So what did you guys get at the swap?

[Mr. Ugly]

Sorry for the rushed labeling job. Didn't realize there were so many to pack. I think it was 6 styros/coolers worth. Thanks for all the people that helped label at the last minute. Would have been earlier in the week, but had end of week pickups for the buy-ins.

The green eyed pentagona was the Favites pentagona that BAR picked up from Atlantis, along with a blue eyed leptasrea-ish colony, and the LSU monti. Yes, the pentagona, along with all the spelling variants(pentagina, pontajonia, pent etc) is what we'd been calling the False War Coral. Very nice piece

The green chalice actually was 2 kinds, a verdigris blue green with pink eyes, and one with dark eyes. That was a BAR contribution to the swap. Purchased from New Alameda, along with a purplish grey with blueish eyes chalice, pink eyed green mouth Acan echinata. I think there was another, but I don't remember off the top of my head right now. [edit: oh yah, 2 kinds of cyphastrea!]

The big pieces of green with pink spots chalice came from Aquatic Collection. Along with a light blue eyed leptastrea, and a dozen bright green multicolored rhodactis. Mike, I see from the pics that you got the first 2. These were picked up to fill out the swap on behalf of the buy-in folks that didn't have frags to bring.

Btw, the AC chalice and leptastrea were just under the water surface under 400w 20k for many months. So they'll like a lot of light. That chalice may darken up just a bit before it comes back. I'm told it has a tendency to do that after fragging.

hth!

 

[Mr. Ugly]

Twisted,

I believe Thale's Turbin to be a nice turbinaria from Rich.

The zoa branch would have been from Aquatic Collection. There were 4, but after the polyps closed, I couldn't tell what morph they were. They are either "Dragon Eyes" or "Ring of Fire".

 

[Mr. Ugly]

And my apologies to Amazon Aquarium. I didn't pick up any business cards to go with their donation. If you got a raffle prize that was double bagged and labeled with red sharpie, that was from Justin and Amazon.

Those would have been:

True Superman monti
Purple green micromussa
True Armor of God zoas
Cateye zoas
True Tub's Blues

 

[rleechb]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9219195#post9219195 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by seminolecpa
did you get my AOG's or someone elses?

I got one of them. They look great!

 

[650-IS350]

Thanks again to all the folks who worked hard to get this frag swap to happen. It was enjoyfull just to be there with people who share the same love for reefkeeping. Also was great to see folks that you haven't seen in a while and finally put faces to the names that we usually see here online or RC.

 

[stubbsz]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9211678#post9211678 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by darcitananda
I'm not sure who all the stuff is from, because some people didn't "sign" it.

But the pocillipora was courtesy of Stubbz

You know I've not done that much frag swapping so it's still kind of exciting for me. Hope my pocillipora does well in your tank. It gets a lot yellower and less Tan when it gets more light. My original piece grew like crazy... the problem is I had to move it at one point and I lost a thrid of it... I discovered it really needs plenty of flow when it gets big. Mines like small melon sized.

-Adrian

 

[Thales]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9219651#post9219651 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Ooulophilia
looks good, I made it through half of the posts where people were actually describing what they got, some nice frags , sounds like it worked well, but then oh no! roll in the LE poker pink whetever lemonade tyree nonsense.
Describe a coral as it looks, or stick to collecting comic books.

Yes Master

 

[tuberider]

Remember "spirit of the swap!!" it's all about hugs and kisses!!!:rollface:

 

[darcitananda]

I have always been a person who enjoyed the Latin names of things, so I can see where Ooulophilia is coming from, but many of these corals are impossible to define (from a hobbyist level) down to the species, subspecies, or variety level, so in many cases, colorful common names are a more precise way to ID without having to examine the coral's skeletal structure. So, that explains the the Oxymoron Ridiculosis.

Stubbz, thanks for letting me know about the Pocillipora. I have it about 5" from the top of my tank under a 250W HQI. I think that should be enough light? The polyps are really pretty. In fact, my previous description wasn't very good, the polyps are tannish with almost a teal/turquoise green tips, and they are very long. You can hardly see the body it's so hairy!

 

[Thales]

I got

Xenia! (second pick!)
Green Chalice
Red and green chalice
Fire Engine monti
Purple micromussa (raffle)
Red Acan Lord (raffle)

 

[Twisted]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9219651#post9219651 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Ooulophilia
looks good, I made it through half of the posts where people were actually describing what they got, some nice frags , sounds like it worked well, but then oh no! roll in the LE poker pink whetever lemonade tyree nonsense.
Describe a coral as it looks, or stick to collecting comic books.

Not even sure about the attitude behind this post. If it was an attempt at being funny, it didn't really come across well. If it was an actual attitude because some one like me made comment I picked up a piece of Poker star monti, rather then laying it out as a purple monti with green and red polyps, then that is a bit on the lame side, when with a few key strokes you can look up the piece and know what it is.

 

[sfsuphysics]

Darcy, I can't speak for Stubbsz specific piece, however my poccis (all three color morphs) are about half way down in the tank under 250w bulbs and seem to be quite nice, the one i stuck high has really bleached out a bunch.

 

[Unarce]

Don't take it too personally, Twisted.

It's interesting how often comments like that are made by those that are linked to the industry. Perhaps, there's some animosity towards the tank-conditioned lineage pieces.

 

[Twisted]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9222116#post9222116 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Thales
I got

Xenia! (second pick!)
Green Chalice
Red and green chalice
Fire Engine monti
Purple micromussa (raffle)
Red Acan Lord (raffle)

I guess I got a piece of your Tubeasomething Thale, sorry I am new to SPS and unsure of the name, but it is kinda tan with large green polyps on it, quite interesting piece, do you have a picture of a larger specimen so I can see what it looks like when grown?

Oh and maybe a quick reply on cuttles, are the hard? are they reef safe? Just curious, cute little things, but not sure I want a dedicated tank for one.

 

[Twisted]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9222192#post9222192 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Unarce
Don't take it too personally, Twisted.

It's interesting how often comments like that are made by those that are linked to the industry. Perhaps, there's some animosity towards the tank-conditioned lineage pieces.

Wow, I didn't even notice his occupation. It is strange that someone who "makes money" off of this hobby would not know the names and appearences of collectors type corals.
I am new to SPS and those are the only names I know so far, but learning.

 

[Ooulophilia]

Hey, no animosity meant, just finding this trend amusing- who do you think comes up with all these names in order to charge more for them

 

[Unarce]

Well, that would be animosity.

What many people with your stance complain about, is the price. Sure, they could probably find a nice aquacultured colony for the same price, but how well do they do in peoples tanks, long term? It's a pretty low percentage. They often don't look as nice as the lineage pieces, either.

I think people are slowly realizing this, which is why ORA corals are so popular now.

Lately, I do feel that some of Tyree stuff is getting out of hand. I mean, how many different morphs of the watermelon are there:lol:

 

[Elite]

Thread is about what we got at the swap guys ..

 

[Twisted]

Oh yes, the purpose behind most of these names is an increase in price. No misunderstanding there. But for us novices it is just easier to give that "collector name"," LE name".or "Tyree" name to get the description across.
Myself I have been in this hobby for just about a year, and have built my reef very slowly over that time. I am enjoying it tremendously and actually plan to start a small aquafarming business over the next couple of years. I figure with more and more goverment regulations comming to prevent the destructions of reefs, there will be more and more need for aquafarms.
So learning thier true names is high on my agenda, but waiting on my new books to teach me the break down for identifying the corals by strutures. I have only ordered a couple of Anthony Califo <is that the name?> books, any other suggestions?

Wow, I have highjacked this thread like three times now. Sorry folks.

 

[Ooulophilia]

One thing I would like clarified is people ask me about their "chalices" all the time - that could be one of a few corals - mycedium, echinophyllia, oxypora, ect... And yes, I have been guilty of paying an arm and a leg for some frags with wacky names.