Show me some growth pictures! [Archive]

Mr Cob

Wed, 9th Dec 2009, 04:51 PM

Tank Progression:

June:
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs143.snc1/5296_1036078398314_1716090084_68562_1196992_n.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=65082&id=1716090084)

July:
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m138/robart1208/img1252224599602.jpg

Aug:
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs222.snc1/6922_1042234112203_1716090084_81106_6326419_n.jpg

Sept:
http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs222.snc1/6922_1042232432161_1716090084_81097_3286065_n.jpg

Oct:
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/robs144/DSC05474.jpg

Nov:
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m138/robart1208/144%20Gallon%20Oceanic%20Half%20Circle%20Foam%20Re ef/FTS.jpg

Here's a elongata xenia comparrison: Exactly one month of growth. Ace took the first pic in Oct. and Erik took the second pic in Nov..

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/robs144/DSC05480.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m138/robart1208/144%20Gallon%20Oceanic%20Half%20Circle%20Foam%20Re ef/cheap_island.jpg

Mr Cob

Fri, 11th Dec 2009, 01:13 PM

Well, I thought it was a cool thread.

Come on, I know some of you have had tanks up for years...lets see some growth pics. I have never had a tank set up for longer than 6 months to a year so I'm kind of limited on those shots.

BUMP

Europhyllia

Fri, 11th Dec 2009, 03:05 PM

Nice shots Rob Cob :) And yes I figured we'd see a lot more!

txav8r

Fri, 11th Dec 2009, 03:09 PM

I can't get on photobucket today or I'd post a few.
It won't open.

Paul28

Fri, 11th Dec 2009, 11:44 PM

The Tank has been up and running strong since Nov 2005 here are some pics of growth over the years dont have any of the start pics dont have a scanner didt have a digital camra then

Dec 7, 2007

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/2554/dec72007.jpg (http://img405.imageshack.us/i/dec72007.jpg/)

July 19 ,2009

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/7311/july1909.jpg (http://img9.imageshack.us/i/july1909.jpg/)

Dec 10 ,2009

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/2038/newpicdec10.jpg (http://img37.imageshack.us/i/newpicdec10.jpg/)

Also some junk that keeps it running

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/907/calf.jpg (http://img687.imageshack.us/i/calf.jpg/)

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/2274/sumpm.jpg (http://img15.imageshack.us/i/sumpm.jpg/)

Europhyllia

Fri, 11th Dec 2009, 11:57 PM

That's massive, Paul! Those are some happy leather corals. :)

Mr Cob

Sat, 12th Dec 2009, 12:07 AM

That one in the center really has grown!!!!!!!!

Paul28

Sat, 12th Dec 2009, 12:10 AM

Thx, yeh he is a monster sorry im not to good with the camra there is mats and mats of zoos and pallys and mushrooms all over cover most if not all the rocks, close up shots of there growth there is no way to keep up there so many

txav8r

Sat, 12th Dec 2009, 01:11 AM

:hypnotyized::hypnotyized::hypnotyized:
I love that tank!

Mr Cob

Sat, 12th Dec 2009, 03:20 AM

Paul...I think it's time for an upgrade...your leathers have to be some of the largest in the hobby. Seriously...imagine all of that in a 300-500gallon.

Paul28

Sat, 12th Dec 2009, 10:17 AM

Yeh i know i want my tank so bad my wife keeps not letting me get it :( that sebea anemone is over 30 inches when he flats out ive been told by many how the hell i got it over 20 inches i dont know look to the right side of the tank thats him i bought him at finatict about 5 to 6 years ago he was only like 4 to 5 inches he is my big baby :)

Europhyllia

Sat, 12th Dec 2009, 10:39 AM

see you should have married Rob! ;)

Sooner or later a great deal on a big tank will come up that will be too good to pass up. :)

Paul28

Sat, 12th Dec 2009, 10:44 AM

cbianco

Wed, 23rd Dec 2009, 05:02 PM

Here is a earlier shot but the corals are encrusted already. I don't have any "freshly planted" sps shots. It's about a 8-9 month difference.

Before...
http://i686.photobucket.com/albums/vv229/biancochris/SDC10839-1.jpg

Now...
http://i686.photobucket.com/albums/vv229/biancochris/CIMG0093800x600.jpg

Europhyllia

Wed, 23rd Dec 2009, 05:04 PM

very nice! I was just trying to make my way through your 244 posts thread -this is easier though. lol

cbianco

Wed, 23rd Dec 2009, 05:06 PM

very nice! I was just trying to make my way through your 244 posts thread -this is easier though. lol

LOL! I'm going for the split.

BTW, the frags were all about 1" when I bought them at TMAC.

Mr Cob

Wed, 23rd Dec 2009, 05:06 PM

see you should have married Rob! ;)

Sooner or later a great deal on a big tank will come up that will be too good to pass up. :)

haha hey rob what do you say , ill say i do if you buy me a big tank hahah

I know... a little late...just now saw this. Gotta love the personalities on here! Definitely keeps me entertained.

Nice growth Mr Bianco!

mabel_photo6

Wed, 23rd Dec 2009, 05:10 PM

lol Okay even though mine's only 4 weeks old, here's mine:

Birthday!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/mabels_corner/Pets/Fishy/Saltwater/100%20Gallon%20Tank/IMG_0126.jpg

At 4 weeks... taken yesterday:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/mabels_corner/Pets/Fishy/Saltwater/100%20Gallon%20Tank/IMG_0081.jpg

P.S. This tank is in my room so to decrease the amount of light that comes from the 'fuge light, I covered the back with some purple paper. lol

mabel_photo6

Wed, 23rd Dec 2009, 06:09 PM

HERE'S A BETTER ONE!
So here's my BioCube 29 at 3 days old (January):

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/mabels_corner/Pets/Fishy/Saltwater/IMG_0063.jpg

I'm excited! I had the hang on 'fuge and it was BIG and covered practically all of my frontal view of my tank. :(
So I got tired of it and today I tore it down and I'm in the processes of taking everything out of it and putting it in my 100 gallon's 'fuge. The hang on was because I really wanted a Mandarin and prepared for it. I had that thing on there for months!

Ah yes, 27 weeks old (July):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/mabels_corner/Pets/Fishy/Saltwater/DSCN5289.jpg

And TODAY! 50 weeks old (December):
(Tank pump was off... I was feeding and the glass is dirty from where the 'fuge was lol)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/mabels_corner/Pets/Fishy/Saltwater/IMG_0083-2.jpg

Jarob

Wed, 23rd Dec 2009, 08:06 PM

hahahaha that fuge is HUGE!!! There is NO way I could have put up with that but great job it looks awesome!!!

mabel_photo6

Thu, 24th Dec 2009, 02:39 AM

LOL I know it's huge! I have no idea how I put up with that for about 5 months!
I'm glad it's off now though. lol It really took away from the tank but now it looks sort of refreshed. :)

Gseclipse02

Thu, 31st Dec 2009, 01:01 AM

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j11/gseclipse02/jan09.jpg
jan 09

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j11/gseclipse02/fdgfchfcg.jpg

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j11/gseclipse02/sgfgdfgdf.jpg

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j11/gseclipse02/PICT1694.jpg

today

Rychek

Thu, 31st Dec 2009, 09:50 AM

Here are a few from my tank:

Orange Monti Cap (late 2007/early 2008). Between nickel and quarter size. This coral was part of a very generous donation from Troy Valentine when I was first getting into corals. I went to his place to get some free Xenia and left with so much more.
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc246/Rychek426/MontiCap.jpg
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc246/Rychek426/OrangeMonticap.jpg
Same (lat 2008/early 2009).
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc246/Rychek426/ActinicMontiCap.jpg

I don't have a really current pic of that coral, but it's almost three times that size now. It's amazing what a little B-Ionic will do. :)

I thought I had some good comparison pics for this thread, but it looks like I need to take some recent pics. None of my picsare less than six months old. More to come when I get a chance to take a few new pics.

allan

Thu, 31st Dec 2009, 11:55 AM

Ok, I went to Giau's house over the summer to pick up some birdsnest and he gave me a section of that brown growing plate-like coral. Not sure what it's called but the piece he gave me was about two or three inches. I don't have any early photos, but here is a picture of the coral when I stood up the new tank, and the second is a picture taken this morning by me.

http://i621.photobucket.com/albums/tt295/alaviers/growth%20pictures/scroll1.jpg

This morning...

http://i621.photobucket.com/albums/tt295/alaviers/growth%20pictures/scroll2.jpg

The birdsnest was about an inch tall and about half an inch wide with several branches. No early shots that I could find, but its now about the size of a softball. The first one is the actual current BN.

http://i621.photobucket.com/albums/tt295/alaviers/growth%20pictures/Birdsnestmmothercolony.jpg

While moving into the new tank this summer I broke off a piece accidently, here's an early shot of that piece that broke...

http://i621.photobucket.com/albums/tt295/alaviers/growth%20pictures/birdsnest1.jpg

I had glued it to that rock, and about a week ago it fell off and I glued it to another piece and wedged it in a crevice in the picture below...

http://i621.photobucket.com/albums/tt295/alaviers/growth%20pictures/bn.jpg

Here is an early picture of a toadstool, got this from AD.

http://i621.photobucket.com/albums/tt295/alaviers/growth%20pictures/leather1.jpg

This one was taken this morning, not fully extended but large enough...

http://i621.photobucket.com/albums/tt295/alaviers/growth%20pictures/photo.jpg

Now I wish I had an early photo of this one. In jan or Feb I got in on that group buy that Cheri BB had organized. I got a 12 dollar three polyp disk frag.... this is what those three look like now. It's the green zoas... and if you look very closely you can actually see the frag disk... sort of...

It's taken over the rock that I glued the frag disk to...

http://i621.photobucket.com/albums/tt295/alaviers/growth%20pictures/greenzoas.jpg

hobogato

Wed, 6th Jan 2010, 10:23 PM

couple of one month growth/color sps pics

12/7/09 (with redbugs)
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/cuttle%20lagoon/PDRM3798.jpg
1/6/10
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/cuttle%20lagoon/DSC05942.jpg

12/7/09
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/cuttle%20lagoon/PDRM3804.jpg
1/6/10
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/cuttle%20lagoon/DSC05947.jpg

Europhyllia

Wed, 6th Jan 2010, 10:55 PM

Amazing how these things change color too!

hobogato

Wed, 6th Jan 2010, 10:59 PM

dont tell me mrs nps is getting interested in the colored sticks...

Amazing how these things change color too!

Europhyllia

Wed, 6th Jan 2010, 11:15 PM

LOL. No way! It doesn't move. It doesn't eat. People are constantly upset because of their finicky sticks. I just don't "get it".
But it is amazing that the things can change color like that!
The only SPS I'd still want more of would be encrusting montis. I got a nice x-mas tree rock from Sherry with bright green encrusting monti on it and that's very pretty. No sticks for me. :)

Jarob

Thu, 7th Jan 2010, 12:18 AM

gsecli~ that toadstool growth shot is awesome!

Mr Cob

Thu, 7th Jan 2010, 12:41 AM

gsecli~ that toadstool growth shot is awesome!

For real! I love that top down shot!

lrg

Thu, 7th Jan 2010, 06:21 PM

Watch this space lol! http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/oo48/S60R_bucket/iphone004.jpghttp://s360.photobucket.com/albums/oo48/S60R_bucket/?action=view&current=iphone004.jpghttp://s360.photobucket.com/albums/oo48/S60R_bucket/?action=view&current=iphone004.jpg

puretexn

Thu, 7th Jan 2010, 11:39 PM

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g129/matagordamudskipper/bucketfishtank.jpg

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/9477/img0692rd0.jpg

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/4812/img0698pf5.jpg

http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/732/img0811by9.jpg

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/1267/img0888gc3.jpg

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/1599/tank.jpg

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/8783/img0040g.jpg

Europhyllia

Thu, 7th Jan 2010, 11:50 PM

I knew I had seen this one before. You're the picture of the month :)

allan

Fri, 8th Jan 2010, 05:59 AM

Dude, that was a really nice series, really enjoyed the first picture.

Rychek

Fri, 8th Jan 2010, 09:00 PM

It took quite a bit longer than I thought to get these pics taken, but I think it was worth it. :)

Orange Monti Cap (late 2008):
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc246/Rychek426/OrangeMonticap.jpg

mid 2009
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc246/Rychek426/ActinicMontiCap.jpg

Early 2010
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc246/Rychek426/TopDown.jpg

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc246/Rychek426/Angle.jpg

hobogato

Fri, 19th Feb 2010, 08:54 AM

one month green pocci frag in the frag program - hopefully the new owner can add a new pic down the road...

1/18/10
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/frags/DSC06048.jpg

2/19/10
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/frags/DSC06215.jpg

Europhyllia

Sun, 21st Feb 2010, 09:22 AM

Wow that's amazing - in just 1 month!

hobogato

Thu, 4th Mar 2010, 06:22 PM

same acro i posted earlier

12/7/09 (with redbugs)
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/cuttle%20lagoon/PDRM3798.jpg
today
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/cuttle%20lagoon/DSC06376.jpg

this one isnt a comparison, but you can see the egde of the live tissue has put on about 1/8" of skeleton outward when i make this gonio mad and it closes up
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/cuttle%20lagoon/DSC06367.jpg

baby dendros on old skeleton - they were the size of a pinhead when we got the rock about 2 months ago
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/cuttle%20lagoon/DSC06380.jpg

and the coolest one for me, a brand new sun coral or dendro polyp - grew here from nothing :D
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/cuttle%20lagoon/DSC06366.jpg

Europhyllia

Thu, 4th Mar 2010, 06:27 PM

Happy Birthday little sun! :)

hobogato

Sat, 17th Apr 2010, 09:08 AM

red bug coral (as we lovingly call it now :) )

12/7/09
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/cuttle%20lagoon/PDRM3798.jpg
today
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/aggressive%20reef/DSC06548.jpg

Europhyllia

Sat, 17th Apr 2010, 09:14 AM

very nice! :)

Mr Cob

Sat, 17th Apr 2010, 11:55 AM

October to now. It has over trippled in size.

Ace took this pic in October for me...
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/robs144/DSC05505.jpg

And now...
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/4528084037_c04d31a48a_o.jpg

Mr Cob

Sat, 17th Apr 2010, 12:00 PM

Picture taken by Ace in October of my Tyree War Coral...
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/robs144/DSC05495.jpg

And now: (it has even been fragged several times when it was invading corals in the area...I since have moved it to an area where more growth is allowed)
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4050/4528730056_2dc60f716e_o.jpg

txav8r

Wed, 21st Jul 2010, 10:56 AM

My growth pics. Sorry for the blurry phone pics

Txreefer blue tip acro
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii234/joat_mon_3/57f87959.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii234/joat_mon_3/9ca99191.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii234/joat_mon_3/7af53cce.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii234/joat_mon_3/ad1bcf29.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii234/joat_mon_3/7613bd24.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii234/joat_mon_3/cfc5f743.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii234/joat_mon_3/dd3c5e8b.jpg

txav8r

Wed, 21st Jul 2010, 11:03 AM

Bam Bams

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii234/joat_mon_3/9ca99191.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii234/joat_mon_3/afcc3c78.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii234/joat_mon_3/ad1bcf29.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii234/joat_mon_3/0e532eac.jpg

Christmas zoas
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii234/joat_mon_3/9fef5168.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii234/joat_mon_3/13c7599d.jpg

birds nest
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii234/joat_mon_3/57f87959.jpg

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii234/joat_mon_3/03f15820.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii234/joat_mon_3/ad1bcf29.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii234/joat_mon_3/a9e85740.jpg

Europhyllia

Wed, 21st Jul 2010, 11:05 AM

fantastic! Congrats, Jack. Things seem to be growing well. Look at those x-mas zoas!

txav8r

Wed, 21st Jul 2010, 11:06 AM

Scuba Steve-o hybrid

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii234/joat_mon_3/0605c341.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii234/joat_mon_3/8f55bff2.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii234/joat_mon_3/89872136.jpg

Big_Pun

Wed, 21st Jul 2010, 11:29 AM

4 months in LED pico

http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu357/stangchris/053918b4.jpg

http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu357/stangchris/53d48071.jpg

hobogato

Wed, 21st Jul 2010, 11:37 AM

nice progress all!

ismvel

Wed, 21st Jul 2010, 05:52 PM

Here are some of my growth pics:
Unk Date - Blasto
http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy270/ismvel/60%20Gallon%20Cube/P2123590.jpg
7/21/10
http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy270/ismvel/60%20Gallon%20Cube/P7214799.jpg
Unk Date - Bubblegum Monster from R2U - 1.5 eyes
http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy270/ismvel/60%20Gallon%20Cube/P4274318.jpg
7/21/10 (5) full eyes, and a 6th starting to come in
http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy270/ismvel/60%20Gallon%20Cube/P7214788.jpg
Unk Date - Orange Cap R2U same date BGM from above
http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy270/ismvel/60%20Gallon%20Cube/P4274290.jpg
7/21/10
http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy270/ismvel/60%20Gallon%20Cube/P7214784.jpg
Unk Date
http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy270/ismvel/60%20Gallon%20Cube/P4274287.jpg
7/21/10
http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy270/ismvel/60%20Gallon%20Cube/P7214810.jpg
Unk Date - Eye of Rah and some Pink polyps mixed rock
http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy270/ismvel/60%20Gallon%20Cube/P4274295.jpg
7/21/10 - I love this mixed rock :)
http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy270/ismvel/60%20Gallon%20Cube/P7214811.jpg

I really need to start labeling my pictures. I just rearranged my aquascape and now have 3 columns and opens it up a bit. I really need to have these things start growing in. :)

Europhyllia

Wed, 21st Jul 2010, 06:04 PM

that's pretty awesome Ismael! That bubble gum thing grew a lot!

alton

Thu, 22nd Jul 2010, 06:29 AM

Sorry about the first couple of pictures I think the 1st camera was a 2 megapixel, 2nd may of been a 4? I picked this coral up around 2000 from TT, somebody brought it in and said they just moved here and said they lost everything but this coral in the move. I figured it was hardy? I just got it back from Ace(Mike) Sorry I added a picture of my chevron also88578858885988608861

allan

Thu, 22nd Jul 2010, 10:03 AM

Karin, this is that frag you sold me a while back for ten bones. It's one of the few corals I haven't bumped or dropped off pieces. I think it had two branches at the time.

http://i621.photobucket.com/albums/tt295/alaviers/photo-81.jpg

Europhyllia

Thu, 22nd Jul 2010, 10:07 AM

fantastic Allan!
(I figured if an SPS! grows well for me it's got to do well pretty much anywhere else but that is amazing growth! Might have to buy a frag back some time ;) )

Gseclipse02

Fri, 23rd Jul 2010, 12:05 AM

Gseclipse02

Fri, 23rd Jul 2010, 12:07 AM

one day i may decide to frag the toadstool ( i really want an all white one) just because SHE is way to big and covering some zoa's that are on that rock but i truly want her to get as big as SHE wants to get

Ps she like the tunze on the controller you can see all of the action she gets

allan

Fri, 23rd Jul 2010, 08:12 AM

fantastic Allan!
(I figured if an SPS! grows well for me it's got to do well pretty much anywhere else but that is amazing growth! Might have to buy a frag back some time ;) )

Karin,

I'm terrible at selling stuff. Tell you what, I'll snap off a twig today and glue it to a frag plug and put it in the spare tank. As sooon as you're ready for it its yours.

Were you able to rehabilitate the yellow gorg?

allan

Fri, 23rd Jul 2010, 08:15 AM

JT, I have a toadstool that is about 8" across. I hate how much space it takes up but I'm not crazy about letting it go either. What a hobby.

Mr Cob

Fri, 23rd Jul 2010, 08:42 AM

Wow, everybody has some really nice growth pics. JT that thing is HUGE. About a year and a half of growth? Awesome!

Ismael...wonderful shots and what a blessing to have such nice corals growing well for you.

hobogato

Tue, 3rd Aug 2010, 08:06 AM

a new one of this coral

12/7/09 (with redbugs)
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/cuttle%20lagoon/PDRM3798.jpg

today
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/aggressive%20reef/DSC069521280x768.jpg

11/2009
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/cuttle%20lagoon/DSC05632.jpg

today
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/aggressive%20reef/DSC069401280x768.jpg

hobogato

Wed, 20th Oct 2010, 05:31 PM

thought i would bump this thread up with a few new pics

12/7/09
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/cuttle%20lagoon/PDRM3798.jpg
today
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/aggressive%20reef/DSC07148.jpg

11/2009
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/cuttle%20lagoon/DSC05632.jpg
today
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/aggressive%20reef/DSC07152.jpg

3/27/10
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/aggressive%20reef/DSC06472.jpg
today
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