Then and Now Shots

scopus tang

scopus tang

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Remember this thread from before, but couldn't find it (maybe it was lost when the boards changed). It was a lot of fun - post pics of your corals when you got them new, and now. Here's a couple to get us going.
Green Toadstool
Then


Now


Pink-edged Plating Monti
Then


Now


Colt Coral
Then

Now
 
scopus tang

scopus tang

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Originally Posted by Nano Reefer
http:///forum/post/2933109
Yeah!
Sad

Originally Posted by lil.guppy
http:///forum/post/2933607
Those colt corals are really nice.
Great pictures!
Thank you, but this thread isn't just about me or my pics -hopefully others will join in. There are some truly amazing growth rates and pics of corals on this site and I love to see their product
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Originally Posted by fishhunter
http:///forum/post/2933851
so what is the time frame on those pics. Looks great!
LOL, sorry meant to post that - the plate is one year, Jan '08 to Jan '09; the other two 8 months, April '08 to Jan '09.
 
petjunkie

petjunkie

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Brain a few years ago after purchase, notice the orange color and green inside

Same lobo a few months ago

Duncans, I bought one head, this is a while after buying, maybe Oct 07

Dec 08

Red trachy, Feb 2008

Red trachy Dec 08

Mystery acan Feb 2008

Nov 2008

War coral June 08

War coral Dec 08
 
zoie2

zoie2

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The toad stool on the right was one of my first coral 3 years ago. I just recently had to remove it from my tank. You'll see why in the next picture.
Then:

Now:
 
scopus tang

scopus tang

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Originally Posted by petjunkie
http:///forum/post/2946539
Duncans, I bought one head, this is a while after buying, maybe Oct 07

Dec 08

Red trachy, Feb 2008

Red trachy Dec 08

War coral June 08

War coral Dec 08

Love these three, Very nice

Nice Toadstool leather zoie2
 
petjunkie

petjunkie

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Originally Posted by zoie2
http:///forum/post/2946559
those duncans are crazy!!

Tell me about it! At first I fed them all the time wanting them to grow, then they got so big and the tentacles are so long they became most of my 12 gallon and I can't put them in my main tank because my maroon tries to host, they closed up for over a week even after I got them away from her. I gotta buy a dremel and frag them up if I want to keep them. They don't get fed anymore. They are weeds. I have a green toadstool like yours that grew super fast as well but almost died in a tank heater malfunction, I had to frag it to save it and ended up with about seven the size of the original frag.
 
zoie2

zoie2

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Originally Posted by petjunkie
http:///forum/post/2946620
Tell me about it! At first I fed them all the time wanting them to grow, then they got so big and the tentacles are so long they became most of my 12 gallon and I can't put them in my main tank because my maroon tries to host, they closed up for over a week even after I got them away from her. I gotta buy a dremel and frag them up if I want to keep them. They don't get fed anymore. They are weeds. I have a green toadstool like yours that grew super fast as well but almost died in a tank heater malfunction, I had to frag it to save it and ended up with about seven the size of the original frag.
I want to get a duncan. I went to my LFS last week and they had one for $100 with 3-4 heads. They had a tag for $28 for one head, but it was sold.
When I took out my toadstool, there was a little flesh left on one of the rocks and a couple weeks later I saw it was growing a teeny tiny toadstool. Im so glad because I really liked my toadstool, it was just waaaay too big.
 
scopus tang

scopus tang

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Originally Posted by petjunkie
http:///forum/post/2946620
Tell me about it! At first I fed them all the time wanting them to grow, then they got so big and the tentacles are so long they became most of my 12 gallon and I can't put them in my main tank because my maroon tries to host, they closed up for over a week even after I got them away from her. I gotta buy a dremel and frag them up if I want to keep them. They don't get fed anymore. They are weeds. I have a green toadstool like yours that grew super fast as well but almost died in a tank heater malfunction, I had to frag it to save it and ended up with about seven the size of the original frag.
yeah, I've seen several pictures of clown trying to host Duncans or other corals; I've got a maroon right now that tries to host my GSP
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Originally Posted by zoie2
http:///forum/post/2949696
I want to get a duncan. I went to my LFS last week and they had one for $100 with 3-4 heads. They had a tag for $28 for one head, but it was sold.
When I took out my toadstool, there was a little flesh left on one of the rocks and a couple weeks later I saw it was growing a teeny tiny toadstool. Im so glad because I really liked my toadstool, it was just waaaay too big.

$100 for 3-4 heads - I hope it was something truly spectacular. I've seen Australian duncans that sell for significantly less than that. Suggest looking around some more that seems pretty expensive. I picked up my first Duncan frag for free by swapping frags with another local reefer.
 
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