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    Acan placement

    in Reef Keeping

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    You might try the feeding, but as Derek says, and I've also confirmed with a coral commercial propagator, they just don't grow very fast. I have about 4 small colonies with the same issue. That is why you don't see aquacultured acans, they are all wild caught. They just don't grow fast enough to make them commercially feasible.

    Stephen

    Heaters...

    in Reef Keeping

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    As I replace mine, two main things I am replacing with:

    1) Shatterproof - either plastic or titanium

    2) Fully submersible - believe me, go ahead and get this, it will pay off later and I don't think it costs much more, if any

    Stephen

    Reef cleaners again soon?

    in Group Orders

    Posted

    Can the organizer check to see if they still sell the mud? If so I would want a bag or two.

    I don't think they have them, but if they had any dwarf blue leg hermits I would be interested in a good siae order of that as well (I think the only place I can get those is Reeftopia).

    Stephen

    Icefire Echinata

    in Reef Keeping

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    This is what Tyree says on his site:

    The Ice Fire Echinata coral is one of the most incredibly pigmented Acropora echinata corals that we have seen in captivity. It has a brilliant blue pigmentation at the branch tips that extends downward toward blue cream colored branch stems. This is a true Acropora echinata species that has elongated corallites. Polyps can extend during the daytime photoperiod. The coral has been successfully maintained within captivity since the fall of 2004. Reeffarmers acquired our seed fragment and our First Edition fragment from Karl Unarce of Sacramento California. Karl acquired this coral from Rich Stevens (Sandollar) when Rich left the hobby and sold his entire colony to Karl. The Ice Fire Echinata had originally come from James Lee who ran the reef store Aquascene in the Bay Area of California. James had only distributed 5 fragments to local reefers before the coral was acquired by Rich. Steve Tyree is maintaining a seed section of the Ice Fire Echinata for Reeffarmers.com in an 125 gallon naturally filtered Tri-Zonal Reef Aquarium. In Steve's captive reef the coral is positioned to receive moderate to strong light under a 400 watt 20,000 K Radium Metal Halide. The coral requires at least moderate illumination to maintain its coloration. The Auctioned Edition opening bid for each new auction is currently $125 per small fragment. The quarterly auctioned edition auction schedules can be found below.

    Maybe now they will tell me where they got it.

    Stephen

    Rock Anemone?

    in Reef Keeping

    Posted

    They don't move, but they reproduce like crazy. And yes, they will sting and kill corals.

    I have to ask, why would you want them (except for filtering ina totally isolated refuge or raceway)?

    Stephen

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