Pink Stylophora

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Carpentersreef

Yes Steve, but if it arrives in bad condition.....

Mitch

As an example, our LFS once had a shipment stay at the airport overnight. The box said Perishable:Fish on it so the airport put it in the freezer to keep it fresh. How thoughtful.....

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by christyf5

Absolutely beautiful!! When/if you frag that one, can I be first in line??

Christy

Christy, I'll go write your name on a branch. I will be cutting 3 frags from it shortly, and that will be it until it grows a bit more.

[MitchM]

Originally Posted by reef_raf

As an example, our LFS once had a shipment stay at the airport overnight. The box said Perishable:Fish on it so the airport put it in the freezer to keep it fresh. How thoughtful.....

I think I read once that tropical fish shipments were on the priority list as far as airlines go after cadavers. .... :?:

Mitch

[Delphinus]

Nice score!

Brad, I did the same thing with a Stylopora, and I'm sure glad I did too. The only thing I want to mention though, is that it seems to be a slow grower. This is a solid coral, you may as well be trying to cut granite. Unlike the corals who grow 1" or more or whatever per month which cut nicely, heal quickly and regain the snipped off branches in time, I'm not finding this to be true with mine at all. I can see where I fragged mine three months ago.. So maybe go slow and see how it goes.

What kind of current are you putting yours into?

[Aquattro]

Tony, I have it in a slow but steady current. That will change if/when my stream ever comes in, but for now it works.
Di you happen to look at the link Wendell posted? It had a growth sequence series for a year or so and that piece showed great growth!
I won't cut this one until I have an idea of it's growth rate and know it's doing well.

[Delphinus]

Just checked it out now. Keen. Well ... that sure seems like a reasonable growth rate. Maybe frags are different? Or the colony is growing but I just don't see it on a day-to-day basis? I guess I'm still pretty wet with this SPS thing.. What I do know is, most of my other corals I make accidental frags many times just by brushing up against them with my hand .... this one, I practically had to take hammer and chisel it was so solid. I was maybe thinking that maybe "slow growth" == "stronger skeleton" but maybe I have a slightly different species? I'll try to take a picture of it tonight when I get home from work, so we can compare how much they look alike (or not alike) ... but be warned my close-ups tend to really SUCK so no promises how good it will be!