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In one of my threads it shows a pic of it when it was pure brown, that is how it arrived from the exporter. Critters in CHCH also got one that was brown, not sure how it turned out. Funny how the amazing coral don’t arrive that way. That is way any coral could potentially be amazing if looked after. Like a box of chocolates , you never know what you are going to get. Thats what makes the hobby fun.

You mean this? acanastrea. spelling could be wrong.

So what is a awseome coral?

no problem exposing rocks, i even expose some corals for a short period.

Yes, acros like clean tanks and soft coral like a little bit of nutrients, this does not mean a polluted tank. My xenia/leathers just don’t grow when my tank is ultra clean.

Xenia do like a not so clean tank, i notice when my tank is not looked after they grow really well. yes the yellow tonga umbrella leather. same thing likes a bit f nutrients. Been growing like mad over the last few weeks,

They are not that easy? i cant get my xenia to grow and not many can keep the yellow umbrella leather, The sps boring thing was tongue and cheek.

Looking for web pics? seen some in "Corals of the world". vol 2 pg 67.

intereting i found this on euphyllias, Stocking an aquarium store with quality corals is becoming a challenge. Obvious statement, but perhaps this is useful for those of you who are interested in finding coral species to propagate. Euphyllia species: Hammer, Frogspawn, and Torch corals, have long been among the most popular corals for reef aquaria. They are durable, beautiful, and surprisingly easy to propagate. Among stony corals, they are always among the first stony corals suggested for a beginning hobbyist and indeed few reading this board have not tried keeping any of these species. Unfortunately, because of their high desirability, Euphyllia are also a target for over-collection. At current, their collection is limited to the point where quotas amongst collectors, wholesalers and retailers are enforced. These corals have been targeted for sustainability studies and their collection in certain collection regions like Indonesia are monitored and controlled quite closely. I am not certain but have heard that importation into the European Union of Euphyllia has been banned for several years and would anticipate that in a short number of years they may be excluded from the North American trade as well. I have no idea of the relative success of these protection programs and have to say that if it works, more power to all of those involved to prevent these gorgeous animals from disappearing from the reefs.

Has anyone ever seen pics of euphyllia corals in the wild? would be interesting to see.

Its a majestic angel,

Oh. sorry. I like the xenias and euphyllias, leathers more. Will arrange my next tank to have more of these, whilst SPS is nice, i am over them once i mastered keeping them. The green torches, frogspawn are awesome.

davidb wrote: oh really. Below must be an imagination

SPS are boring

There are only a few brand of bulbs but most have been rebadged, Most hobbyist go for 14k which is middle of the in blue, however not all bulbs are the same as all 14k bulbs can look different, The bluer you go the less light output, so 20k bulbs las about 6 mouth vs 10k will last 18 months before you get a big colour shift, The worst bulbs are the asia bulbs as they are cheap vs the german bulbs which cost more however they give far better lighting.

Its a black Tang which could have been crossed with a scopas tang as it has the grey lines

Thanks. lots of practice helps when taking pics. The big longnose butterfly is still going, very hard fish to keep as his mouth is so small and only eats very small foods.

Some update fish pics

Actually they where pre ordered acros. , also they are cultured acros species which hobbyist dont? Not all acro are the same. There are many other reason why coral/fish cost what they cost but would be a waste of time explaining. however in short. Coral are cheap in NZ so get over the price issue as it is only going to go up especially if it is aqua cultured. everytime i blink airfreight/couriers etc is going up. If you can’t afford it then take up gold fish. Complaining will not to make them come down as their is a economic cost. Like anything that cost money. Why do plumbers charge so much as they should be able to do my plumbing for $10 hour.

dwarf angel wont eat aiptasia. only the large ones which can eat your soft corals and pick on hard corals.

I only got some a few days ago.

what is your tank conditions like? they grow in tanks that have too much waste or if you feed too much frozen foods.

i doubt they would even have the latest issue,

The last time most shops got acropra would have been on the 1980s other than a few shops who have the odd acro. The last time Hollywood got them they ended up in the show tank. Due to the specialised nature of these coral most store will pre order them in. Off corals supplied to LFS it would be less than 5% of total coral stock.

Maybe they just buy them from borders.