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When you look at your tank, do you look closely enough to see what's newly grown in?

My birdsnest colony that died left me some twigs. This particular piece broke off weeks ago and has sat on the rock in this exact spot untouched. I've checked on it from time to time because it isn't in an exposed easy-to-spot area. And what I saw were little white tips which are the beginnings of future branches. Took this macro shot with a top down box today. This was shot under a 10,000K 400w MH bulb.

During November, I bought a browned out Red Planet acropora. Here we are, basically a month later (+ a couple of days) and it looks vastly better. But what caught my eye was the new puddle of tissue affixing it to the rockwork. No colors were adjusted in this picture. Shot under 10,000K lighting. That one rock has quite a bit of green in it still, but you can see specks of pink coralline appearing. The new tissue is whitish with hints of brown. And in that area you can see new polyps too.

And for the fun of it, some LPS corals. Blastos, and hammers.