My Spectacular Corals !!!

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garychef1

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Since you all wanted them so bad:
1. Pearl Colt Coral
2. Green/White Bubble Coral
3. Yellow Zoos
4. Green Anthiopora
5. Green/Purple Zoos Rock




 
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garychef1

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And can someone ID this? The guy threw it in for free. The rock it is on is loaded with red and blue coralline and it has a massive amount of orange sponge on the bottom. But I don't know what coral it is.
 
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garychef1

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The guy at the LFS called them "Watermelon Blastos". What is an Acan?
 
bronco300

bronco300

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maybe they are, i've just never seen them that color...and quite like that texture...Acan is acanastrea...they are very nice corals. are those polyps soft fleshy?
 
steve24

steve24

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Originally Posted by Bronco300
those look like acans, not blastos? sweet blasto color if they are!
i agree, look like acans to me to
 
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garychef1

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Acans and Blasto look very alike, but the little mouths on mine look just like blasto pics and not quite like Acans. I am 90% sure these are Blastos. And i hope the LFS knew they ere Blastos because they sold them to as if they were.
 
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garychef1

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Hypothetically, if they are Acans, do they behave and eat the same as blastos or is there anything different.
 
demartini

demartini

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those are acans. The watermelon blastos are hard to come by. My LFS is selling them for $100 per polyp.
your corals are very beautiful!
 
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sudc

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Definitely acans not blastos. Most likely Acan lords. Very nice regardless. If you see it open trying to feed at night, you should be able to see that it is an acan not a blasto.
 
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garychef1

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ok, well i guess they are acans not blastos. They have plenty of light anyway. And the LFS guy said they would feed at night. the LFS guy was selling the whole rock for $350 but i got it cheap. Would 70+ watermelon acans be worth that much? Or are that many acan 50 bucks? Anyway i got a great deal on all these corals. DO i spot feed him like the bubble coral or will they get their own stuff?
 
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sudc

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Around me, that acan rock would go for anywhere from $160-250. Its definitely nice and big.
You can spot feed it if you want. It doesnt require it but will grow faster if you do. I feed mine frozen cyclopeeze, chopped up squidd and PE mysis 1-2 times a week.
 
demartini

demartini

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Originally Posted by Garychef1
ok, well i guess they are acans not blastos. They have plenty of light anyway. And the LFS guy said they would feed at night. the LFS guy was selling the whole rock for $350 but i got it cheap. Would 70+ watermelon acans be worth that much? Or are that many acan 50 bucks? Anyway i got a great deal on all these corals. DO i spot feed him like the bubble coral or will they get their own stuff?
watermelon blastos would be way more. Like I said my LFS sells them $100 per polyp. acans aren't cheap, so you probably got a good deal.
I spot feed my acans cyclopeeze about three nights a week.
 
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