I'm having troubles with the dremel
Water is flying everywhere, and plastic is floating around the tank

Can you come by tomorrow and give me a hand ?

I always go butterless :-)

My car is out of gas. I would suggest ripping out the overflow box, cut and reinstall. That way the splashing is kept to a minimum, at least your shirt won't get wet. Maybe wear rubber boots thou.

That's just crazy talk.

Hmm, maybe I don't even need the overflow box ...

I could drill the back and run a coast to coast
I've always liked the idea of running a bean system
I'm sure by the time I'm finished installing it the coral will be ready for another pic, and you'll have some build pics to look at to boot :smile:

Or it'll spawn another crashed tank thread - whatever

Good thing the OP isn't here to complain about hijacking :surprise:

You're right, back to the experiment....and dry eyes. :laluot_23:

You might as well go do your laundry as this may take awhile
And you can blink now 'cause it will be a few hours before I update the pics

I had this happen to an A. Convexa in my old tank. The tips just grew flatter and flatter. It would definitely be interesting to see it happen to such a large multi branched Birdsnest though.

Time for an update
First some growth shots

Sept 19/13 just actinics
http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/x...ps68ae79cf.jpg

Oct 18/13 actinics and coral next gens
2 tips are touching the surface
http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/x...pse6f02484.jpg

Dec 21/13 all 8 bulbs
I can't get it all in the frame to match the previous shots. It's now 9" x 9" x 6" tall
Numerous tips are now touching the surface
http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/x...ps5c73a951.jpg

The surface tips are flattening out and starting to grow sideways, but haven't become thicker
And the whole coral is coloring up more now that's it's reached the top

It's never out of the water like in the pic
http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/x...ps1d78e1ef.jpg

Very cool!

As it is growing are you finding you need to provide additional flow or pruning to keep the centermost portions, those most shielded from flow and or light, alive? Your colony looks very healthy in the center. Does this colony have any commensal crabs, fish, etc.?