brad
Active member
I drove down to Akron a few years ago to buy corals from someone shutting down a tank. Something I wanted was on a rock with an Acropora they were real excited about. They said it would grow thinner and bluer and they sold dozens of tiny frags for $60, they said it was a named coral, but they forgot the name. I wanted the other stuff on the rock, and the price was right and I took it.
It has since become my favorite coral in the tank. Colorful, fast growing, hardy, interesting shapes and unlike anything else. I've been trying to sell it under the name "Akron Blue Line" since I bought it in Akron and run Akron marathon, which has a blue line through the whole course in the city. It never sold well for me, and is usually outsold by common purple tip valida either online or right next to each other. I really only want to sell it so I can get it back if it dies or my tank crashes.
Yesterday I saw "Atl Silver Bullet" posted at a fragswap:
And I believe this is the same coral, at least similar looking corallites and coloration. Again, no one buying it at a low price, and I only found a few threads of people selling it.
Does anyone know if these are the same coral? Is anyone familiar with this coral?
I don't understand why it isn't more popular. It isn't Homewrecker colorful, but look how popular "green slimer" still is, and lots of things are bright green. This has more interesting shapes and a shade of color that is hard to find in anything hardy and fast growing (yes, Oregon tort is also solid blue and much bluer, but grows at a snail's pace).
It has since become my favorite coral in the tank. Colorful, fast growing, hardy, interesting shapes and unlike anything else. I've been trying to sell it under the name "Akron Blue Line" since I bought it in Akron and run Akron marathon, which has a blue line through the whole course in the city. It never sold well for me, and is usually outsold by common purple tip valida either online or right next to each other. I really only want to sell it so I can get it back if it dies or my tank crashes.
Yesterday I saw "Atl Silver Bullet" posted at a fragswap:
And I believe this is the same coral, at least similar looking corallites and coloration. Again, no one buying it at a low price, and I only found a few threads of people selling it.
Does anyone know if these are the same coral? Is anyone familiar with this coral?
I don't understand why it isn't more popular. It isn't Homewrecker colorful, but look how popular "green slimer" still is, and lots of things are bright green. This has more interesting shapes and a shade of color that is hard to find in anything hardy and fast growing (yes, Oregon tort is also solid blue and much bluer, but grows at a snail's pace).
