Green SPS

MimicOcto8 · Feb 19, 2011

whats the story with beautiful green acros not being popular? I know green is the most common color but i see sooo many beautiful bright bright green acros at LFS and people just turn away from them. It seems they rather buy a dull ugly green so long as that coral is named. I dont get it

dougers31 · Feb 19, 2011

I guess I haven't really noticed that, green slimers/b.nest are still popular IMO. However green is prolly the most common color so maybe that's why.

Alattner · Feb 19, 2011

i would rather go for those bright green acros personally idk why someone would buy a dull coral just for the name...

dougers31 · Feb 19, 2011

So just out of curiousity... which dull named corals are we talking about? To me anything thats named usually looks pretty nice.

justinm · Feb 19, 2011

My favorite coral is probably my green birds nest and I have been raving about a green slimer for so long. Just have not seen one at the LFS yet, other wise it would probably be in my tank, lol.

I have a green pocillopora damicornis, and my tri-color is sort of green, and my blue bottlebrush and my sunset monti have green polyps. But then agian I am a broke reefer so maybe that is why I get the common ones. Oh wait, my red planet has a green base. I think every sps in my tank has green except my pink birds nest and my monti caps. I just love green.

Jcr's Reef · Feb 19, 2011

The tone of green the gr.slimer has is hard to beat. It has to be one of my favorites

MimicOcto8 · Feb 19, 2011

well I spoke with a guy who goes directly down to the wholesellers and I asked him whats it like. he said there are tons of bright beautiful green acros but no one buys them so he doesnt buy them. he showed me some pix of them and it blew my mind that people would pass those up.

dougers31 · Feb 19, 2011

Do they look like slimers or b.nest? I don't suppose you have the pics to give us an idea... I agree, it is rediculous that no one seems to want'em.

REEFCRAFT · Feb 21, 2011

I don't know why. I like mine a lot. And yes, it really is that bright.

divewsharks · Feb 22, 2011

justinm said:
My favorite coral is probably my green birds nest and I have been raving about a green slimer for so long. Just have not seen one at the LFS yet, other wise it would probably be in my tank, lol.

I have a green pocillopora damicornis, and my tri-color is sort of green, and my blue bottlebrush and my sunset monti have green polyps. But then agian I am a broke reefer so maybe that is why I get the common ones. Oh wait, my red planet has a green base. I think every sps in my tank has green except my pink birds nest and my monti caps. I just love green.

Too bad you don't live closer to me, my slimer -- which i keep because the color is so bright -- grows like a weed and i have to frag often (and give away).