RyanTurner
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Dustin1300, is that icefire in your profile pic?
Ice Fire eye candy...
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Dustin1300
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I believed it was up until this thread coming up. Unfortunately the frag in my pic is not mine...It's just a dream once I come across a frag of it. I really don't care about having corals shipped so I go with local reefers as much as possible...Anyways, coral can differ in color in each and every tank and I love the coloration on some of the other 'Ice Fire enchinatas' above. I really don't hate on anything, all coral is beautiful in my eyes
reefsponge
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It doesn't say it anywhere but you can see it in Karl's mini colony pic. You will have better luck with an Aussie impot if you want cream with blue tips.
Dustin1300
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Now I want both of the 'real' ones I love the coloration on both!
I love the coloration on both!
aquavista99
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Mine is just a baby but growing well :thumbsup:
60Cubed
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Here's mine, straight from James Lee back in the day. It's high up under a 150 watt DE Radium. I have another piece a few inches lower, off to the side and it does have more of a green tint to it.
This is the real thing....I question few of these in this thread just by the coralite structure....but pics aren't always the best way to tell either. This is the biggest one I've ever seen before!
JOSE CASAS
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Not really but mine has been grown pretty steady.
29reef
It's all about the flow
Sorry guys, basically what's the requirements of echinatas? I believe I have something alike. It has good PEs on it's tips except body
Is it a new (wild) coral? If so it likely is ine need of more flow. That might get the polyps to open up; provided light and water are in line. Hth
I think growth is steady. It's no birdsnest....lol
Big E
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I question every single one of these of be a "true echinata" as defined in Verons book.
None have the coralite structure or growth pattern. I don't think the real echinata has ever been in the hobby yet.
The branchets should be growing straight out 90 degrees from the stem. None of the corals pictured are like that. They all sprout out in a V from the stem.
Aren't those pics from huge wild colonies? FWIW I have one of those aussie ones. While the newer growth does come out at a slight V, the old coralites towards the bottom are super long, curving slightly down, just like the wild colony pics I've seen. The the tips of the coralites are correctly shaped too, IMO.
I have seen photos of at least two icefire colonies big enough to get the secondary growth structure like you see in Veron. Most of the time acros never get big enough in our tanks before fragging tear down or crash to see structure thAt characterizes mature colonies in the wild. All of the icefires pictured here are still in the encrusting or explosive radiating growth stage and you won't see the true bottlebrush form yet. The corallite structure is correct on them though.
Dustin1300
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SDGuy, those are some great sized 'colonies' you have. Absolutely stunning
ryanjiang
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SDGuy, those are some great sized 'colonies' you have. Absolutely stunning
Agree, that is a stunning piece peter, love the curving down look of the old coralites. IMO the color looks better than the 'named' ice fire you have.
Big E
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That Aussie piece is much nicer imo.
That could be it...........they need to grow out more from the branch to show the straight out growth which gives each branch that cylindrical bottle brush look.
If anyone would give these a chance to grow, a large colony would make an unreal centerpiece. Too much flow is going to give them a clumpy messy look instead of the long bottle brush branches.
I imagine large clumbsy fish would be a problem too. My tang has taken out few branches over the years.
That could be it...........they need to grow out more from the branch to show the straight out growth which gives each branch that cylindrical bottle brush look.
If anyone would give these a chance to grow, a large colony would make an unreal centerpiece. Too much flow is going to give them a clumpy messy look instead of the long bottle brush branches.
I imagine large clumbsy fish would be a problem too. My tang has taken out few branches over the years.
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