Rimless starfire 50g. bonsai cube breakdown sale.

jcolletteiii

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Okay, so it looks like this is going breakdown. Would have like to keep it together, but it's worth way more like this anyhow. So first up will be the livestock. There are no dibs(unless you tell me you are on your way and are coming for a particular piece), first come, first serve, bring your own containers. Photos are of individual items. You will need to bring one of those big round plastic play bins if you want to get the bonsai liverock piece out in one piece. It has a lot of corals encrusted on it that will be going with it and has a ton of original AOG palys on it. The price is pretty firm on that piece. Offers welcome on everything else. I am here most of the day today. I am not taking holds on the equipment. It will go up for sale as soon as the livestock is out the door.

CORALS / FISH

• surf and turf Acro. Encrusted and spreading colony (S-L-O-W grower in my system), around 3-4" wide at base, encrusted and branching. Small dead spot on one side following a minor crash, but is actively growing $50
• BIG colony of ORA Hawkins 'echinata' - easily 8" x 8" $140
• massive (several hundred polyps) of original Armor of Gods Palys (with the bonsai live rock structure ($250) which also has a lot of montis and 2 other small AOG colonies growing on it.
• Large Steve Garrett's Acropora hyacinthus tabling acro colony (easily 5-6" tall and 6-7" wide). Actively tabling, fast grower, small branches. This will make a large table in your tank in less than a year at its current size. $75.
• 2 small colonies of Acans - a green/purple and a red/rainbow $25 each
• other misc corals - candycane, plating/branching montis (freebies with purchase of other stuff).
• 1 x orange firefish, 3 x bluegreen chromis - free - you catch after coral/LR gone.
• 1 x dwarf blue/yellow/red coral banded shrimp (very peaceful, small version of the more aggressive red/white species) This guy is colorful, peaceful, and awesome. $20

Also have a bunch of LR rubble in the center compartment of the sump - free with any purchase.

Any questions at all, let me know.

Scaled photos below.
 
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original ORA Hawkins echinata. Sorry my ruler is clear, but it's over 8" long by around 6-7" wide and maybe 6-8" tall at it's highest branch. This is an instant, mature colony. $140 obo

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Surf and turf. Paler than it actually is, photo does not do it justice. Nice bright teal green, very unusual thick branching habit. Easily 4" wide at base and approx 4" tall. Encrusted and growing nicely. $50 obo
 
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Garrett's plating blue Acropora cytherea. Great fast grower with small, thin, short branches. Forms large densely branched plates. You can see the plate forming on this one - it has a nice thick, sturdy base that will easily come away from the liverock to transplant into your system wherever you want it. It's got pale blue tips, kind of a tan body and bright green polyps in my system. In steve's it's all blue with blue/green polyps. $75 obo.

Here's the tough one. I can do this two ways I suppose. The huge piece of tonga branchrock that this colony is on is bound into the bonsai structure. I can sell the entire thing off for $250 including the whole liverock structure, the paly colony, and the miscellaneous corals that are on the structure. This is a great looking structure with multiple levels for different light levels. I can also disassemble it and let you have just the branch with the AOG's on it for $200. There are easily 150+ polyps in the main colony. Let me know which option you prefer if interested, or what you offer.
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Green acan. $25 obo

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Red/rainbow acan. This thing has sick colors when it's happy. I've never been able to find the sweet spot in my tank to get it to do it's thing. $25 obo.
 
Here's a photo of the entire bonsai structure for reference. It's really a beautiful construction. It would be a shame to break it up but I understand if you don't have the space for it.

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Sorry - I didn't post a location in this thread as I did in the other one. I'm in Moreno Valley, 92557. You should be able to zoom in and out of the frame below to see where I am and how to get to me. I'm actually off of Pigeon pass about a mile from the map location, and will pm you my location for the pickup.

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OKay - how about $300 for all livestock (minus the shrimp and the acans, which are pending)?

So just to be clear - the large colony of Hawkins, the small surf and turf colony, 3-4 varieties of monti that are growing on the rock (a peach digi, a blue polyp digi, multiple spongodes, and some bright pink monti that I forget the name of right now), the 150+ polyp colony of AOG's, and the entire bonsai structure, which easily has 40-50lbs of liverock in it. Instant reef.
 
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