A couple of new specimens...

jjjimmy

jjjimmy

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Courtesy of Dave @ Oceans Floor. H has started to get in some wild harder to find corals that if these are any indication, it would be well worth and SPS keeper to go and check out. I may be criticized but I prefer wild corals because you never know what you are getting until it has been in your tank for awhile. I can't wait to see how these turn out.

Sorry for the bad pics but here you go...

Full colony about 5" across and 3"-4" high.
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Macro of same coral...
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2nd coral 4"-5" across and tabling...
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Macro of 2nd coral, actually shows more accurate color...
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Both corals are a bit bleached from stress which IMHO is relatively normal for a wild colony. I will take more pics after they regain their color (whenever that is).
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7351762#post7351762 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jjjimmy
That is why there are cities permits, to allow harvesting and keep it within limits.
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True, but harvesting efforts are not always closely monitored, and "limits" are dictated by us, not by nature. For my minor in reef geo/biology took a trip to St. Martin to observe different collection practices of reef life. You have some real stand-up outfits, then you have the vigilantes. Never know who took that coral/fish out, and how they did it.

IMHO, certain species shouldn't be taken from the wild, i.e. acropora. There are others that are so prolific, I don't see a problem with it.

However the Acro pictured, that ain't just a little frag; that's one less colony in the wild. On the other hand, aquarists could frag the hell out of her. Pro & cons. I still can't personally justify supporting the wild colony trade of acro/poci, etc.

I wouldn't buy that from the store, but I'd take a frag ;).
 
Listen tree hugger. It will not be long and the only reefs left will be in people tanks, and it will not be due to a few corals being collected. Global warming and pollution will be the demise of reefs world wide. So go harrass someone else
 
Jimmy, it looks like A. Speciosa,and A. Jacquelineae. when it comes to illumination, keep it low man.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7353744#post7353744 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gotfish8
Listen tree hugger. It will not be long and the only reefs left will be in people tanks, and it will not be due to a few corals being collected. Global warming and pollution will be the demise of reefs world wide. So go harrass someone else
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Tree Hugger, now that is sweet
 
LOL. Give the "reef hugger" a break. He's only trying to do good.

PsAM - check out my site, www.thecoralreef.com . It is an environmentalist site based on the coral reef problems in Cairo, Egypt. Read the introduction paragraph, which tells how the reef hobby and conservation efforts are helping each other. BTW : my co-partner wrote the message, not me.

Jjimmy - cool coral. Do you know why the branches are so thin?
 
I would have to say the same thing Jimmy said about oceans floor, but about zoas 8D. I know you hate zoas like i hate SPS jimmy, but they get beautiful pieces of each in.

TheCoralReef731 - The brances are so thin because that is the type of speciman it is, a bottle brush i believe? Someone please correct me if im wrong.
-Kyle Kaz
 
It's A. Jacquelineae, they get that long thin growth of axial corallites, with almost 'zero' visible growth of radial corallites. Very uncommon in the trade, even more so in nature.

So, yep, I'm a reef-hugger. Have seen up close and personal "questionable" collection practices of reef life for the aquarium trade, and it is pretty sickening. IMHO, species like A. Jacquelineae which are rarely seen on the reef should be left there. That's one less mother colony in nature.

Flame on... ;).
 
Want to see damage to a reef...try boaters dragging anchors, scuba divers with bouyancy problems, red tide due to fertilizer run off, global warming etc. I just read that elkhorn and staghorn sps are now one of the most endangered species of corals with almost 90% being destroyed in the past 5 years. Knowing the reefing community and our love of corals, if large facilities were started to grow out coral to repopulate areas in the ocean I'd be fragging the heck outta what I have and sending it to them. JJJimmy you once threw in a piece of staghorn that broke off when I was buying a monti cap from you...that thing is HUGE now. Fragging and sharing, getting corals into as many hands as possible to keep them growing may be the only way we can keep some of these species around until mankind quits screwing with the enviroment.
 
No...that's a browned out colony I got from sabestian...turned blue on me...after a couple of bad breaks, aka Murphy's Law...what can go wrong WILL go wrong the 2 weeks you're out of town, things are getting better. Just trying to figure out if I'm going to move everything with me when I retire, or just frag everything, sell the colonies and start from scratch. My son took care of my tank the last 2 trips and everything worked out great but I'm trying to make them as "dummy" proof as possible - for me, not him....;0) Did you every get those special fish you ordered from Live Aquaria or is that still a sore subject?
 
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