tyree most wanted capricornis

Hey Steve do any 3 of these look like it ?
Nick
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hi
In one of the earler post, someone said; " The coral can be traced all the way make to Steve Tyree "
Q: How does one traces a coral oringinality, otherthan word of mouth ?

Frag Life
Steve
 
This should knock your socks off. I have a piece of this and my buddy has a colony. I just checked to make sure that it has the deep purple rim (1/2-1"), tall nodules/tuberculae, and white polyps. I'll get a picture for your guys ASAP.

Chad
 
I got this nice monti a couple of weeks ago at a LFS in Memphis. I don't know or care if it has a famous lineage...I just think it is a nice piece. Color has become more green with a brighter purple edge since it was added to the tank. This picture was taken about a week ago. Very fast grower (and healer).
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Hrm , could i ask a question .. I dont know why its labeled with his name on it and I could care less about that. I don't really want to get flamed but uhm , I really dislike "brand name" corals considering he didnt make the coral etc.


Anyway , What makes these his? Does he go diving and rips off a chunk of something he hasnt seen before and names it? I am confused on this.
 
headonkey said:
This should knock your socks off. I have a piece of this and my buddy has a colony. I just checked to make sure that it has the deep purple rim (1/2-1"), tall nodules/tuberculae, and white polyps. I'll get a picture for your guys ASAP.

Chad
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Here are some pics, the rim isn't really very visible in any of these pics but the are about 2-3 months old, and I've gotten much better color on my rim since then. I'll try and take some more pics tomorrow. LMK what you guys think. The color is about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inche wide like chad said, with white polyps, and nodal growth. Really hope that the rim colors out even more. I've had the colony since early July and was purchased from a LFS.

http://community.webshots.com/photo/499856572XHhktU
http://community.webshots.com/photo/499856554/499856554ZYstUh
http://community.webshots.com/photo/499855913/499855913ovtGge
http://community.webshots.com/photo/499855952/499855952gZRoiO

Dano
 
Old Yeller Tang said:
So, since this thread many moons ago, has there appeared a better capricornis in the hobby?:rolleyes:
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Better how?

I have this Leng Sy cap and I also have a blue polyp w/lavender rim and a red foliosa w/pink polyps.

I don't think either is better than the other. They are all nice.
 
From what I have gathered reading this thread, nobody has a Leng Sy cap, but lots of people have a cap that looks like the one Leng Sy had. He was just a guy with a green cap with purple edges that had a specific growth pattern. IMO, if you want to end the hype, stop calling your green w/purple rim caps "Leng Sy". Of course, I may have missed something in the last 17 pages...
 
There are allot of very similar corals out there yes, as for the exact probably not, but you never know, because the coral came from the ocean, and it is quite possible with the way that montiporas spawn that there could be another one out there. Plus corals will behave differently in different tanks depending on light and flow. The Leng Sy was amazing because of its wide purple rim. I've been hesitant to call mine a true leng sy just because of the rim issue. I've have very nice nodal growth as well as white polyp and green "body" but I'm waiting until I get enough growth to see just how wide the rim is. If it gets to be a couple of inches then I would probably call it a true leng sy. If it has everything but the white polyps I'd probably still call it a leng sy, but if it doesn't get the thick purple rim with time, then I'll just always call it a wanna be leng sy. One way or another I love the colony, and I'm very happy with it. I'm going to go home now and try and get a decent picture of it for everyone to see.

Dan
 
Depending on who you believe the original lineage was kept alive thru Mike Palleta who got it from Leng Sy possibly via Tyree.
 
Versus said:
Hrm , could i ask a question .. I dont know why its labeled with his name on it and I could care less about that. I don't really want to get flamed but uhm , I really dislike "brand name" corals considering he didnt make the coral etc.


Anyway , What makes these his? Does he go diving and rips off a chunk of something he hasnt seen before and names it? I am confused on this.
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Leng Sy is a pioneer of SPS keeping. If you want to see pics of his reef tanks, you will have to look in books, because the internet was still too young. He also came up with this:

http://www.ecosystemaquarium.com/

This filtration system is centered around the now famous "Miracle Mud" Some claim his system is the best thing since sliced bread, while others believe it is just smoke an mirrors.

In the early days of reefkeeping, keeping SPS was considered a serious challenge. Keeping a brown acro alive was considered an accomplishment. As people became more interested in the more challenging corals, people turned to books and magazines for more knowledge (best source at the time).

Here, many old salts caught glimpses of reefers like Steve Tyree, Leng Sy, Wayne Shang, etc. not only keeping stony corals alive, but getting them flourish and exhibit colors once thought unimaginable in captive systems.

Of course, some corals stood out, and some of these corals became the coral that started a hobbyist's drive toward keeping SPS. It showed hobbyists that anything was possible. Much like seeing a mandarin goby was the trigger for wanting to get into reefkeeping.

These corals aquired their "brand names" because they became the corals everyone spoke about and wanted. People needed to address them as something because species ID wasn't done at the time. Frags of these corals became high in demand because they were able to survive in captivity and exhibit good coloration using the technology and methiods of the time. Wild SPS at that time had extremely dismal mortality rates, and forget about color.

For many that particular coral represents achievement, nostalgia, or a hobbyist's piece de' resistance.

For other's it's just a mere collectible, bragging rights, or a source of profit.
 
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