Biggest Most Mature Coral

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  1. theaquapond

    theaquapond Bristle Worm

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    Post pictures of your biggest oldest coral you have..

    And how long it took to get that big.
     
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    theaquapond, Jan 11, 2011
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  2. theaquapond

    theaquapond Bristle Worm

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    Bumpity bumpity bump
     
    theaquapond, Jan 12, 2011
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  3. sostoudt

    sostoudt Giant Squid

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    I will cheat and talk about the biggest ones I had in my first major salt tank.
    took 3-4 years to get that big under 4 VHO's replaced every 2 years(as you can guess growing at far under there potential)
    zoas-started with 10 polyps
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    two closer views
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    frogspawn- started from 2 heads, honestly I can't provided a picture to show how much this has grown as I have fragged it a couple times.
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  4. Sadie

    Sadie Coral Banded Shrimp

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    I've only been in the hobby 5 years so I don't have anything REALLY old, but one of my first corals was a toad stool (bottom right corner)

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    It got so big I had to get rid of it because all the other corals were in it's shadow. This is the same toad stool 2 years later:

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  5. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    14 months to get to this size
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  6. Sadie

    Sadie Coral Banded Shrimp

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    cool pic of the clown in the zoos!
     
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  7. sostoudt

    sostoudt Giant Squid

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    thanks if you like it here is another close up of the zoas with a domino hosting them.
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    sostoudt, Jan 12, 2011
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  8. theaquapond

    theaquapond Bristle Worm

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    Nice pictures..

    Keep them coming :)
     
    theaquapond, Jan 12, 2011
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  9. aquariaman

    aquariaman Pajama Cardinal

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    Only 5 years, not too long!! haha. more than most of us!
     
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  10. offensetaken

    offensetaken Montipora Digitata

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    Great looking pics everyone! This is really good growth IMO. Very cool 2in10 ;D

     
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