and you have your frag. After it attaches remove toothpick and rubberband. When you frag a softie like a toadstool best to do it out of the DT in a seperate bowl of water because they slime up like crazy.

07/16/2012, 08:44 PM	#67
trinidiver Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Glencoe, Trinidad. (West Indies) Posts: 787	ok cool..................thanks __________________ Always expect anything from your friends......they will shoot you down as they get a chance. Current Tank Info: Its a 220gal reef.......LPS/leathers/zoas. Check my album.