MMOORE0324
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Looking for a good priced frag
WTB Hawkins Echinata
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MMOORE0324
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ahh that sucks! It seems that the Hawkins is kinda like the Oregon Tort.. people either have great success with it.. or... not so much.
Tswifty
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Mine has been doing very well... even after my Red Planet stung the heck out of it at one point.
I know a guy who has a small colony of it, but you would have to give it a few months in your system before it would color up.
You can see the top of it in the bottom of the picture below.
I know a guy who has a small colony of it, but you would have to give it a few months in your system before it would color up.
You can see the top of it in the bottom of the picture below.
Kreeger1
KING LEAR
Yep, got it from Jeff. I would say that through my years of sps keeping, Acropora Echinata is the most fragile coral I've come across.
The skin fluffs off. Did your frag come bagged with another coral in it? He said he's never had issues doing that but I no there's issues when you put sps together. You can look at sps the wrong way and they bleach on you.
Heads up to everyone fragging, Corals need there own containers. They just can't deal with other corals slime, let alone there own in such small containers that everyone seems to be using these days.
Just not worth the risk.
I received 2 corals a few days ago from Joe, both in the same container, the more delicate "deep water" one is ghost white now.
Corals might be ok bagged together for a half hour or so, but hours not a chance.
The skin fluffs off. Did your frag come bagged with another coral in it? He said he's never had issues doing that but I no there's issues when you put sps together. You can look at sps the wrong way and they bleach on you.
Heads up to everyone fragging, Corals need there own containers. They just can't deal with other corals slime, let alone there own in such small containers that everyone seems to be using these days.
Just not worth the risk.
I received 2 corals a few days ago from Joe, both in the same container, the more delicate "deep water" one is ghost white now.
Corals might be ok bagged together for a half hour or so, but hours not a chance.
jefft321
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Thanks for the positive comment Erik!
I thought that they would be ok in the same container, but I will never do that again.
I just got some frag bags in the mail yesterday and I am going to bag one at a time from now on.
As soon as I can frag the Hawkins again I have one for you Erik.
Vietcu, the Hawkins can loose some color for a while when fragged. Even when I frag it and leave it in the same tank (not the frag tank) they loose their color. I have a small frag that I put in my frag tank because I thought it was dying and didn't want it in my main tank, it looked very light for a few days and now the color is returning. It is a VERY hard coral to frag, it just doesn't tolerate fragging well.
I thought that they would be ok in the same container, but I will never do that again.
I just got some frag bags in the mail yesterday and I am going to bag one at a time from now on.
As soon as I can frag the Hawkins again I have one for you Erik.
Vietcu, the Hawkins can loose some color for a while when fragged. Even when I frag it and leave it in the same tank (not the frag tank) they loose their color. I have a small frag that I put in my frag tank because I thought it was dying and didn't want it in my main tank, it looked very light for a few days and now the color is returning. It is a VERY hard coral to frag, it just doesn't tolerate fragging well.
Kreeger1
KING LEAR
Theres a handful of corals that look like echinata, but really theres only 2 or 3 that are in the trade that really are echinata. Hawkins is one, the fire and ice is another. Researching them with Chuck back in the day when he got Greg to jump through hoops to get him some wild echinatas was a trip. nothing like slowly dripping saltwater into a bowl to get a match on salinity only to watch the skin fluff off a 7-800 dollar coral. Not once, not twice but 3 times.
MMOORE0324
Member
I remember that thread.. I think that Peter (SDguy) started it. Actually it was started about Kohens Echinata.... then the Hawkins came up.
MMOORE0324
Member
LoL all great corals though. How long have you had your Hawkins TJ?
