Other things we "grow"

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redfishsc

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OK, since technically I didn't make this, I didn't post it in the "Other Things We Make" forum.


This is part of the reason I haven't posted much around here. Busy with the coral reef (in my living room). I have been making pens, I promise! My customers are buying more pens than ever.... I just stopped making "stock pens" to have laying around since people just always order a custom pen.


But...here are a few of my favorite corals in my tank.

I must say that these are prettier than any pen I've ever made.

Green zoanthids
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Red zoanthids
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Blue Fungia fraelinae
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Red goniopora
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Show-off thread on a local aquarist forum:
http://www.carolinafishtalk.com/for...rf-lion-red-goniopora-lots-other-goodies.html
 
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SWEEET!!!!!

I used to be an avid diver before my injury and love coral. Yet to find another environment that shows the range of colors a good reef can show. Unfortunately the one time I tried to start a coral tank it had pretty bad results lol as in flooding in the apt. I will leave that to you guys and admire it from afar.

Curious how big your tank is?

edit-Buddy looking over my shoulder wants to know how long you have had that red? Says they are a pain to keep very long and tough to grow.
 
The whole system, 6 months. Some of the coral came from a previous tank/system that was about a year old.

The Duncan coral was a single mouth/polyp 1 year ago. Now it's 16-20 (hard to count).


These corals are all, literally, in a 25g tank. I also have a 20g tank that, right now, looks like a weed lagoon (algae bloom). So no pics of that stuff, lol.


Growing corals is no different than making truly spectacular pens. Takes time, attention to detail, unwavering commitment, willingness to learn, and the right equipment.
 
redfishsc said:
Growing corals is no different than making truly spectacular pens. Takes time, attention to detail, unwavering commitment, willingness to learn, and the right equipment.
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You forgot one.

An aquarium that doesn't have stress cracks in the frame holding it all together. See above comment about flooding an apartment. LOL
 
Lol, I have a local buddy with a 500 gallon reef, glass tank. It's 8 or 10 feet long, several feet wide and tall. It's sheer nuts!

If that thing ever goes, it'll kill everyone in the room with it, and wash their neighbors down the river.
 
Very cool and beautiful to look at. I have had fresh water aquariums. I find them very restful and calming. Another IAP here in the Bay Area has a big salt water tank that is very nice. It is really big with all kinds of plumbing and stuff.
 
Bad enough that i have a barn and basement filled with more wood that i will ever turn now I have to go out and research how to start growing coral......al least I'll have something to hold the pen when i take photos...Thanks alot!

Great stuff, thanks for sharing
greg
 
that is too cool! I didn't even know you could "grow" coral. amazing. simply amazing!
 
Thanks, y'all!


Coral can be very easy or very hard to grow. Basically you have to give them tons of light (most of them are photosynthetic even though they are technically an animal)--- give them the proper temperature, salinity of synthetic seawater, clean unpolluted water, and good water flow and they should be happy.


They are sorta like underwater venus fly traps. Photosynthetic, but many of them can eat stuff like tiny shrimp and bits of flake fish food.


I always dreamed of being a marine biologist when I was a kid, but honestly I think I'd get bored with all the data and office work. Doing this, I can sit in my living room and enjoy a crazy slice of Creation sitting in front of me (and just pretend I'm Jacques Cousteau:cool:)
 
redfishsc said:
Hey if y'all think that's something, check out the photos in these threads.

Fish, corals, anemones, and Lord knows what else.

You'll recognize me. My avatar goes wherever I go.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=16408748#post16408748
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Hey, nice to see someone else here is also there!:smile: Great looking zoos, I hope to have some soon. Haven't had my tank set up in 6 years, but I've started putting it back together here in the last few weeks. Had to find some room in the house to put it.:rolleyes:
 
Matt, those are absolutely gorgeous! I've never known anyone who grew coral "at home." But I really enjoy wandering around to places that have tanks and displays. Nicest one close here is La Jolla, Scripps Institute of Oceanography. Fascinating stuff!

Great photos, too.
 
Hello Matt,

Awesome, beautiful and breath taking. I thought I was on either the Discovery Channel or National Geographic website.

Thank you for sharing.

Now I have to go visit those site you are recommending.
 
Thanks all!

I get a lot of relax time just standing in front of the tank, soaking it in.


I literally NEVER watch television. Only occasionally do I dig something up on the internet like Hulu and such. My entertainment is watching my reef and learning (sooo much to learn about our ecosystems by having one in your living room).

I also spent less on my tank (well so far) than most people do on a huge HDTV and yet I think I have something much more entertaining!
 
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