[Samper]

Not only is Ca and Alk maintained but also the ph swing is kept to a minimum. Corals are growing like mad as is corraline. The pics speak for themselves. Especially on the return line that isn't very old. Enjoy

[Poseidon]

WOW! Chuck that is AWESOME! YOu certainly have some outstanding growth! I have that same brown/purple Monti, and that thing grows like MAD! Hopefully I can get good growth from my new pieces too!

[Reefland]

Is that a German Blue on the right?

[Samper]

Yes it is. It's the fastest growing coral I've ever seen....I think it grows faster than Xenia. I'm gonna let the corraline take over for a while before I scrape it. It's taken me this long to get it growing like that and I wanna enjoy watching it spread for a bit.

[zhenya]

Originally Posted by Samper

Yes it is. It's the fastest growing coral I've ever seen....I think it grows faster than Xenia. I'm gonna let the corraline take over for a while before I scrape it. It's taken me this long to get it growing like that and I wanna enjoy watching it spread for a bit.

Chuck,

It's nice to see coralline growing but make sure you scrape it off, I can't see inside the tank for crying out loud. Seriously,though, it is nice to see things take off. I had the same experience when I added my calcium reactor.
Accidentally, I hate coralline now becouse of the time it takes to scrape it off. Some places are unreacheable and it is taking over there...makes it look like I'm a slob...

[Samper]

da da da da DA I'm loving it.

But seriously I already hate it cause in my 75g it grows so fast and I don't understand cause I do nothing to it but a WC every now and then. But the 20 gallon has been my baby since the beginning and I'm glad to see it take off in a more positive direction after all the problems. What really makes me sad now that everything is growing like it is is that I will run out of room and won't really get to see what a large colony looks like. I know some of mine will table out etc but I don't have the room for that.

[zhenya]

Chuck,

I have coralline growing like mad in my anemone tank and I don't have reactor on it or dose anything anymore.Water changes do everything as far as replacing everything. I think it is nice to see a coralline growth in some plating forms and such, I have it in my anemone tank on some rocks and it is the only place I like it.

Anyways, don't feel bad about not seen fully grown out colonies, none are fully grown in anyone;s tanks except some really large tanks.Like Kevin;s or Steve Weast, for example. To be fully grown some colonies need to be few meters in diameter, at least.
I agree with you that it is nice to see your 20 making such a comeback, goes to show ya that persistence and hard work pay off eventually and it is a tribute to your growing skills as an aquarist.

[Reefland]

Your Monti has the exact same growth as ours does which is why it stood out to me. It's growth is a bit different that other monti we have. And although the polyps appear more silver to me, it's a nice little coral.

[Samper]

Thanks to both of you for the words of encouragement. Zhenya I have some plating corraline in my 75g that came on some tonga branch from Rick and It's a really neat beautiful burgundy color. In a way I'm glad you never sent me any frags although I do have a few places to put them it might be good that I don't have any more now that I see how fast these suckers grow in the right conditions.
Scott, that colony always looked like crap...very dull until I put that huge skimmer on the system. The polyps have gotten a nice blue/silver hue to them that I can't seem to capture in pictures. The base color has darkened up a bit too making the polyp color pop out. I have another place in my tank where the blue digi has encrusted and is growing really nice. I broke the large colony off of it and keep it rotating around so it doesn't attach. It's growing way too fast and I know I'll have to frag it up soon. It doesn't seem to mind being rotated every 3-4 days and your right about the growth being different from the others. Very random pattern. That particular one is fist/baseball size right now.

[Poseidon]

Fantastic Chuck! That 20 sure has been through a lot, and you have stuck with it the whole way through! Keep up the good work!

[Reefland]

Here is a frag I recently took off of our Monti that shows some of the blue/silver polyps pretty well.

[Samper]

Exact same coral.

[Reefland]

Yeah, that's what I thought the second I saw yours in the picture.

[Samper]

It's actually my favorite. Remember when I was trying to get a frag from you? Well I found one not long afterward locally and all I got was a 1.5" piece. It's grown to what you see in the pic in six months or so.

[Reefland]

Yeah for a while ours didn't grow at all (other problems) but it seems to be doing well now. Is yours fairly brittle?

[Samper]

No but my green and purple digis are very brittle.

[Poseidon]

Mine is Scott! That thing will snap if I just brush it. Heck I'll bet if I set it in front of the Tunze, it would break!

[Reefland]

Mine is like that too Mike. I am still battling some low pH and thought that might be the cause. Our Tang can swim through the branches and break them off.

[Samper]

That's odd. The only other digitata that has stronger branches than my blue polyp is a yellow polyp I acquired from reefscience.