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LoJack

05-31-2013, 04:12 PM

I saw an awesome thread while on ReefCentral that was to show off your SPS corals that started out as brown ugly lost causes that looked like they were gonna die ... that turned into proverbial swans as they recovered and got healthy.

So lets see them gorgeous corals that didn't even look like they were gonna make it

I only have 1 ... hopefully will have a few more of these posts in the future

This particular coral I picked up as a dying frag for $5 when I was buying a bunch of other live stock. It was basically a throw away frag for the owner, because it was browned out and not encrusting.

This is it when I got it home:

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u58/LoJack29/file_zps6923044b.jpg (http://s165.photobucket.com/user/LoJack29/media/file_zps6923044b.jpg.html)

A few months later at least it was growing

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u58/LoJack29/file_zps58308120.jpg (http://s165.photobucket.com/user/LoJack29/media/file_zps58308120.jpg.html)

I added UV LED's to my setup ... and then it really started morphing colors

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u58/LoJack29/file_zps4b1cd0a9.jpg (http://s165.photobucket.com/user/LoJack29/media/file_zps4b1cd0a9.jpg.html)

And here it is today:

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u58/LoJack29/file_zps0f693721.jpg (http://s165.photobucket.com/user/LoJack29/media/file_zps0f693721.jpg.html)

So lets see em guys!!

kien

05-31-2013, 04:42 PM

down on its luck brown pocci:

http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af144/muzanji/1EF13776-1113-4AC0-9FD7-4FCF17FB18D9-9436-00000731E0EBD099.jpg

Turned into this pink/purple pocci:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8365/8564573284_2863b6b456_o.jpg

Browning out Austera:

http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af144/muzanji/4FB9DE28-6C0D-4D6A-A6C4-444A3F957239-9436-00000731EB4FE279.jpg

Turned to this yellow-green austera with purple tips:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8100/8563473071_ca81330948_o.jpg

LoJack

05-31-2013, 08:30 PM

Beautiful pieces Kien!

frizzo1983

05-31-2013, 09:48 PM

asylumdown

05-31-2013, 11:27 PM

This little number (the coral on the right) was an all browned out mini colony with just the teeniest tiniest hint of blue at the tips when I got it. The most I was expecting was nicer tips as it grew
http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g411/asylumdown/file-97.jpg (http://s1100.photobucket.com/user/asylumdown/media/file-97.jpg.html)

As of last week:
http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g411/asylumdown/file_zpsecb438a1.jpg (http://s1100.photobucket.com/user/asylumdown/media/file_zpsecb438a1.jpg.html)

I've never been able to get a good photo of it though, it's colour of blue is so closely matched to to what my camera sensor thinks the lights in the tank are that it always washes out. In real life the branches are are a deep sky blue and the centre of the colony that's most exposed to light is a near white, glowing cloud-blue.

nrosdal

06-01-2013, 01:14 AM

Here is my contribution. The first pic has both corals in it one brown and one assumed dead. They are not fully beautiful yet. But slowly leaving the brown/white behind.

the frag in the front is the guy that has started to make a recovery came from Brent:

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d99/sheetmetal/IMG_2184_zpsea7a6049.jpg (http://s33.photobucket.com/user/sheetmetal/media/IMG_2184_zpsea7a6049.jpg.html)

Not all good but looking much better:

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d99/sheetmetal/20130531_122826_zpsd8e6ded7.jpg (http://s33.photobucket.com/user/sheetmetal/media/20130531_122826_zpsd8e6ded7.jpg.html)

Here is a nice Brownie i got from Mark. It is in the top left of frag tank:

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d99/sheetmetal/april2013_zps379445e5.jpg (http://s33.photobucket.com/user/sheetmetal/media/april2013_zps379445e5.jpg.html)

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d99/sheetmetal/20130511_131914_zps3794365f.jpg (http://s33.photobucket.com/user/sheetmetal/media/20130511_131914_zps3794365f.jpg.html)

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d99/sheetmetal/20130530_172402_zps316c01da.jpg (http://s33.photobucket.com/user/sheetmetal/media/20130530_172402_zps316c01da.jpg.html)

Snappy

06-01-2013, 05:33 AM

Looked like this when I got it.
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h210/Trainer02/nov806corals216.jpg

It later became my "rainbow stylo"
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h210/Trainer02/june16029rainbowstylo1macro1.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h210/Trainer02/Nov7152009069rainbowstylo.jpg

Snappy

06-01-2013, 05:43 AM

Before
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h210/Trainer02/june19020mutant2.jpg
After
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h210/Trainer02/Jan282008006AdivaricataAA_edited-1-2.jpg

LoJack

06-01-2013, 07:57 PM

Wow snappy, what a turnaround on the Stylo!

keep em coming guys

duncangweller

06-01-2013, 11:39 PM

What causes them to regain their colour? Is it just correct parameters or is this through adding additional supplements other than calc/alk/mag?

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Proteus

06-01-2013, 11:41 PM

Might get more post if it was beautiful to brown

fishoholic

06-02-2013, 03:54 PM

Might get more post if it was beautiful to brown

:lol: Doug said he should start a thread "Beautiful to Brown" a he'd have lots to post :lol:

Rice Reef

10-30-2013, 04:09 AM

Here is the garf bonsai I picked up in mid Sept this year...

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp148/hockeyguy1999/oct%2029%202013/443adc631cecdf894e6bc763018947af_zpsb8d6d2b0.jpg (http://s406.photobucket.com/user/hockeyguy1999/media/oct%2029%202013/443adc631cecdf894e6bc763018947af_zpsb8d6d2b0.jpg.h tml)

The same coral today...

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp148/hockeyguy1999/oct%2029%202013/_-4_zps9bf64c76.jpg (http://s406.photobucket.com/user/hockeyguy1999/media/oct%2029%202013/_-4_zps9bf64c76.jpg.html)