scottyreef
Community Member
Well to make a long story short i have too many Bazooka Joes in my tank for one person ( 2 mini coloines and one frag now) So I figured i would put this guy up and test the water for possible trades so guys and gals show me what you got to trade.
Be warned this is a very high prized and highly priced coral that if i wuld sell it on ebay i would fetch around $350 +/-. But i am not asking for money because i am a nice guy and i am only looking for cool stuff.
The Frag its about 1" and has full lineage back to John Dakan of yourreef in Roseville, CA
The Mother ( this is johns mother colony not mine)
The History
The Bazooka Joe Watermelon Coral is a new morph or flavor of the Watermelon variety of Echinophyllia-like LPS stony corals. What defines a Watermelon Coral ? They are defined as thick plating and massive medium large polyped stony corals that have the following basic color pigmentations. On the main surface of the coral there are bright pink or red pigments. The outer leading growth edge of the coral develops a bright green coloration. The corallite centers or eyes are bright green to bright yellow and they contain additional dots or spots of pigmentation. The original Watermelon along with the Red Watermelon Coral had relatively smooth surfaces that did not develop large protruding corallites. This new Bazooka Joe morph of Watermelon develops large round protruding corallites. There are also more blue pigments that occur on the main surface inbetween the pink/red pigmentation. The main parent colony has also developed very dense concentrations of corallites in the center. I acquired its seed fragment of this coral from John Dakan of YourReef.com located in Roseville California. John originally acquired this incredible coral from Rich Stephens (Sand Dollar) during the summer of 2006. When Rich had initially purchased the coral 9 months earlier, it was not fully colored. Rich noticed however that the coral had unusual raised corallites and there was the potential for the development of colorful pigmentation. The Bazooka Joe Watermelon began to more fully colorup after Rich maintained the coral under 400 watt XM 20K metal halides.
I am located in Roseville,CA 95678
Thanks for looking
Scott
Be warned this is a very high prized and highly priced coral that if i wuld sell it on ebay i would fetch around $350 +/-. But i am not asking for money because i am a nice guy and i am only looking for cool stuff.
The Frag its about 1" and has full lineage back to John Dakan of yourreef in Roseville, CA
The Mother ( this is johns mother colony not mine)
The History
The Bazooka Joe Watermelon Coral is a new morph or flavor of the Watermelon variety of Echinophyllia-like LPS stony corals. What defines a Watermelon Coral ? They are defined as thick plating and massive medium large polyped stony corals that have the following basic color pigmentations. On the main surface of the coral there are bright pink or red pigments. The outer leading growth edge of the coral develops a bright green coloration. The corallite centers or eyes are bright green to bright yellow and they contain additional dots or spots of pigmentation. The original Watermelon along with the Red Watermelon Coral had relatively smooth surfaces that did not develop large protruding corallites. This new Bazooka Joe morph of Watermelon develops large round protruding corallites. There are also more blue pigments that occur on the main surface inbetween the pink/red pigmentation. The main parent colony has also developed very dense concentrations of corallites in the center. I acquired its seed fragment of this coral from John Dakan of YourReef.com located in Roseville California. John originally acquired this incredible coral from Rich Stephens (Sand Dollar) during the summer of 2006. When Rich had initially purchased the coral 9 months earlier, it was not fully colored. Rich noticed however that the coral had unusual raised corallites and there was the potential for the development of colorful pigmentation. The Bazooka Joe Watermelon began to more fully colorup after Rich maintained the coral under 400 watt XM 20K metal halides.
I am located in Roseville,CA 95678
Thanks for looking
Scott
