New Caribbean Discosoma in my Tokyo LFS

[MDP]

My LFS here in Tokyo has these interesting small blue discosoma in. They are listed as Caribbean bubble discs, but they aren't like anything I've seen here.

Thought I'd share.

 

[CLINTOS]

beautiful.

 

[ingtar_shinowa]

Almost look like St Thomas Mushrroms

 

[MDP]

I have no idea what they are, I'm wondering if they are worth spending $50 dollars each on...... They are only 2cm..... What to do, not sure if I like them that much!

 

[CLINTOS]

They are nice, I would spend $25 CDN a polyp, no problem. You don't come across that color too often.

 

[Cptn Spaulding]

$50 each?! In USD that is a lot for that, although it is pretty amazing. Love the electric mouths.

 

[Dave Harms]

I'd risk it!

 

[jdhuyvetter]

Discosoma carlgreni, very rare in blue. I live a couple hours away from the Keys and I'd do $50 for a blue one.

 

[The Escaped Ape]

Hey Matt,

I was wondering about picking one of these up as well. Maybe I'll swing by later this week. Have you been in? Do they have quite a few?

Tom

 

[MDP]

I have 1 reserved, you are welcome to it if you like?

 

[Speckled Grouper]

$ 50 is steep. Considering what they cost I'd say $ 35 would be fair.

 

[The Escaped Ape]

I have 1 reserved, you are welcome to it if you like?

Cheers Matt. I picked one up tonight (and told them you wouldn't be buying one, though they have 3 left if you change your mind). One of the offspring will come your way, assuming it does well in the tank.

The high price for a single shroom was slightly cushioned by a couple of very cheap acquisitions - a Tubipora musica colony which had only a few bits alive, but seemed stable and I hope will recover, particularly if I frag off the living bits, and a flat piece of rock/coral skeleton with some GSP, a baby fungia, what looks like a 1cm patch of pavona, a similar sized couple of separate chalices, one encrusting coral I'm not sure what it is, and a baby fungiid. Both the T.musica and the flat piece of rock with 6 corals were about $1 each, so if even half the corals thrive, I've done well.

 

[jdhuyvetter]

$ 50 is steep. Considering what they cost I'd say $ 35 would be fair.

Are you considering that they are in Japan and not in Florida?

 

[The Escaped Ape]

It is pricey over here. Actually the prices are higher if you work to current exchange rates. I think Matt and I are still working on the 100 yen to the dollar basis, which is waaay out of date.

 

[MDP]

It pays not to. If you look at the actual exchange rates, we'd never buy anything. I think the pound is pretty near the old 100 yen/$ rate these days. It's taught me a lesson or two about recycling my equipment though!

 

[Chrissypoo]

Wow. Those are sick!

 

[ViLife]

Those are really nice, I'd buy at least one, probably not multiples and hope for some quick and colorful growth!

 

[The Escaped Ape]

I went for just the one and hope it will start multiplying before too long (Matt gets one of the offspring when it does). At the moment, the tank's in a bit of a transition stage, making it difficult to find exactly the right position for it. Well, it's looking fine at the moment (lovely color in the tank), but I don't expect it to start multiplying too quickly.

Am I right in assuming that blue coral = less light? I know that kind of follows for some of my blue zoas, but does it also apply for Discoma?

 

[a.browning]

There were a bunch of these at a LFS here for $15 each, but they went pretty quickly. Certainly an interesting piece if you're into mushrooms.

 

[donald altman]

I have this same style mushroom but they are maroon with white markings... thats a very cool color..