tyree most wanted capricornis

[Pucci]

Kurt 448

In a post a month ago Shawn Bennett put up this picture of his cap also aquired from Pucci. He mentioned it was originally from Japan. In my opinion this cap looks just as nice if not nicer than any pics I have seen of the Leng Sy. JMO.

I think they look the same because they are the same coral
Also check page 11 for pics from different tanks with frags of the same colony!!

Invincible

Carlos what pic did he use and do you have a picture of yours to show its true colors?

Mike used a close up pic, I recognized that anywhere, I do have 15 pics of Mike's tank, I just don't know if I should post it without asking first.
This is what mine look like

 

[MiddletonMark]

Nice, pucci.

If that's `not the one' ... it's the one I'd want instead!

 

[Cosmo^Kramer]

that cap is sweet,nice pics everyone

 

[reefer on a budget]

puccis japanese coral and tyree's are probably the same coral that just came in at different times.

when i get the japanese one in a couple wks, ill let it grow into the leng sy to see what happens.

just because a coral came in does not mean it wont come in again with exception to the PM. :mixed:

 

[SDBDRZ]

I have a pretty large colony of this that came from Iceman who got it from Nemo who got it from Sanjay. I routinely put frags in our club raffle, sell frags cheap, trade, give away, etc. My opinion is that there is a lot more of it out there than people think. It is a very fast grower and nearly bullet proof.

I suspect that someone has just done a really good job at marketing this thing to be super duper rare.

 

[GARFVolunteer]

It is a very fast grower and nearly bullet proof.

I suspect that someone has just done a really good job at marketing this thing to be super duper rare.

Kind of like the Idaho Grape that Steve Tyree got from me a couple of years ago. It look beautiful and grows like a weed. Steve sells one limited edition frag per month. If his grows like mine, he either has one gigantic mother colony or he sells huge frags...

I get anywhre between 5 to 10 silver dollar sized frags per month. The only coral I have that grows faster is my Leng Sy wanna-be...

Thanks,

Scott

 

[invincible569]

Kind of like the Idaho Grape that Steve Tyree got from me a couple of years ago. It look beautiful and grows like a weed. Steve sells one limited edition frag per month. If his grows like mine, he either has one gigantic mother colony or he sells huge frags...

I get anywhre between 5 to 10 silver dollar sized frags per month. The only coral I have that grows faster is my Leng Sy wanna-be...

Thanks,

Scott

In Houston, we have a purple cap that is floating around everywhere and looks identical to the Idaho Grape. It came from a long term reefer who is out of the hobby now, but it also grows like a weed and has the same color & characteristics as the Grape.

Here's my pic. This one is very hard to get the exact colors.

 

[SDBDRZ]

Well I have a coral that I got in trade that looks very much like the Idaho grape as well. Just cant remember who I got it from.

In my opinion this whole limited edition, super rare stuff is just silly. Granted I have paid more than I would like for a few frags but honestly I have only ever paid more than $50 for one frag and that was a PM frag that I paid $100 for (I just recently got that so they can be had for less than some RC user prices). Actually I thought I needed to have my head examined for paying $100 for that one.

As long as hobbiests keep adding to the rediculous waiting lists people will keep coming up with marketing spins and catchy names to make you believe that you have to have the frag. Kinda silly if you really think about it.

 

[aaakk100]

SDB

SDB

I agree with you 100%
It is totally silly - and it is obvious that these are the same coral. I have had it for at least 1.5 years now from Carlos and I always called it the Japanese Purple Edge. But reading through this thread I am now convinced that it is the same. Ive heard the arguments from Steve and Leng that it has to have "nodules" and a "1 inch" purple edge....whenever they look at "ANY" purple edge cap - it is mysteriuosly never the "Leng Sy". When pointing out the long nodules on most of the caps in this thread - they will say, no - they are different typs of nodules. When pointing out the purple edge, the say - it was a different shade of purple...ludicrous. Everyones tank will produce a different variant of the cap due to lighting flow etc... I have never heard them do anything but dismiss every single one as being something other than the Leng Sy. I have had them both at my house and they are good people - no offense to them at all... but I believe they have a vested interest in making sure that no Cap is called "Leng Sy" otherwise the hysteria around it will diminish and people wil be able to get it freely. I sell frags of mine all the time. I bet if I said the 2 magic words I could triple the asking price....

Anyway both Leng and Steve were here one day and after an hour or so, neither of them even acknowledged the purple edge...finally Leng asked me - "What kind of coral is this?" It was kinda funny. I said it was from Japan and I got it from Carlos.... there was some smiles and nothing more was said about it. Anyway here are some bad pics I took today of it to show nodule growth (remember that it is not the right type of nodule) and the purple edge (remember it is not the same shade of purple).
Bottom line... I concur with ROAB, they probably are the same coral that came in at different times.

cheers,
Shawn

Pic1
Pic2
Pic3

 

[invincible569]

Very nice Shawn!! You said you sell frags off of it.. for how much?

 

[kidder]

leng sy

leng sy

Smith has an unbelievable tank...and is selling frags at a steal price right now in the selling forums! I've ordered from him but it hasn't arrived yet. So far he seems great to work with. At least check out his gallery...it is "tank of the month" material.
Kidder

 

[aaakk100]

Invinc

Invinc

Thanks, are you local to Los Angeles?
If so then we can work something out...
If not then I distribute through fragfarmer.com and I am not sure what the price is - I think 60.

 

[FragGuy]

Shawn,

Ive heard the arguments from Steve and Leng that it has to have "nodules" and a "1 inch" purple edge....whenever they look at "ANY" purple edge cap - it is mysteriuosly never the "Leng Sy". When pointing out the long nodules on most of the caps in this thread - they will say, no - they are different typs of nodules. When pointing out the purple edge, the say - it was a different shade of purple...ludicrous. Everyones tank will produce a different variant of the cap due to lighting flow etc... I have never heard them do anything but dismiss every single one as being something other than the Leng Sy.

I hope you don't take this personal cause it's not, but I have to correct your statement for the rest of the readers cause it is not accurate.

I guess I am the exception to your comment above, cause Steve Tyree publicly stated in this thread (Page 3 or 4) that he believes that my coral as well as one other individual's coral (Who never came forward) do match all the characteristics that in his opinion makes it a Leng Sy match. I have stated as well as Steve, that I did not get my coral from Leng Sy so it is not a direct lineage coral. Mine instead came from Bali (according to the wholesaler) and not Japan.

I have no financial connection to Steve or Leng Sy and had never communicated with him up until the point when I sent him a picture of my coral since I saw on his site that he had it as a "Most Wanted" coral. He never asked to make any type of "deals" to jack up the price or make it something out of this world. He simply asked if I would trade a frag of it for one of his corals. I agreed, we traded and that was the end of our transaction.

Just want to set the record straight and accurate.

Rafael

 

[FragGuy]

As promised earlier re-posting pictures that have been lost in this thread.

One of my juvenile mother colony:

Nodule growth shot from a large mother colony:

Rafael

 

[Freed]

FragGuy, hi. Still waiting on your reply to what we have been talking about. Thanks.

 

[aaakk100]

Rafeal

Rafeal

No worries. I can see your point and I did not read the entire thread so I didnt see that confirmation. I guess I should have prefaced it by saying that "In my experience" I have never seen or heard of Steve actually saying "Yes - that is a Leng Sy." It is always a "look-alike" or clone or copy or very close... blah blah. Even when I am sitting there looking at it and am puzzled since they seem to be identical. Now I am not an expert so maybe they are in fact different. But I have just have this crazy need to be logical and the Japanese appears to be identical and given the fact that different morphs will ocur in different tanks, to say it is "definitly not" makes me think there are other factors at work.

I franky dont care one way or the other but I just chimed in since I think this whole thing is stupid. Most purple edges look pretty much the same and some (like Carlos) look even better than any picture of any commercialzed "Leng Sy". Anyone that pays 100+ a frag for some coral just because some guy had it in his tank for a while and then it died, needs their head examined. Especially given there are many just like it out there.

I need some money... I think I will take a Pink Stylo Pistillata and insist that it is now a "Mori Fujimoto Super Hot Pink Cats Paw" (phony name to give it more mystique). Mori had it for a few months in his 3500 gallon sps tank and it died but not before giving me a piece of live rock that had a nice purple (soon to be brown) digitata on it. What a suprise when the MFSHPCP appeared a few months later. Since Mori got it from some guy who went to Okinawa and brought it back and agreed to never do it again, there is not another one like it in existence. I will shrug off any attempts to say it looks a lot like your average every day Stylo, that should keep the MFSHPCP wanna be farmers at bay.

Booking tickets for Club Med,

Shawn

 

[Freed]

If the frag I get turns the same colors with the same nodules and formations, I don't care what name it has on it I will be happy whether it's a "Leng Sy" or a Billy Bobs that I got from down yonder at the bait and tackle. I want a piece and if I have to pay a few dollars here or there then so be it. Not knockin anyones argument or trying to rebutt someone elses comments or anything like that at all. Just stating my mind here. Everyone good luck with yours.

 

[aaakk100]

Freed,

Thats all this is about. You have the right attitude. But I would hate to see you pay 120 for a frag that will look the same as a 40 frag. Thats all. I hate seeing people use marketing names to get more money for something. But in the end all that matters is what it is worth to you.

PS - have you ever seen a MFSHPCP?

Shawn

 

[Freed]

By the way, I think you both have very beautiful looking green with purple rim montiporas. If you had them both next to one another I could not tell the difference unless, of course, I were a marine biologist or something similar. I would take either without batting an eye just as long as I knew they would turn out like so and so's or the one that came from the ocean.

 

[FragGuy]

No worries. I can see your point and I did not read the entire thread so I didnââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢t see that confirmation.

That's all right. This thread has gone way out of control to keep track of it any longer. Steve did say at one point (Can't remember which page any more) that in his opinion the Leng Sy lineage has been lost and we should focus on a "look alike". That is why you have not seen him say... aha, that is a Leng Sy.

Enjoy your time at club med.

PS: I saw today a $450 dollar Acanthastrea. Not too long ago that would have been a $30 or $40 coral. It's crazy, I agree with you, but if I had one of them I would not be selling it for $30 either. I would not be ripping people off for $450 though.

Rafael