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Good idea, Marc! You could place two (or how many ever) small acrylic rods (dowel pin size) to space the magnet off the bottom, fill it with the weld on in an ice cube tray, and use one of those soft silicone ice cube trays that can fold easily.

If you can get Weld-on #40, you can pour it into a small container and place the magnet in the liquid. Coming up with the perfect method will be tricky, because you don't want the magnet to sink to the bottom, plus you have to be able to press the hardened product out of the holder (like an ice cube in a tray), and polish it up which will be challenging with a small object WITH a magnet inside.

So, I don't know what a frag mag is, and I know this is a bit of a clumsy solution, but why not find a smallish rectangular magnet and cover and seal it with 6 sides of precisely cut acrylic? Then it would be well sealed, and depending on your acrylic skills, well fitted.

Raises his hand... I'm interested to see how it does in your system.

I had a set made for me by a guy in California years ago. He dipped them about nine times to create a good plastic cocoon, but they didn't last a year in saltwater.

Continued reading has shown this coral to be "mostly non-photo" but I have it under halides and it doesn't seem bothered by the light and it is really extending well. The reason that it is called "mostly NPS" is because some studies show that the coral is seasonal to some degree and may have more or less zooxanthellae depending on the time of year. Super cool in my book! After having it for a little over a week and feeding a myriad of sps additives like phyto and zoo plankton and oyster eggs it has some great coloration once you look past the dark brown color which dominates the coral. The undertones are yellows, oranges and greens at the polyp base, the nematocysts are clear and ribbed with small balls at the ends of each tentacle. All of this rounds the polyps and coloration really nicely making it one of the most interesting corals I have ever kept. I am hoping to be able to grow this out and frag it to my club members who are interested in this offbeat coral. At this point I have no idea how fast a grower it is but I'll keep this thread alive for those interested.

That was fun David. I spotted all kinds of stuff in that gallery. Tethering your vinegar to the seat was funny. Why did I spy a banana in there? Do you still have your suncorals or the carnation coral?

Thanks very much!

Great looking shots! I like the way your greens are popping.

Nothing great. It's a cannon sure shot but it was like $500. Nothing fancy like and slr. The macro is a built in feature

Looks nice, but a little dark. What camera & lens do you have for macro shots?

Just took some macro shots
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Right on the money. Or I thought of one centerpiece coral like an elegance and that's it in the tank. I kept LPS in here perfectly fine so I know I can support it. Decisions decisions

Sounds like you need some slow growing gems now. It could be a mixture of pretty zoanthids and ricordeas?

I've seen them here and there, especially at various LFSs during my travels. I've heard from some stores that they do absolutely nothing, not daring to move them. One owner told me every time I moved one, it died. He had a beautiful colony that was in a terrible spot, photographically speaking. Getting a picture of it was nearly impossible, but to the eye it was stunning.

Good luck with yours. I don't think they need a lot of light.

Update - way over due. This tank crashed soon after the power came back on. It started with an uncontrollable hair algae outbreak and then uncontrollable po4, no3, and eventually STN and RTN. After about a 5 month struggle and trying to salvage at least something from the setup I just ended up donating the live rock to a new reefer for a tank start up. I started over again and am very happy with my new mostly LPS tank.

Ok, since we have a guess! It was a tough one to find for sure. Not at all common and depending on which sites you read, it seems that it may be endangered or rare. Anyway, its an Oculina Robusa and to me it looks like a cross between a tubestrea as you said and also a milipora. Its pretty cool looking and not at all like anything I have seen in my 7 + years of this obsession of a hobby. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/133533/0

i haven't a clue, to me it looks like a cross between a porites and a Tubastrea lol

Anyone going to try to guess?

Thanks Marc!