Red Epizoanthus
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flying_dutchman
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They're awesome, I have a LFS order some for me.
uhuru
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I emailed the distributor and got a very quick response. Hopefully they don't get bombarded with emails, but they referred me to aquatic collection and also said I need to find a retailer to purchase the coral from them. I'm going to contact phishy's to see if they want to bring some in, or if anyone else gets a retailer to order some let us know!
I think these corals will do extremely well in our tanks and may even become invasive. Still I'd like to try some
I think these corals will do extremely well in our tanks and may even become invasive. Still I'd like to try some
Aquabacs
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They are actually very easy to keep and you are looking at the next hottest/most wanted item to get for your azoox aquarium. In the early 90's I had them and they grew with ease with the foods we had available then....now.....it should be even easier. Unlike the white Epizoanthus which seems to only grow on sponges, these will grow on most surfaces and frag without issue.
Mike
Mike
This is the email response i got:
Hello,
> We are wholesale only and happy to ship to retail entities .
> Just find a store to support us and we can ship to them.
> Reef Builders should've put something like this down on the post.
> We cannot and do not deal with the public.
> That would involve becoming a retailer ourselves; different liscenses, different books, different hours and shipping small boxes in the mail.
> Thats not what we do at all.
I am guessing they did get bombarded. uhuru I live in Cincinnati. If you manage to get Phishy to get them in please let me know i will make the drive up there to pick some up. Also it would be cool to check out your tank in person to.
Hello,
> We are wholesale only and happy to ship to retail entities .
> Just find a store to support us and we can ship to them.
> Reef Builders should've put something like this down on the post.
> We cannot and do not deal with the public.
> That would involve becoming a retailer ourselves; different liscenses, different books, different hours and shipping small boxes in the mail.
> Thats not what we do at all.
I am guessing they did get bombarded. uhuru I live in Cincinnati. If you manage to get Phishy to get them in please let me know i will make the drive up there to pick some up. Also it would be cool to check out your tank in person to.
aninjaatemyshoe
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I think these corals will do extremely well in our tanks and may even become invasive. Still I'd like to try some
I was thinking the same thing based on the RB article. These guys are known to overgrow gorgonians and alike.
I wonder how many more Epizoanthus sp. are out there. Perhaps the nps crowd will have its own "zoa craze".
aninjaatemyshoe
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Why do you suppose that these fell out of favor if they were easy to grow even back then?
Western_reefer
Reef keeper
I think these guys will get invasive soon and some people will start trying to get rid of them like Aiptasia. LOL
coltrref
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Aquabacs
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I believe it was due to the lack of fragging of them (those who had access to them) and people understanding the concept of feeding them. When I said they are easy to grow, I should have been clearer or used different wording In the level of care and ease of growing I would put them in a category of easier to keep than tubastrea. Now that being said; for some aquarists tubastrea is difficult to keep and maintain, for others it is not. Back then, for feeding, most of us used artemia to feed them daily. Not everyone wanted to be bothered with the daily task of artemia hatching. The colonies that were in captivity slowly deminished. With the available foods from Argent, Reef Nutrition, Fauna Marin and the continuous feeding methods employeed today, the epizoanthus should be without issue for the majority of aquarists 
In the level of care and ease of growing I would put them in a category of easier to keep than tubastrea. Now that being said; for some aquarists tubastrea is difficult to keep and maintain, for others it is not. Back then, for feeding, most of us used artemia to feed them daily. Not everyone wanted to be bothered with the daily task of artemia hatching. The colonies that were in captivity slowly deminished. With the available foods from Argent, Reef Nutrition, Fauna Marin and the continuous feeding methods employeed today, the epizoanthus should be without issue for the majority of aquarists
coltrref
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I believe it was due to the lack of fragging of them (those who had access to them) and people understanding the concept of feeding them. When I said they are easy to grow, I should have been clearer or used different wording
your assessment is correct Aquabacs
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uhuru
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Ok I just talked to Aquatic Collection and they are expecting to have more collected from Mexico in 1-2 weeks. From then it will be another 1-2 weeks before they are available for sale. I asked about their hardiness and was told they are practically "nuke proof" but they do get pretty banged up in shipping which is why there is the additional 1-2 weeks wait time after they get it.
Bongo Shrimp
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I emailed the place too and got the exact same email. Anyhow if anyone finds some for sale let us know!
Hi trichome,
I support several red epizoanthus
Thanks for the great photo. I think you have the right idea with keeping it on a small island rock.
coltrref
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Dear Uhuru, the Epiz's can withstand practically up to 12 hours away, just be careful that the water is not hot, it can get very stressed.
coltrref
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in my experience, I have several forms, from the base placed in the tank with small island rock at different levels of the aquarium and some receive direct light from the T5, and other light indirectly.
the Epiz's able to spread into the substrate itself or stones if fed continuously.
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aninjaatemyshoe
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What size do these polyps get to?
They didn't fall out of favor, all legal exports stopped due to no permits being issued for them. We (the company I used to work for, Cortez Marine) had the only export permit for them and it ran out in 2001 IIRC (I may be wrong on the date).
I lost my last one a few years ago due to lack of feeding.
FWIW Reef Builders jumped the gun (again) and they are not available as of yet. What few came in were promised to some one that put his time in so to speak. Keep your eyes open and ears to the ground though as they will be trickling out soon.
define what size your talking about? Width? height? They typically are about 3/8" across when open (not including tentacles), and that is the larger polyps. They are pretty uniform in size as you can see from the pics. I've handled literally thousands of these guys
aninjaatemyshoe
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Thanks for the info Gresham!
