bpc flamethrower?

[las]

Im looking to get a flamethrower chalice. What does BPC stand for? Is this the lineage i should be looking for. Are there flaethrowers that arent BPC? Anyone know where i can get one?

Anyone want to post some flame thrower pics?

 

[AndyH5512]

BPC= Blue Planet Corals. There are some knockoffs out there.

 

[las]

is that the original or something? are they the most colorful ones?

 

[clowns101]

Okay let me think....The last place I seen a chalice named the Flamethrower was at Tropicorium.I think they wanted 249.99 for it?And lik eI think you only get one eye!

 

[las]

yeah but its not a BPC. Does that mean its a less colorful/less hardy strain? I dont really understand the diff between a BPC and a knock off.

 

[amore169]

BPC stands for Blue Planet Corals, thsi is there Flamethrower;

This is the Tropicorium Flamethrower;

I have both.

 

[las]

amore169,

i dont know if its just the pic but the tropicorium flamethrower looks way better. Would you agree? Whats ur experience with both of these guys reguarding growth/ coloration?
thank you.

 

[SDguy]

The BPC FT is by far prettier, IMO:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showpost.php?p=15636969&postcount=259

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showpost.php?p=15637712&postcount=260

 

[las]

wow... those are gorgeous... are they both bpc?

 

[pwoller]

BPC is the original one, the trop one is not nearly as nice. Look for the striations around the eyes and the fairly smooth skin. There are a few BPC FTers floating around these parts....

Heres the story. Imported through a local store and bought and owned by a local reefer, fragged up and sold at our annual frag swap. BPC bought some of the frags and named it. Others in this area bought the rest and have slowly been selling/trading them to others. The fakes are pretty easy to spot.

 

[pwoller]

wow... those are gorgeous... are they both bpc?

The first one is the original, BPC. I have seen that one in person and it is impressive. I can't open the second link so I cant say if it is a BPC.

 

[las]

Does anyone have a BPC flame thrower that they would part with?

 

[pwoller]

I've always kept mine in the sand bed, low light as far as my tank goes.

 

[las]

wow thats nice!!! so am i looking for the whiteish streaks at the center of the chalice to tell me that its a BPC? I think im gonna ask around for one of these. I dont know if ill get anyone to sell me one

 

[pwoller]

wow thats nice!!! so am i looking for the whiteish streaks at the center of the chalice to tell me that its a BPC? I think im gonna ask around for one of these. I dont know if ill get anyone to sell me one

Not completely, the grey/whitish striations are really only apparent on the more mature eyes. If I were shopping for one I would want to see a picture of the colony that it came off of as well as the frag. The rim color, eye color and flesh color should all match the one in my picture. If they are really immature frags then they won't have the striations. The trops FTer and anyother fakes I've seen aren't even close to the colors of the BPC. Or you could ask for lineage.

 

[las]

how long has it taken for you to grow a frag into that size chalice?

 

[las]

sorry for all the questions...

 

[pwoller]

how long has it taken for you to grow a frag into that size chalice?

Its a slow grower. I had the 2 mature eyes that popped out about 6 or 7 baby eyes. But that took over 6 months. You dont really see any with big eyes for sale anymore, mostly just the little frags with really tiny immature eyes.

 

[Mako]

Nice article on this piece in Reef Hobbyist Magazine 4th Qtr.

Pwoller - What did you get in trade from Mike over at The Captive Reef?

 

[las]

i got a PM... someone wants to sell me this frag for $500 shipped....
Sounds pricey but what do you think?