Lighting for Australomussa rowleyesis?

[hansnfrans]

Was wondering where you placed yours under and under what lighting...?

I have mine halfway up in my 25" tall tank with 6 T5's 5 inches from the water's surface and it seems to be doing well, but I am curious to know what the recommended lighting is...

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[grom]

<3 Two-barred

 

[mystery_reef]

nice, hansy if you give me a frag i can tell you where i like to place it

 

[sutec13]

Nice coral. Are they hardy?

 

[grom]

I think coral reef still has frags of this pretty cheap. Havent checked on their corals in a while though.

I only stop by to buy all my chemicals, food, and small stuff.

 

[hansnfrans]

Gianni - :lol: my next thing to figure out is how to frag it. But I probably won't be doing that for a long time unless it ends up growing like a weed.

sutec - I don't know. Only had it for a few weeks. They look like they're a mix between an open brain coral and a chalice. If they're as hardy as either of those, then I'll be happy. The few people I've seen that have 'em haven't had any issues with them.

grom - I am suprised that a LFS has this. All the info I found on it was from people in other states. Are you sure it was an Australomussa and not a Scolymia? I guess there is a species of Scoly that is often confused with the Australomussa rowleyensis.

 

[grom]

The main coral guy, Woitek said it was Australomussa. He knows his stuff, so I'd believe him.
He knew its pretty rare and pretty valuable.

Im only really good at sps as thats all i have, but i saw the frags and they look exactly like the one above and Australomussa ive seen on liveaquaria and other stores online.

I dont remember the prices.

 

[Pufferpunk]

Have you fed it? I'd love to see it with polyps extended.

 

[powderbluetangy]

The main coral guy, Woitek said it was Australomussa. He knows his stuff, so I'd believe him.
He knew its pretty rare and pretty valuable.

Im only really good at sps as thats all i have, but i saw the frags and they look exactly like the one above and Australomussa ive seen on liveaquaria and other stores online.

I dont remember the prices.

why on earth would somebody cut this? these are showpieces. these arent sun corals or green star polyps.. they should stick to that

1. they are pretty rare
2. they should not be cut at all, super thin skin in parts.
3. low to med light.

pic of one from fishplanet... still think he has it.

 

[mystery_reef]

these are beautiful wonder when we will see more and how much $$.
i also wonder how their sting is if placed with acans, chalices, scolies and other lps. can they hold their own?

 

[hansnfrans]

Jeni - I haven't directly fed it yet. In fact I haven't paid close attention to it when I feed the tank to see if it puts its tentacles out. I will have to use a baster to spray food over it a few days in a row and see if it'll do it...

powderbluetangy - I would only frag it if it starts to take up too much real estate. Although, with how much it cost, I am not sure if I'll ever get up the nerve to cut it. Thanks for the lighting info. I will probably move it down a couple inches just in case.

Gianni - I am surprised that there aren't more around. It looks like a few first started showing up around 2007 and then a bit more in 2009. You'd think that they'd be a lot more common by now. Mine is about 3.5" in diameter and was $225. That seems to be a pretty average price for 'em from what I could tell. I'm kinda wondering what Fish Planet wants for theirs to guage if I paid an appropriate price for mine... I assume that they can only sting from the tentacles around the mouth/eye like a chalice or an acan, but that's just an assumption.

 

[Helter Skilter]

Nice find, Hansy! Let me know if you ever frag it. I'll trade you for a piece of Jimmy Cigar's Orange Sherbert Echino. Apparently, it's worth a lot of money too.

BTW, do you still need that skimmer stand? I can leave it with Beefy, the next time I see him.

 

[hansnfrans]

Actually I do need that skimmer stand if ya still got it. The plan is to go over to Beefy's this next Saturday.

 

[Helter Skilter]

Remind me to frag some Tyree War coral for the two of you. I forgot I had it until I moved some rocks around last week.

 

[Memeber007]

why on earth would somebody cut this? these are showpieces. these arent sun corals or green star polyps.. they should stick to that

1. they are pretty rare
2. they should not be cut at all, super thin skin in parts.
3. low to med light.

pic of one from fishplanet... still think he has it.

Because some people can't afford the whole piece? Or have small fish tank? :spin2: