Wild and Maricultured SPS Reefers Thread
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xxxduke62xxx
New member
About 6 months
xxxduke62xxx
New member
No wild ones as awesome as that piece. The acros I have a gorgeous but something about this one that is just so special 
Tweaked
FUP&A Member
Tank my money! Seriously, you can name it and sell the crap out of that one. It's soon to be aquacultured as well :thumbsup: great job
xxxduke62xxx
New member
Thanks man great compliment. It's around 12" from 4 AI sol blues
gdemos
New member
I've trended higher in PO4 than i like and recently lost a couple aussies that otherwise looked great...i'd hate to pinpoint it on PO4 since it is such a variable parameter in our tanks, unlike alk, cal, etc. and also because getting an accurate PO4 reading is not exact science (even with hanna ULR and/or ICP, Triton etc.)
Curious what phosphate levels you've seen best results with?
I'd also attest that high 7 low 8 dkh seems best.
i run biopellet, heavy fish/feeding, heavy skimming so big nutrient in, big nutrient out, but perhaps not enough.
Diesel3443
AEFW Distructor
Just found this thread. I love wild and aquacultured pieces. I cant jump on the $300 per inch frag train
Piper27
I love bengals
Aussie are normally stressed by the time they get here and don't have the bold colors like when they come straight out of the reef. Most species seem to aclimate better coming from aussie imo, especially the smaller ones. I would love to see some arrive looking like that! I would buy them just knowing they looked like that at one time honestly.
biggles
Premium Member
Anyone (in the US) buying pieces as nice as this and keeping these colors? If so please reveal your source!
Note: not my pic! Pic i found on fb from a noted aus vendor.
The piece on the right after 4 months.
- they've been fighting for over a week with no clear winner yet.........
biggles
Premium Member
Sourcing five killer pieces from Dave's shop is relatively easy as you've likely guessed since checking out my LFS's FB page..........:reading:
All my stuff comes from one source
Piper27
I love bengals
There are maybe 8 to 10 LFS's within 1.5 hours of driving from me. A lot are close, and none get ANY acros, or rather none get any new coral shipments in ever it seems. And the ones that can get good acros are too cheap to try it and or can't keep them for long without them dying in the store or turning into blobs. I am tired of it. Every store I go to has a section of nice stuff which they all say "thoes aren't for sale".... please stop using the for sale section for "growout"!!!!! It turns custo.ers away imo. I spend 30 min looking to find nothing I like is for sale and will probably never be because no one can grow anything in their store tanks. Man if I had a fish store things would certainly be much different around here.
I hear the complaint from store owners all the time, they wont order acros because they dont sell. Yet when they do they sell 15 out of 20 in a matter of days. I had to stock my new tank with frags I bought online from vendorsement who cut up wild colonies. I love the new stuff but I like seeing things in person before I buy. Kind of sucks because all my favorite pieces I have got from local stores that are now closed or don't order anymore.
Buy the way I have bought about 50 frags that were chopped up wilds and I only lost 2, none were brown and all had great color. None of that "color loss from shipping stress" you get from people selling 200+ dollar 1/2" "new releases"
I hear the complaint from store owners all the time, they wont order acros because they dont sell. Yet when they do they sell 15 out of 20 in a matter of days. I had to stock my new tank with frags I bought online from vendorsement who cut up wild colonies. I love the new stuff but I like seeing things in person before I buy. Kind of sucks because all my favorite pieces I have got from local stores that are now closed or don't order anymore.
Buy the way I have bought about 50 frags that were chopped up wilds and I only lost 2, none were brown and all had great color. None of that "color loss from shipping stress" you get from people selling 200+ dollar 1/2" "new releases"
