Mycetophyllia anyone??

[MinibowMatt]

I recently saw some pics of these in the wild, very cool corals.

... Are they available in the trade?

 

[joetbs]

Nope, not unless some farming or government sanctioned mariculture occurs.

 

[MinibowMatt]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12441709#post12441709 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by joetbs
Nope, not unless some farming or government sanctioned mariculture occurs.

can you explain this?

 

[Hormigaquatica]

They are illegal to collect in US waters, and illegal to import from elsewhere. All scleractinian material from the Caribbean/Gulf/Atlantic- be it live or rock- is protected, and can not be harvested.

 

[MinibowMatt]

OK.. so now I feel stupid.. I was looking at the AIMS distribution map when I was asking yesterday, and For some reason, they have N/S america in the middle of the map, and I assumed that was somewhere in the pacific!

I really should have paid more attention to the continents, not just the general location in the map!!!

LOL>... Im a *******!

 

[spsboy]

Whats the common name for these corals?

 

[roblack]

Great corals, look like Caribbean chalices, love em and wish I could have one. Love agaricias too!

 

[gflat65]

I saw my first in October in St. Maarten (saw three or four over the course of the week). I didn't expect to see a chalice, so I was pleasantly surprised.

 

[roblack]

I've seen sic colors on em, would be LE's if we could collect and distribute. While I believe in protecting the reefs, if hobbyists were allowed to keep and trade these corals we might be able to preserve more varieties of corals over time.