Largest coral in your reef contest!!!! - Page 3

EleganceMan · 11/11/2009, 10:22 PM

very nice...i am wondering how they came up with the title. I am sure someone has had a larger hammer than that.

K.Sweeney · 11/12/2009, 06:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MileHighFish

I might be wrong, but I think average growth is more in inches not cm..

In the uk, we tend to use cm, and i am think of uk shows ie david attabough, eg life with etc.

1DeR9_3Hy · 11/12/2009, 09:50 AM

I too have heard the 1CM a year remark on wildlife shows before, but not in a few years...

That comment could also be talking about the reef on a whole, not particular corals on the reef.

Awesome colony pics guys!

AkaSlyGuy · 11/12/2009, 08:14 PM

100g Tank

This frogspawn is bigger than a basketball. I have sold MANY frags of it.

Joe

romsoccer12 · 11/12/2009, 08:23 PM

WOW, that is amazing! mind getting a closeup of it when its fully open? that must be clown heaven! also how old is it?

AkaSlyGuy · 11/12/2009, 08:29 PM

This is the most handy closer pic I have right now. This frogspawn started as 3 heads about 8 years ago. I have flooded the local market with this stuff.

Joe

EleganceMan · 11/12/2009, 08:33 PM

wow...very nice coral.

Snakebyt · 11/12/2009, 08:37 PM

wow, thats one hellova frogspawn...

AkaSlyGuy · 11/12/2009, 08:42 PM

I will tell you this, it is very fragile!! It has grown and split so much that the lower sections are supporting a lot of weight and it only takes a little bump while doing some maintenance in the tank to ummm...create several frags

Joe

romsoccer12 · 11/12/2009, 09:13 PM

that is simply amazing! its like a giant tree underwater! love the rest of the tank also

flying_dutchman · 12/04/2009, 06:53 PM

chingchai's newest addition:

fefo23 · 12/04/2009, 07:27 PM

Some really nice and huge coral's here, we need more pic

BIG-G · 12/04/2009, 07:49 PM

This is my toadstool its about 18 inches. The foxface is about 8 or 9 inches.

jayb12 · 12/05/2009, 02:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by K.Sweeney

If they grow so fast how come in the wild live programs, they say corals take thousands of years to grow. I know they huge in the sea, but they make out, its like 1 cm a year.

they refer to the construction of the actual reef's base. it takes 1000's of years to produce a stable large reef system with thousands of corals dying and compounding on one another!

salt lick · 12/30/2009, 11:21 PM

I have a anchor coral that is ~16 x 16 x 16
I'll get a current pic tomorrow when the lights are on

fefo23 · 01/02/2010, 07:12 AM

Gig G thats some size toadstool you have there.
salt lick we need the pic to probe it so get your camara and get the pic asap is a nice size and the anchor one of my favor corals

scapes · 01/02/2010, 07:31 AM

my biggest, a gigas clam

psteeleb · 01/02/2010, 08:45 AM

DThompson · 01/02/2010, 10:30 AM

Amazing pics. I really enjoyed reading this thread. Let's see some more.

EleganceMan · 01/02/2010, 11:58 AM

all very nice!!!

i love that elegance, and the gigas clam!

jflick345 · 01/02/2010, 12:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jayb12

they refer to the construction of the actual reef's base. it takes 1000's of years to produce a stable large reef system with thousands of corals dying and compounding on one another!

I did my senior thesis and one of my favorite books I referenced (I highly recommend reading for a very good general overview of coral reef biology, ecology, and specific overviews of regions all over the world) was "World Atlas of Coral Reefs" by Mark D. Spalding et al.

"Even in ideal conditions, these hermatypic corals are slow growing. Some massive corals, which typicalls grow as large dome-shaped structures, may build up a skeleton at rates of just a few milimeters a year. The faster growing tips of branching corals...at rates of 150mm a year."

If you think about it most of the coral we own in this hobby grow on top of the reef or don't lay down enough CaCO3 to be consider reef building. They're referring to corals such as Montastrea cavernosa, the Greater Star coral. You don't get reefs dozens of feet tall based on the growth of Acros or plating montis. When you end up with a large brain or star coral that's 5+ ft across it's hard to imagine that colony expanding more than a few mm or cm a year.

3+ft. in Key Largo

Montastrea sp. in San Salvador, Bahamas close up

salt lick · 01/02/2010, 01:10 PM

Hammer is a stinging titan about 16 x 16 x 16 inches
tank is 36" wide by 28" tall on the front

this is 2 years ago, daytime:

this is 2 years ago,at night:

current View, sorry I didnt clean the glass

andrewkw · 01/02/2010, 04:32 PM

These are not gigantic, just large. Too bad I just fragged the cespitularia yesterday. I should have taken a pic. It was a good 6 inches longer maybe more. Of course I've fragged it dozens of times, simply because it's grown it's allotted tank space. If I had a larger tank I'd allow it to grow more.

Second is my red Gonipora again not super huge but it is a success as I've had it for about a year and a half maybe 2 years now and it has grown larger. This is one coral that will never be fragged.

[IMG]http://lh4.ggpht.com/_OxZoGqFQrPI/Sz_IY7dJSgI/AAAAAAAABLI/31432cbT***/s800/IMGP7346.JPG[/IMG]

The blue sided wrasse is about 5.25" the picture doesn't show off how big the colony is because it extends deep into the cave even though that part does not get much light.

The Cheveron is about 5" too maybe a little bigger as you can see it has adult colouration.

11/11/2009, 10:22 PM	#51
EleganceMan Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Fargo, North Dakota Posts: 1,611	very nice...i am wondering how they came up with the title. I am sure someone has had a larger hammer than that. __________________ Trade Corals!!!!!! Current Tank Info: 160 gallon reef

11/12/2009, 08:23 PM	#55
romsoccer12 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: ohio Posts: 2,625	WOW, that is amazing! mind getting a closeup of it when its fully open? that must be clown heaven! also how old is it? __________________ Colin R Current Tank Info: 3rd tank working fine!(29gal oceanic biocube) 5-6months old

11/12/2009, 08:33 PM	#57
EleganceMan Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Fargo, North Dakota Posts: 1,611	wow...very nice coral. __________________ Trade Corals!!!!!! Current Tank Info: 160 gallon reef

11/12/2009, 09:13 PM	#60
romsoccer12 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: ohio Posts: 2,625	that is simply amazing! its like a giant tree underwater! love the rest of the tank also __________________ Colin R Current Tank Info: 3rd tank working fine!(29gal oceanic biocube) 5-6months old

12/04/2009, 07:27 PM	#62
fefo23 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: new jersey Posts: 318	Some really nice and huge coral's here, we need more pic __________________ The more I read the more questions I have Current Tank Info: 75gal reef

11/12/2009, 09:50 AM	#53
1DeR9_3Hy Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,575	I too have heard the 1CM a year remark on wildlife shows before, but not in a few years... That comment could also be talking about the reef on a whole, not particular corals on the reef. Awesome colony pics guys!

11/12/2009, 08:14 PM	#54
AkaSlyGuy Premium Member Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Texas/Arkansas Posts: 295	100g Tank This frogspawn is bigger than a basketball. I have sold MANY frags of it. Joe

11/12/2009, 08:29 PM	#56
AkaSlyGuy Premium Member Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Texas/Arkansas Posts: 295	This is the most handy closer pic I have right now. This frogspawn started as 3 heads about 8 years ago. I have flooded the local market with this stuff. Joe

11/12/2009, 08:37 PM	#58
Snakebyt Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Lubbock Tx Posts: 2,141	wow, thats one hellova frogspawn...

11/12/2009, 08:42 PM	#59
AkaSlyGuy Premium Member Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Texas/Arkansas Posts: 295	I will tell you this, it is very fragile!! It has grown and split so much that the lower sections are supporting a lot of weight and it only takes a little bump while doing some maintenance in the tank to ummm...create several frags Joe

12/04/2009, 06:53 PM	#61
flying_dutchman Moved On Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,319	chingchai's newest addition:

12/04/2009, 07:49 PM	#63
BIG-G Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: north carolina Posts: 139	This is my toadstool its about 18 inches. The foxface is about 8 or 9 inches. __________________ "Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy"...Paracelsus Current Tank Info: 150gal Reef and 29gal Biocube Reef/Frag Tank

12/30/2009, 11:21 PM	#65
salt lick Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Tehachapi, CA Posts: 415	I have a anchor coral that is ~16 x 16 x 16 I'll get a current pic tomorrow when the lights are on

01/02/2010, 07:12 AM	#66
fefo23 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: new jersey Posts: 318	Gig G thats some size toadstool you have there. salt lick we need the pic to probe it so get your camara and get the pic asap is a nice size and the anchor one of my favor corals __________________ The more I read the more questions I have Current Tank Info: 75gal reef

01/02/2010, 07:31 AM	#67
scapes Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Millbrook, AL Posts: 2,520	my biggest, a gigas clam

01/02/2010, 08:45 AM	#68
psteeleb Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: DFW Texas Posts: 5,249	__________________ A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner Current Tank Info: 110g Mixed Reef, LED's & T5's

01/02/2010, 10:30 AM	#69
DThompson Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Scottsadale, AZ Posts: 374	Amazing pics. I really enjoyed reading this thread. Let's see some more.

01/02/2010, 11:58 AM	#70
EleganceMan Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Fargo, North Dakota Posts: 1,611	all very nice!!! i love that elegance, and the gigas clam! __________________ Trade Corals!!!!!! Current Tank Info: 160 gallon reef

01/02/2010, 01:10 PM	#72
salt lick Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Tehachapi, CA Posts: 415	my hammer Hammer is a stinging titan about 16 x 16 x 16 inches tank is 36" wide by 28" tall on the front this is 2 years ago, daytime: this is 2 years ago,at night: current View, sorry I didnt clean the glass

01/02/2010, 04:32 PM	#73
andrewkw Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: St. Joseph Island Posts: 1,069	These are not gigantic, just large. Too bad I just fragged the cespitularia yesterday. I should have taken a pic. It was a good 6 inches longer maybe more. Of course I've fragged it dozens of times, simply because it's grown it's allotted tank space. If I had a larger tank I'd allow it to grow more. Second is my red Gonipora again not super huge but it is a success as I've had it for about a year and a half maybe 2 years now and it has grown larger. This is one coral that will never be fragged. [IMG]http://lh4.ggpht.com/_OxZoGqFQrPI/Sz_IY7dJSgI/AAAAAAAABLI/31432cbT***/s800/IMGP7346.JPG[/IMG] The blue sided wrasse is about 5.25" the picture doesn't show off how big the colony is because it extends deep into the cave even though that part does not get much light. The Cheveron is about 5" too maybe a little bigger as you can see it has adult colouration.