[mrok12]

The reef looks like a reef again.

I just got two table tops from Bali. They are in the left and right of pic

[mrok12]

Originally Posted by mrok12

The reef looks like a reef again.

I just got two table tops from Bali. They are in the left and right of pic

Close up of the butanai

[mrok12]

]Close up of table top 2

[mrok12]

Originally Posted by mrok12

]Close up of table top 2

Also got a purple tip millepora and a pink loripes with some super green zooanthids. And tock for my wifes tank. These corals are just crazy looking in person

[lovesalt]

Beautiful corals

Good luck with them.

[mrok12]

Originally Posted by lovesalt

Beautiful corals

Good luck with them.

Thanks,

I really like them. I am hoping to get several more as parent stock. These are very large in terms of what I expected.

[Reefland]

Boy some people get all the nice stuff! Very nice tables indeed!

I'm curious Mike since you order a lot of wild colonies, what kind of RTN rate do you see with them? I have commented that I will never get a wild colony again due to the problems that I think they have caused at times and wanted your opinion.

Before you ask, i consider a frag from a wild colony a safe purchase after it has been fragged and shows growth for a couple of months.

[mrok12]

Originally Posted by Reefland

Boy some people get all the nice stuff! Very nice tables indeed!

I'm curious Mike since you order a lot of wild colonies, what kind of RTN rate do you see with them? I have commented that I will never get a wild colony again due to the problems that I think they have caused at times and wanted your opinion.

Before you ask, i consider a frag from a wild colony a safe purchase after it has been fragged and shows growth for a couple of months.

I rarely se RTN at all. If I have a problem it is typically right out of the bag. I do reef dip everything now prior to tanking it too. I learned this from a friend. It really cuts down on potentia lproblem.

If I do see sloughing I pull out the reef dip, vibramycin, and super glue. I sever the area that looks bad, dip into iodine then into vibramycin. After that I cover the area in super glue like a bandage. They typically recover.

I have not had very many losses at all. If the coral was packed well and shipped properly they aclimate well into my tank.

I am going to frag the secong one a few times a month at first. I will let you know when there is a frag ready shouild you want one of it.

[scubadude]

Sweet pieces Mike! Make sure you back them up atleast a couple times in your tank....try different spots....I kept 3 frags of my A. Jacquelinia and only one lived...the one that I had shaded the most! Dont wanna see you lose those sweet muthas

Rocky

[almostdiva]

lovely.....

Rebecca

[mrok12]

Originally Posted by almostdiva

lovely.....

Rebecca

thanks Rebeca!

Rocky, I instinctily place that coral under a brace to shade it based on coloration and other info. Thaks for the heads up! I have polyp extension and all is well right now.