Largest Acans ever to enter the trade?

[dan10342]

either way, its the largest colony ive ever seen

 

[Thhitman]

I bought a complete reef setup complete when I got into the hobby and it had a indio lord that measured 11" across and was almost perfectly round except it had a pie slice shaped opening. Size of a dinner plate, no joke.

I believe it came from Cquarium, they used to have a pic of it up in their "hall of fame", but I just looked on their site and couldn't find it. I sold it immediately when I bought the setup, wish I would have kept it now.

 

[ChurchBoy]

I'm glad they're offering it as a whole colony before chopping it up. It would make a beautiful center piece in any aquarium(250g & up that is).

 

[hk855]

I now have a goal to grow something that huge. How do you think it would take to go from a polyp to that thing, 5 or 10 years maybe less if well fed?

 

[xinumaster]

acan

acan

:eek1:

 

[wishntoboutside]

you guys are messing up my bidding. lol.
i bet somewhere there is a reef club buying that as a group buy.

 

[Solitaryensis]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12424074#post12424074 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by MinibowMatt
I would want proof... I have my own feeling that anyone who was reputable, and could grow a coral that large (captively) would have the necessary friends/connections to deal with it not on ebay...
I have my personally suspicion that it was poached from a reef. no proof, just a gut feeling.

Sorta agree...I wouldnt necessarily assume it was poached but I am not sure it has been in a tank for 10 years. If so, it would probabbly be much bigger than that. 10 years is a long time and even at 2" a year, it should be a lot bigger. My GUESS is that it is either a wholesaler or a friend of a wholesaler who figured it might garner more money on ebay. Either way, I think its a really cool piece and would look great as a centerpiece in...a public aquarium.

 

[seapug]

All the frags you see come from somewhere, and it's not because divers are sitting on the bottom of the ocean with a dremel or tilesaw cutting pieces off and gluing them to rocks.

A store near me had one about the size of the first one for $1500. It was one of the nicest ones I've seen-- pinkish orange with white stripes. Nobody bought it so they fragged it up and are selling them for $17/polyp.