b-day present to myself - wtb red skirt blue center (aka xmen) paly

[rsteagall]

As a birthday present to myself (an old 32 now), I was wondering if anyone had a frag of red skirt/ blue centers to sell. I think they are also known as x-men palys.

Please PM me if you can frag these or have one ready to go.

Thank you all,
Ryan

 

[gflat65]

If mine would grow... I don't think they've put on two polyps in 6 months or so...

 

[eyebedam]

If you frag it they will come Gary.

 

[gflat65]

. I'm afraid to frag them right now... I lost my PPE's and true RPE's just after fragging them for a trade (and my pink sparkles-were my favorites). Only the nice ones... Everything else grows like a weed.

 

[eyebedam]

I think ct vol had some xmens Ryan check with him. I know he did b4 the swap.

 

[rsteagall]

Gary, don't you have those in one of your main tanks? Have you tried moving to your frag tank or somewhere else that has totally different lighting? Just curious.

 

[gflat65]

I've had them in two tanks... The guy I got them from said they grew extremely slowly for him, too.

 

[rsteagall]

How many heads do you have now? Got a current pic?

Thanks!

 

[gflat65]

Four and two haven't opened in a while...

 

[rsteagall]

wow Sorry to hear. Wierd stuff.

I'm not suggesting this for my self, but have you considered moving them to someone elses tank (again... not mine) to see how they do? Right now their livelihood sounds dismal. Just curious if you've considered doing anything like that.

-Ryan

 

[gflat65]

Well, I had an issue with Alk for a while and they dwindled away. They seem to be doing better now (it has been a lot easier to get the Alk/Ca balance correct on the LPS/softie than in the SPS tank-they just suck it all up too fast). If they start to look bad again (odd because everything else in that tank is doing great), I'll start exploring survival options.

 

[ct_vol]

Ryan~ Sorry, been in Memphis for some family stuff... Here's a pic of one of my frags...

I get pretty decent growth on these guys... But only in one of my tanks where the nutrient level is beyond extreme... lol Anyways, there's the pic I promised...

 

[eyebedam]

Randy I want some of those when you have more.

 

[gflat65]

Are my eyes playing tricks or are those greenish mouths?

 

[ct_vol]

Eyes and tricks... lol They have white mouths... Oh, and I have decided that these only do well with a 15K+ spectrum... So if you go whiter for SPS growth, don't even bother... They'll wither away and die on ya... Big wastes of money... Gotta love this hobby...

 

[rsteagall]

Randy, I sent you a PM. I just upgraded to a single Hamilton 14k 250W MH. The hamilton is more blue than some... how do you think these would do under this light? Please msg me back.

Also... if anyone else has these pm me or leave a message here

Thanks everyone!

-Ryan