AoG for PPE (or rare coral)

[Mr. Ugly]

Too hard to tell from pics really. Best to check them out in person and trade if you like them

Btw, if you are looking specifically for the Blane PPE, you do have to watch out. There are lots of "fake" ones out there.

A huge rock of one type of fakes were fragged and traded out of the midwest last year. People were trading them like crazy on RC and elsewhere.

I've seen true PPE and fake ones side by side. The Blane ones do have better color. In fact, Joker Paly has a better purple than the fake PPE's.

 

[casabubu]

Thanks alot for the heads up! The person i purchased the frag from was a nice guy with a VERY impressive setup named Tong Gao. I dont know his user name, but he seemed very knowledgeable.

 

[casabubu]

By the way, Mr. Ugly, do you have any true PPE? I have a frag of these super nice blue palys that I have never seen anywhere for sale, and are way nicer than tubs. Even if not, you've got some really nice stuff that I would want. Ill post a picture of them tommorow.

 

[Elite]

I think the guy you are talking about his SN is tonggao ..

Yeah becareful when buying/trading the PPE. If you like the fake one, I have some. I did pay a lot for it and I don't mind trading them for some other stuff. I wish my Emperor Angel eats it like it chow down other zoas but I guess it's too ugly for him to eat ..

 

[tonggao]

Hi Casabuba, thanks for the compliment . If I remember it right, I told you that there are two types of AoG that I know, one is more orange, and one is more red. I would never call the orange one fake because it was named by Mr. Ugly in the first place. It's just people call both AoG nowadays, that's why I explained to you that there are two types. If I did not say it clearly, hope this clear things up a little.

 

[casabubu]

Hey Tong! So, are they real?

 

[tonggao]

Since there is quite a discussion here, I will share where I got the zoas and name from. I originally got the zoas from Hammerhead (Mike) about one and half year ago. I was just starting the reef hobby and really did not know much about the fancy names. All he told me is that this is his "best looking zoas" and it is "neon red". Throughout the year, many people asked me about the name because it really stands out. I was too lazy to find out until stubbsz (Adrian) picked up a frag from me, and I was tired of telling people the name "neon read zoos". So I posted an ID inqury thread on zoo forum here, and everybody ID it as AoG. After that, I did some more research on RC, and found out that there are two types, one is the red and one is orange. The orange one is the original one named by Mr. Ugly, and most ones shown/sold on RC are the red ones.

This is the picture I posted for ID, even though it is also a bad quality one.

 

[casabubu]

Thanks alot, thats a much better picture than I can do. btw, tong, do you still have the tubs frag?

 

[tonggao]

Sorry Eric, it's not avaliable anymore.

 

[-=Zepplock=-]

Mr.Ugly,

I'll be more that happy to take that rack out of your tank (I hope corals are attached to the crate) ;-)

...

Unfortunately, we all know what temporary means.... I have yet to get that ugly rack out of the tank! [/B]

 

[cwolfus]

For comparison here are some AOG I got from NAA...

-CWolfus

 

[tonggao]

Cwolfus, they look exactly like mine. They looks red in the picture, and I thought the orange ones originally came from NAA...

 

[casabubu]

Ya, I agree. But Im going to get a true AoG with lineage in a few weeks, so ill post a comparison.

 

[cwolfus]

Hmmm, looks different to me, but they do look more orange in my tank. I'll see if I can get a better pic.

 

[cwolfus]

Here's another pic, sorry about the focus.

 

[tonggao]

I just took two more pics of mine, one with actinic only, and one with 10k reeflux and actinic.

Btw Eric, if the zoas are not what you wanted, I will be more than happy to take them back. Or if you like, you can sell them on the internet to make a good profit out of it.

This is funny, I was reading the thread not knowing it had anything to do with me, until this morning when I saw my name in the thread.