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Old 10-16-2009, 07:50 PM
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Default What is your biggest coral?

I got an amazing deal on this extremely large pipe coral (thank-you Wayne aka fencer) and it got me thinking/wondering what everyones biggest coral in their tank is.

My new pipe coral is by far the biggest coral in my tank and it is litterally about the size of a football.

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Old 10-16-2009, 08:02 PM
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Currently, gotta be my closed brain, I've had it for over 6 years and grew it from a baby. For an idea on size I would say it's currently pretty close to the size of an actual human brain. And yes my clams are that big


I did however have some large SPS corals in my previous tank

Biggest was the blue formosa on the right which when I sold it wouldn't even come close to fitting in a 5 gallon pale. It had to be broken into 3 pieces to fit in three pails.
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Old 10-16-2009, 08:23 PM
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Currently my largest coral is this redish orange encrusting monti....its got about an 8" diameter




previous to that was this frogspawn that was about the size of a human head.

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Old 10-16-2009, 08:34 PM
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Both the biggest and the oldest, my bubble is 16+yrs old and the skeleten measures in at 12-14" fully expanded is 24"+ If I turn off the pumps the sweeper tenticles can reach just about any spot in the tank (72"x36")
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Both the biggest and the oldest, my bubble is 16+yrs old and the skeleten measures in at 12-14" fully expanded is 24"+ If I turn off the pumps the sweeper tenticles can reach just about any spot in the tank (72"x36")
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Both the biggest and the oldest, my bubble is 16+yrs old and the skeleten measures in at 12-14" fully expanded is 24"+ If I turn off the pumps the sweeper tenticles can reach just about any spot in the tank (72"x36")
WOW that's crazy
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Old 10-16-2009, 09:19 PM
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In terms of surface area my 10x10" sea fan is the largest at present. In a previous tank though I had a pink rimmed cap that took up the better part of half of the bottom of the tank. 36x18x24" I know I know, this post is useless without pictures.
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Old 10-16-2009, 09:31 PM
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I have 3 large corals in my 225g: a bubble coral that was about 12" across when inflated, until I recently fragged a large piece for a fellow Canreefer. A very large Pipe Organ that is 12" across and 10" high. And a Toadstool that is 9" across and 7" high. I can't take the credit for growing these though as I got all three of them from Marie.










And in the 90g I have a Torch Coral that is 8" across and 5" high. (also from Marie). And a Monti Cap that is 11" long and 9" across.



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I've had this one a few years, it's about 16" across now.


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Old 10-17-2009, 05:57 AM
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I have many large colonies of SPS but I've always had a soft spot for this hammer which is about 14" across.
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