Ice Fire eye candy...

[29reef]

Let's see some photos of the "Ice Fire enchinata", this coral has been "named" for a while and has made it around a little bit. Whos got some photos?:bounce3:

From the top

From the front

My photos aren't that good... In the top photo you can see the original frag in the top left of the coral.

 

[seminolecpa]

RIP

 

[SDguy]

My little piece:

 

[Big E]

What happened to the ice? The skin looks green. I was considering this coral but if it turns green instead of stay white it's off my list.

I'm also not keen about starving a coral so the skin stays whitish.

 

[SDguy]

Well, I certainly don't run a ULNS

That's my excuse!

 

[Dustin1300]

Amazing pics...Gotta love this coral!!!!!

 

[James404]

I have been hoping to get this coral for quite a while, I see it here and there for about 125 for a 3/4" frag, which I wish I could do at the moment

Great shots though

 

[SDguy]

What happened to the ice? The skin looks green. I was considering this coral but if it turns green instead of stay white it's off my list.

I'm also not keen about starving a coral so the skin stays whitish.

And FWIW, I have one of those aussie echinata imports, and it is MUCH closer to white with blue coralite tips than my icefire, so I'm not sure what to say about that.

 

[Whisperer]

My little piece:

SD, the OP pic looks like a true echinata, you got one of these. I saw it in one of your posts with the brown coral.

 

[myzislow]

My little piece:

If you were to ask me what I though this was I'd say cali tort lol.

 

[SDguy]

You're right, they looks awfully similar in my tank :lol: My cali tort:

 

[doca]

this is not an real "Ice Fire echinata", but its pretty cool...

 

[Ostentum]

What happened to the ice? The skin looks green. I was considering this coral but if it turns green instead of stay white it's off my list.

I'm also not keen about starving a coral so the skin stays whitish.

The LE Icefire has the green body. the reason its an LE is because of the rarity of the green body. The Aussie echinatas have the White with Blue tips and are alot more common and cheaper then the True Icefire.

 

[moo0o]

when the icefire is at higher light, its body becomes more a creme color than green. Atleast..thats what I've read.

 

[Dustin1300]

Does anyone have any pics of colony that is mounted higher and has less green?

 

[29reef]

Does anyone have any pics of colony that is mounted higher and has less green?

What color will it be if it's not green? Lighter green? White?


Mine is about 12-14" below a 250w 14k Phoenix bulb. I dose Bio-Fuel(vodka), run carbon, gfo, have a big skimmer, etc...my corals aren't happy right now bc I have been removing stuff and moving some corals around. I would say the photos I posted are how the coral "should" look IMHO. Maybe I'm wrong...

 

[ryanjiang]

RIP

Bryan you lost your piece?

 

[ryanjiang]

My aquascience icefire, not yet a colony, slow but steady growth.

When I got it in June.

Now

 

[Big E]

The LE Icefire has the green body. the reason its an LE is because of the rarity of the green body. The Aussie echinatas have the White with Blue tips and are alot more common and cheaper then the True Icefire.

Not sure where you're getting this but the "L"emmings "E"verywhere website has no mention of a green body, only cream.

http://www.reeffarmers.com/auctionedicefireechinata.htm

There are a ton of acros of all shapes and sizes with green body blue tips. The white or cream body is more pleasing to me. I've also been seeing plenty of versions of the ice fire echinata real or fake for sale of late at reasonable prices, so that' why I was interested.

I want whats on page 427, Volume One, in Verons Corals of the World book........it's stunning if anyone ever lets one grow to a colony.

 

[Dustin1300]

What color will it be if it's not green? Lighter green? White?


Mine is about 12-14" below a 250w 14k Phoenix bulb. I dose Bio-Fuel(vodka), run carbon, gfo, have a big skimmer, etc...my corals aren't happy right now bc I have been removing stuff and moving some corals around. I would say the photos I posted are how the coral "should" look IMHO. Maybe I'm wrong...

I was referencing the coloration like Bryan had above which seems to have died...RIP