Post your rare frag pic for the MARS swap April 16

[thereefgeek]

Dremel baby! Zip zip, done. With my pectinia I slip a rubberband over a lobe I want to sever and then wait a few weeks for the tissue to part. Then, zip zip with the Dremel on the skeleton. The last time I made a frag, a tiny piece of the tissue flicked up into my eye (no safety glasses) and burned like mad. It left a red spot on my eyeball for more than a month! Moral of that story: always wear eye protection.

 

[Jus Reefin]

Dremel baby! Zip zip, done. With my pectinia I slip a rubberband over a lobe I want to sever and then wait a few weeks for the tissue to part. Then, zip zip with the Dremel on the skeleton. The last time I made a frag, a tiny piece of the tissue flicked up into my eye (no safety glasses) and burned like mad. It left a red spot on my eyeball for more than a month! Moral of that story: always wear eye protection.

LOL, I had goggles on last night but I had coral juice all over in my hair!!!!

 

[waterdevil1]

Ask Rich what its like in thr eyes

 

[thereefgeek]

If you have any question as to whether your coral will be considered rare, please post a pic on this thread.

still waiting on an answer...

O.K., here I go.
Frags pre-cut, mounted & ready to go (a few are spoken for already, but 1-2 of each species will be on the table):

Echinophyllia:

SPE's (somthinorothercolor people eaters):

I'm also bringing misc. zoos, tubipora, xenia, a leather or two...

EDIT: not the whole rock of the people eaters, mind you but several polyps each frag.

still waiting on an answer...

 

[bookfish]

The soli and echino frags are considered rare. -Jim

 

[bookfish]

Probably the PPE's too but without lineage I'll just base your inclusion on the 2 other frags..-Jim

 

[tacocat]

Does my echino count?

 

[joetattooo]

i will take a frag if it dont!!!

 

[bookfish]

yup, that counts.-Jim

 

[plankton]

Frag'able stuff that might qualify

Frag'able stuff that might qualify

Rob/Jim,

Frag'able stuff from my tank that might quality for rare. LMK

"Superman" - Basically red polyps on blue base m.dunae

Pretty richordea against neon softie

Pink Challice

Orange Challice - Actually Rob's rainbow challice that has turned bright orange in my tank - pic doesn't do it justice.

Steve Tyree LE m.verdussa

Green Challice

Orange encrusting montipora

Scott

 

[ozmonster]

Scott:

you're in. nice looking pieces.

Rob

 

[plankton]

Rob,

Thanks, but frags of which pieces qualify?

Scott

 

[ozmonster]

as far as sps 1 is great. Is 5 the sunset coral? and what's the lineage on the last one?

Jim can chime in on the LPS and shrooms.

Rob

 

[plankton]

Rob - here is numbered list with lineage.

1. "Superman" - Basically red polyps on blue base m.dunae from Jesus.
2. Pretty richordea against neon softie. Richs and neon sofie from Tubs (John)
3. Pink Challice from Pam
4. Orange Challice - Actually Rob (Jus Reefin), who got it from Dr Le, rainbow challice that has turned bright orange in my tank - pic doesn't do it justice.
5. Steve Tyree LE m.verdussa. From Berlin Method (Kris), who got it from Tyree.
6. Green Challice from Jim (I think)
7. Orange encrusting montipora from Tubs (John).

Scott

 

[Unarce]

Oh, Rob. Still trying to find that elusive sunset?

 

[plankton]

ReefNutz - LMK if you still have that big ole colony of cali tort and/or Tyree soli as I'd like to add more of both to my collection. VBG

Got a nice piece of efflo from Ming (Atlantis) but need more!!

PS Rob - if you tell me what family/species 'sunset' is I'll look around my tank, since there are few folks I haven't traded frags with... Man, these 'marketing names' need to go...

PPS I'm looking for some of Rommell's purple monster. Saw some in his frag tank the last time I was there but the frags were spoken for. That coral has just unbelievable color. Anyone have some that they've grown out?

Scott

 

[ozmonster]

Scott:

I meant the Tyree LE sunset coral on the reeffarmers site.

I couldn't find the LE M. verdussa. is it on his LE page? http://www.reeffarmers.com/limitededitions.htm

Thanks, Rob

ps Karl: no i can get it pretty easily. a couple of locals have it i'm just waiting for it to color up a little.

 

[plankton]

Rob - ahh, Tyree states that the 'sunset' is prolly 'Montipora foveolata, Porites australiensis or similar coral'.

Let me look up the m.verdussa as I might be misspelling it.

[edit]

If I had to guess I'd say m.aequituberculata. Tyree misspells it on his site:

http://www.reeffarmers.com/limitedmontiporaaquit.htm

See Corals of the World by Veron, Page 77, picture 8. Mine looks just like picture 8 except that it had fluorescent green columns/tubes.

Scott

 

[bookfish]

I agree with Rob on the superman monti. I like the other montis too but that's the one to bring for the "rare".-Jim

 

[Unarce]

ReefNutz - LMK if you still have that big ole colony of cali tort and/or Tyree soli as I'd like to add more of both to my collection. VBG

Most of what I have are mini colonies:lol:

I'll most likely start a thread this Friday for side trades during the MARS Swap. We can hammer out the details, then:thumbsup: