Jon's 90 SPS dominant reef

freezetyle · #1 10-21-2010, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Aquattro

Jon, I'd still like to come by and see your setup!

Crap i totally forgot about your messages. Midterm season at uni. Anytime you want. i think our OC order is inbound pretty quick so we could do it sometime then.

Aquattro · #2 10-21-2010, 10:25 PM

Jon, anytime is good for me. Lemme know what works...

lastlight · #3 10-21-2010, 10:46 PM

Your unknown is one of my favorite corals in my tank. John (lobsterboy) told me it is oxypora but it also looks identical to another coral someone called hollywood stunner chalice or something? I don't recall where I saw it but it's a canreefer's tank.

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I did find it (scroll down a few pics):

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=67198

and here's mine:

freezetyle · #4 10-21-2010, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

Your unknown is one of my favorite corals in my tank. John (lobsterboy) told me it is oxypora but it also looks identical to another coral someone called hollywood stunner chalice or something? I don't recall where I saw it but it's a canreefer's tank.

It is an LPS. next time i stop in at Blue world I will ask spencer. At the frag workshop there he must have snapped at least 10 frags off the thing and it is still huge. Fast grower from what i understand too
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Originally Posted by lastlight

and here's mine:

They look Sick when they get bigger!

lastlight · #5 10-21-2010, 10:54 PM

Yeah mine is growing very fast. It bleached when I originally switched to 250w in the Solana but in my transfer I angled that rock so this piece faces a bit away from the bulb. Red all came back I was really happy.

It's very close to touching my superman digi but since that coral has decided it doesn't want to really have a blue base and just be a pink digi I may let the lps give it a few pokes!

freezetyle · #6 10-21-2010, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

Yeah mine is growing very fast. It bleached when I originally switched to 250w in the Solana but in my transfer I angled that rock so this piece faces a bit away from the bulb. Red all came back I was really happy.

It's very close to touching my superman digi but since that coral has decided it doesn't want to really have a blue base and just be a pink digi I may let the lps give it a few pokes!

They seem to be kind of finicky with light. That frag started to brown out and all of the eyes seemed to almost disappear in my biocube with a 4 bulb fixture. no matter where i put it. other lps in there are fine. As soon as i put it in a shady spot under the sunpower. perked right up

Borderjumper · #7 10-21-2010, 11:49 PM

Those frags are off of the big colony Brian (Biggs) grew. Wow it was awesome.. The size and shape of a punch bowl and it just sparkled.
Brian said it was an enchino, which along with oxypora are all kinda lumped together as chalice. I figured it was a Hollywood Stunner also. I have a piece of it also and it's near the bottom under 400w and mine seems to like the light.

I I'll point out this thread to Brian and maybe he will let us know how he grew that monster.

lobsterboy · #8 10-22-2010, 02:18 AM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

Your unknown is one of my favorite corals in my tank. John (lobsterboy) told me it is oxypora but it also looks identical to another coral someone called hollywood stunner chalice or something? I don't recall where I saw it but it's a canreefer's tank.

Edit:

I did find it (scroll down a few pics):

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=67198

and here's mine:

yeah, its an oxypora but at the same time its fancy name is Hollywood stunner. I think Xtreme might have gotten it from me in my old tank. It grows super quick, and watch out for stinger;s at night.

xtreme · #9 10-22-2010, 02:33 AM

I have a colony that looks pretty much the same. Originally I got it from Fooser. You think it's Oxypora John? I've been calling mine Echinopora Lamellosa (Hollywood Stunner is what I've seen them call it in the US). Check it out in Corals of the World and tell me what you think.

lastlight · #10 10-22-2010, 02:40 AM

Just yesterday I noticed quite a long tentacle. And for a week there has been a side that is sorta close to the LPS on my superman that has some cyano or some red slimy algae growing on it. The coral is growing well I wonder if that area got stung?

I'd keep the LPS over the superman anyday it's awesome.