Steve Tyree
Premium Member
tyree most wanted capricornis
Hello All,
First of all a correction - Bill Schroer did have a fragment of this coral. This thread has me searching my memory and reliving the past. He did not get it directly from Leng Sy's facility. He got a fragment of the piece I personally had in my reefs during the summer of 1996. I ended up losing my piece during the fall of 1996 after my move to North San Diego County. Bill at Piece of the Reef did not have his for more then a year. I believe it was early 1997 when his only stony show tank got completely wiped out. He suspected that someone put copper in it. I now remember looking at the tank and telling Bill, we may have just lost the last frag of the Leng Sy cap. Bill had not distributed any frags of it.
Leng never actually gave me a frag of the coral for me personnaly. He did have me ship a large frag of it however to Mike Paletta. While Mikes large frag was in my reef, there was some type of accident where it got cut in half. Leng told me Mike was kinda upset about the size. Oh well.
In summary, my last piece died in 1996. Bill Schroer lost his last piece in 1997 when someone coppered his show reef. Mike Paletta told me personnaly years ago that he had lost the frag I sent him.
Carlos/Pucci may have a frag of Tracy Gray's purple edged green capricornis. Tracy lost his main reef and the main colony, but he now has a fragment of that coral that I was holding for him. You should be able to see that cap in Photos of Tracy's reef.
Its still possible that Leng may have distributed a piece to this unknown reefer, but its going to take a while to verify it. I will also ask Bill Schroer about my recollection of his experience with the coral and if anything is wrong I will post it here.
Will read the other posts on this thread later.
Hello All,
First of all a correction - Bill Schroer did have a fragment of this coral. This thread has me searching my memory and reliving the past. He did not get it directly from Leng Sy's facility. He got a fragment of the piece I personally had in my reefs during the summer of 1996. I ended up losing my piece during the fall of 1996 after my move to North San Diego County. Bill at Piece of the Reef did not have his for more then a year. I believe it was early 1997 when his only stony show tank got completely wiped out. He suspected that someone put copper in it. I now remember looking at the tank and telling Bill, we may have just lost the last frag of the Leng Sy cap. Bill had not distributed any frags of it.
Leng never actually gave me a frag of the coral for me personnaly. He did have me ship a large frag of it however to Mike Paletta. While Mikes large frag was in my reef, there was some type of accident where it got cut in half. Leng told me Mike was kinda upset about the size. Oh well.
In summary, my last piece died in 1996. Bill Schroer lost his last piece in 1997 when someone coppered his show reef. Mike Paletta told me personnaly years ago that he had lost the frag I sent him.
Carlos/Pucci may have a frag of Tracy Gray's purple edged green capricornis. Tracy lost his main reef and the main colony, but he now has a fragment of that coral that I was holding for him. You should be able to see that cap in Photos of Tracy's reef.
Its still possible that Leng may have distributed a piece to this unknown reefer, but its going to take a while to verify it. I will also ask Bill Schroer about my recollection of his experience with the coral and if anything is wrong I will post it here.
Will read the other posts on this thread later.
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