Show me your mature icefire echinata

[djbon]

Holy molly!. I bought one icefire echinata frag, looks amazing in my tank. Share a few pictures, and reduced to white skeleton the next day. Renamed it to snow white echinata before I threw it out through the window.

 

[4x5]

Here is mine, I've had it for over 5 years. I run T5's (almost 100% blues) and blue reefbrite LEDs as supplement.

Oh my. :beer:

 

[w3bbo]

Still got some coloring up to do after sulking due to a move but its getting there.

 

[Big E]

Aussie Ice Fire

 

[reefmutt]

As per usual, a stunner, Ed!
I will get an updated shot of my Aussie ice fire shortly.. it has grown but slowly..

 

[shih87]

Here is mine. Local name, we call it "神針" (God Needle)

 

[reefmutt]

Wow, Shih, that is gorgeous!!
A very appropriate name.
Do you have a shot of the whole colony from a bit farther away?

 

[reefmutt]

Aussie Ice Fire

Ed, what about you, do you have a shot of yours from farther away? Just to get a better idea of its growth pattern..

 

[shih87]

Here is mine. Local name, we call it "神針" (God Needle)

Wow, Shih, that is gorgeous!!
A very appropriate name.
Do you have a shot of the whole colony from a bit farther away?

Like this?

 

[reefmutt]

Yes! Nice.
Even though the ice fire has such stunning colors, it also has one of the most interesting growth patterns out there. The colony shots are always cool.

 

[drawman]

+1. I will never get tired of these full colony shots. Echinatas have always been my favorite acros.

 

[shih87]

I also love Echinatas a lot. I plan to clean a space to put all kind of different Echinatas... Still under collecting them...but not much luck....:headwally:

 

[Joche]

Gorgeous!
I have some questions about the echinatas though, where does it actually occur most often on the reef(not all smooth skin acros are found deep on the reef)? Can it handle high intensity light of a daylight spectrum? Can it handle warmer temps? Basically, can it thrive in a shallow water reef environment?

...and more importantly, can you please post more pics? :lmao:

 

[reefmutt]

I would say they don't need but may tolerate higher light.
Mine is lower down in the tank.
Here's a shot of mine from today..

It's grown a bit but is a slow grower for sure.

 

[Joche]

I would say they don't need but may tolerate higher light.
Mine is lower down in the tank.
Here's a shot of mine from today..

It's grown a bit but is a slow grower for sure.

That is one juicy acro!!

I only want one smooth skin acro in my tank I can't decide between the Red dragon, Ice fire Echinata or ORA Hawkins (supposedly) Echinata. But, because this is going outdoors under natural sunlight and warmer temps, I need the tougher of the three, from reading the "Farm" thread it seems the Ice fire is the better candidate for this conditions.

 

[xkon]

Can you guys ID if this is an icefire echinata, I picked it up as an unknown? The first pic is of about 1 1/2 months ago and the rest are from today. The tips were much darker and the green in the body was much more vibrant when I first got it. The new growth is much lighter in color now and the green has lightened up some. Thanks for the help.

 

[rhinonm]

I would say no. The echinata has very thin shoots from the branches. Those look a little thicker.

 

[reefmutt]

Can you guys ID if this is an icefire echinata, I picked it up as an unknown? The first pic is of about 1 1/2 months ago and the rest are from today. The tips were much darker and the green in the body was much more vibrant when I first got it. The new growth is much lighter in color now and the green has lightened up some. Thanks for the help.

Tough to tell in those pics.
Could be.
My ice fire is from an Aussie shipment and it is always called echinata, however, the structure looks a LOT like speciosa..
If you looks at Andrew's (biggles) true Aussie ice fire, the growth tips are more bulbous- kind of like in your photos..
Have to let it grow a bit to know for sure..

 

[Piper27]

I was going to mention yours looked like a species. I think that makes it even better

Ed, that piece is insane? Are those red polyps on the body? I have never seen one like that. You sure have a knack for coloring acros man