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Yesterday I had the pleasure of seeing Brad Syphus’ reef tank for the very first time. All I can say is that, like all tanks, it looks better in person…and I thought that couldn’t be possible. But rather than go on and on about the tank, I simply wanted to lay it out there that he has what must be the biggest LPS coral in a home aquarium in Utah.

This thing was ENORMOUS!

It is often hard to get a feel for scale in photos but let me assure you, this thing is at least 20″ in diameter…and growing! It looks like a Euphyllia divisa (frogspawn), but also shows some polyps that make it look like a Euphyllia ancora (Hammer Coral). You can clearly see how this thing should be nicknamed “The Blob” as it is slowly taking over other corals as it expands through the tank.

Brad says that its growth is most likely tied to the fact that his large collection of fish require frequent feedings.

Hats off to you Brad and I hereby make you the Utah LPS record-holder!

The UTMAS tank of the month for August 2010 belongs to Levi Bradley (Lurkerz).

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To call Dave Anderson’s setup “Tank of the Month”, is comical.  In this case we will be calling it “Ocean of the month”.

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