Look what I got at Aqua-Tech

drtango

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Picked this up at the new Aqua-Tech store in Buffalo. Lots of nice stuff! This echino is 4-5 inches across....

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John
 
Beautiful...
I saw a pink echino with green shading at The Reef Shoppe that was crazy. I wanted it bad, but couldn't afford the frag. :)
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6890906#post6890906 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Gary Majchrzak
Sweet coral. Doesn't look captive raised....

LOL! I got 50/50 odd's that says it is. ;)
That pink looks familiar.
There's lots of it available: Tom overcharges for his frags, and doesn't pay the suppliers enough, Steph.

- Mac
 
Lots of it? Reeeeeeeeally..... :P
I'm thinking not enough in my tank. :D

How do you tell if something "looks" captive-raised or not?
The only thing I that I can think of for a wild colony tip-off would be the presence of: awhole lot of featherdusters, strange pin-sized crabs :), christmas tree worms, or if it were grown on a really odd piece of rock. As in, too nice of a rock to propogate on.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6890906#post6890906 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Gary Majchrzak
Sweet coral. Doesn't look captive raised....

It sure is. As Kevin pointed out, that is the Pink morph Todd and Dave Playfair picked up from Pet's Plus in 2002. Kevin should know. ;)

Gary,
My pieces are always like pancakes because I let them grow out on the bottom. That was a frag that attached itself to a piece of live rock and I didn't have the heart to rip it off. It ended up getting pretty big.

Steph,
This echino morph is pink and gets a green shading in low light. I have a piece that is in a very low light spot, and the back side is solid green while the front of the piece is mostly pink. And like Kevin said, there's plenty of it floating around the club. I know I've hand delivered a few pieces to Tom in the last year.


John,
Thanks for posting your new additon. I hope it does well for you. I'm crossing my fingers.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6895522#post6895522 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by RandyO
That was a frag that attached itself to a piece of live rock and I didn't have the heart to rip it off. It ended up getting pretty big.
That's what threw me off. Attaching to liverock prevented the coral from growing flat.
 
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