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Postby mitchell » March 16th, 2010, 7:30 pm

I couldn't resist this addition. I love the polyps on this. A beautiful purple color.

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Re: Newest addition

Postby Ben » March 16th, 2010, 9:18 pm

Looks nice, is it the birds of paradise from ORA?
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Re: Newest addition

Postby Lawdawg » March 16th, 2010, 9:24 pm

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Re: Newest addition

Postby mitchell » March 17th, 2010, 10:17 am

Ben wrote:Looks nice, is it the birds of paradise from ORA?


Not from ORA that I know of. I purchased this from my LFS http://www.ichthythings.com/
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Re: Newest addition

Postby sfsuphysics » March 17th, 2010, 11:09 am

be prepared to see little "frags" of that popping up all over your tank, as that is one coral that readily reproduces sexual in the aquarium :)
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Re: Newest addition

Postby mitchell » March 17th, 2010, 11:23 am

sfsuphysics wrote:be prepared to see little "frags" of that popping up all over your tank, as that is one coral that readily reproduces sexual in the aquarium :)


That would be cool.

Is this a fast growing species?
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Re: Newest addition

Postby ANEMONEBUFF » March 17th, 2010, 12:18 pm

They grow vwry quickly. Mine have not spread around though.

New(the little "Y" coral on the bottom):
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A few months later:
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About two months ago:
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And it has grown more since.
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