New SPS discovered!!

aztbs · 04/26/2010, 12:21 AM

I think it is Acropora Eggcratata!!

Seriously, this is one of the coolest things I have ever seen

It is just a shame that as it continues to grow that it will lose some of the novelty as all of the branches come together.
I took this pic, but it isn't in my tank.

[IMG]http://i39.*******.com/4udh8w.jpg[/IMG]

Kataro · 04/26/2010, 12:22 AM

wow! thats just amazing

Frick · 04/26/2010, 12:24 AM

Makes me what to use Legos as frag plus now.

mndfreeze · 04/26/2010, 03:22 AM

That is AWESOME. Whoever owns it should keep adding on eggcrate in various ways and see if they can get it to keep growing that way as it goes outward.

aztbs · 04/26/2010, 06:58 AM

Getting it to cover a cube of eggcrate like that would be totally cool.

Elliott · 04/26/2010, 07:25 AM

I had no idea sps could grow like a grapevine, shadowing a structure, very cool

Garage1217 · 04/26/2010, 08:01 AM

OMG that is awesome!

aztbs · 04/26/2010, 08:27 AM

It makes me wonder why there are not more people growing coral in a true bonsai style. In the way that they grow toward light and flow and can easily be trimmed, some SPS could easily be molded and sculpted in to a lot of weird designs.

I have some corals with really bizarre limbs that are twisted from damage or from moving the coral.

Reeefer · 04/26/2010, 09:31 AM

Pretty neat stuff!

Turbovr3six · 04/26/2010, 09:34 AM

Thats pretty tight!! Thanks for sharing

ctxmonitor · 04/26/2010, 10:20 AM

wow, very cool. almost like an encrusting monti.

scorpiocasper · 04/26/2010, 02:35 PM

Figured you were the Tiffany he had take his pics. lol
Very cool coral! Thanks for posting it for the rest of us.

aztbs · 04/26/2010, 02:37 PM

There can be only one! mwahahahaaa

Did you see the rest of the pics? I guess word gets around, lol

jomskie_ad · 04/26/2010, 10:28 PM

dannngggg!! that was cool who owns that?

Alex0219 · 04/26/2010, 10:43 PM

That's just awesome!

tricketts · 04/26/2010, 11:23 PM

I am amazed everyday buy new things that I see on here and in my tank, but that is by for the coolest thing I have seen yet!!

tcamos · 04/27/2010, 07:20 AM

That could be a whole new field of aquascaping...formal corals.

evsalty · 04/27/2010, 10:34 AM

You could use it like a lattace on the back wall of a tank. "Look at my new coral wall!" LOL.

Discus_breeder · 04/27/2010, 10:35 AM

That's is very nice indeed

RoganTerrance · 04/27/2010, 05:15 PM

that's cool looking

Saddler · 05/01/2010, 05:01 PM

So awesome.

AWExotics · 05/03/2010, 01:01 AM

It's a great way to farm frags actually. You can cut the eggcrate into numerous flat pieces that can be glued anywhere to start a new colony. Easy to cut and manage. Often, when cutting, the vibration can make the coral seperate off the eggcrate. Then you can glue the coral directly to a rock where it can encrust and form a secure based to grow from.

04/26/2010, 12:21 AM	#1
aztbs Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Chandler, AZ Posts: 4,492	New SPS discovered!! I think it is Acropora Eggcratata!! Seriously, this is one of the coolest things I have ever seen It is just a shame that as it continues to grow that it will lose some of the novelty as all of the branches come together. I took this pic, but it isn't in my tank. [IMG]http://i39.*******.com/4udh8w.jpg[/IMG]

04/26/2010, 07:25 AM	#6
Elliott Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 3,849	I had no idea sps could grow like a grapevine, shadowing a structure, very cool __________________ Rodney Dangerfield - "I worked in a pet store and people would ask how big I would get." TOTM, March 2015 Current Tank Info: tank video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va1dI7mdnGU ,900g in wall mixed reef, another 500g sumps, 19 AI Sol LED's, 2 CL's w/VFD's controlled pumps to 24 eductors, 2 Tunze WB's, 2 Barr 5220's and RK2 25PE and BK500, etc

04/26/2010, 08:01 AM	#7
Garage1217 GET OFF MY LAWN Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Globally Posts: 5,863	OMG that is awesome! __________________ No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness ~ Aristotle If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it? ~ Albert Einstein I'm just as bent as ever. Hellishly so ~ Captain Jack Sparrow Current Tank Info: Systems and goodies by Lee-Mar / Coralvue / Neptune Systems / Jager / Spectrapure / Cree / Meanwell + more!

04/26/2010, 09:31 AM	#9
Reeefer Zookeeper Join Date: May 2001 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 1,120	Pretty neat stuff! __________________ RedSeaE260wSump-Vectra M1-2 Hydra26HD-2 MP40wQD-Vtech Battery Backup-Bubble Magus Curve 5 Skimmer-Bubble Magus Mini 80 Reactor-Tunze 3155 ATO Bio Cube 29-Prime HD-MP10wQD-Tunze 9001 Skimmer-InTank Me Current Tank Info: Not Enough

04/26/2010, 09:34 AM	#10
Turbovr3six Colored Sticks addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Long Island, 11768 Posts: 2,652	Thats pretty tight!! Thanks for sharing __________________ -Justin Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are already doing it.

04/26/2010, 12:22 AM	#2
Kataro Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Chandler, AZ Posts: 2,258	wow! thats just amazing

04/26/2010, 12:24 AM	#3
Frick AZ FRAG President Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: TempE, AZ Posts: 4,312	Makes me what to use Legos as frag plus now.

04/26/2010, 03:22 AM	#4
mndfreeze Invert Sexy Time! Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Tempe, AZ Posts: 2,255	That is AWESOME. Whoever owns it should keep adding on eggcrate in various ways and see if they can get it to keep growing that way as it goes outward.

04/26/2010, 06:58 AM	#5
aztbs Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Chandler, AZ Posts: 4,492	Getting it to cover a cube of eggcrate like that would be totally cool.

04/26/2010, 08:27 AM	#8
aztbs Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Chandler, AZ Posts: 4,492	It makes me wonder why there are not more people growing coral in a true bonsai style. In the way that they grow toward light and flow and can easily be trimmed, some SPS could easily be molded and sculpted in to a lot of weird designs. I have some corals with really bizarre limbs that are twisted from damage or from moving the coral.

04/26/2010, 10:20 AM	#11
ctxmonitor Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 450	wow, very cool. almost like an encrusting monti.

04/26/2010, 02:35 PM	#12
scorpiocasper Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: San Tan Valley, AZ Posts: 975	Figured you were the Tiffany he had take his pics. lol Very cool coral! Thanks for posting it for the rest of us. __________________ Nicole and Rick Current Tank Info: 45 gal. flat back hex with overflow and sump & 55 g planted fresh

04/26/2010, 02:37 PM	#13
aztbs Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Chandler, AZ Posts: 4,492	There can be only one! mwahahahaaa Did you see the rest of the pics? I guess word gets around, lol

04/26/2010, 10:28 PM	#14
jomskie_ad Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: virginia Posts: 907	dannngggg!! that was cool who owns that? __________________ <------- this way -------> the only hindrance between us and what we want to do is ourselves Tank under construction...............almost there, again,

04/26/2010, 10:43 PM	#15
Alex0219 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 258	That's just awesome!

04/26/2010, 11:23 PM	#16
tricketts Animal House Join Date: May 2009 Location: Queen Creek Posts: 232	I am amazed everyday buy new things that I see on here and in my tank, but that is by for the coolest thing I have seen yet!! __________________ Totally Addicted........my family says I need Aquarium AA. Current Tank Info: 75 Gallon Reef Tank

04/27/2010, 07:20 AM	#17
tcamos Reef, Crustacean, Puffers Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: East Mesa. Posts: 3,003	That could be a whole new field of aquascaping...formal corals. __________________ - Chad http://youtube.com/arizonafishkeeping Current Tank Info: 75 Gallon Reef & 20 Gallon Reef

04/27/2010, 10:34 AM	#18
evsalty hmmmmmm Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: NW Mesa, AZ Posts: 3,531	You could use it like a lattace on the back wall of a tank. "Look at my new coral wall!" LOL.

04/27/2010, 10:35 AM	#19
Discus_breeder Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 161	That's is very nice indeed

04/27/2010, 05:15 PM	#20
RoganTerrance Young Reefer Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Scottsdale Az Posts: 1,253	that's cool looking __________________ ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º>¸. ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º>

05/01/2010, 05:01 PM	#21
Saddler Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 776	So awesome.

05/03/2010, 01:01 AM	#22
AWExotics Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Scottsdale, AZ - Formerly -Apple Valley, CA Posts: 1,403	It's a great way to farm frags actually. You can cut the eggcrate into numerous flat pieces that can be glued anywhere to start a new colony. Easy to cut and manage. Often, when cutting, the vibration can make the coral seperate off the eggcrate. Then you can glue the coral directly to a rock where it can encrust and form a secure based to grow from. __________________ Todd A Phillips, Formerly AWExotics, Currently REALTOR Currently Managing new and old Real Estate Investments for my self and other Investors Synergistic Real Property Investment Services Current Tank Info: None Currently

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