The Paletta Pink tip was always “that one” for me. I don’t know why, but there’s always that one or two that for whatever reason it just seems you were not meant to have. Over the years I had come to accept that the Paletta Pink Tip was one of those for me. Whether by shipping fluke, or acclimation woes or other odd anomalies, It was clear to me that I was not meant to have this one. I had finally given up on ever having a piece of this on my own collection. If not for my long time coral swapping friend Justin Premo, that sentiment would have lived on indefinitely.
Justin and I had done one last swap about 2 years ago and reluctantly, I asked for one more frag of the Pinky. "Let’s give it one last and final desperate try. If this one follows the same path, then I swear I will officially give up on it." No Paletta Pink for me. Besides my BC Xmas was kind of a wannabe Paletta any way so I had the green with red/pink tips covered. At least this is what I was telling myself.
The frag came in better than any had before it, prompting immediately a promising feeling I had yet to experience with this acro in any of my previous attempts. After QT protocol I finally mounted it to one of my 3x3 tiles, threw it under T5’s and just tried to forget about it. The weeks turned into months and it began to grow, and as it grew it began to look good. As more time passed I was confident this was it. This guy had beaten the odds and unvexed whatever fluke or quirk was harnessing my ability to keep this one alive before. I finally had a thriving Paletta Pink tip and so secured my bliss!
No, this colony is still not all that big, but it looks amazing. I finally shot this guy a few months ago before I started to dismantle everything as a just in case kind of reflex and began writing this one, but did not get back to it. Thanks to Daniels thread yesterday, I managed to steal some time in the office this morning to finish the write up. And so, post here or post there, but let's see yours!
Please enjoy a long overdue macro of my very happy, and very appropriately sharing his namesake, the Paletta Pink Tip Acro!
Justin and I had done one last swap about 2 years ago and reluctantly, I asked for one more frag of the Pinky. "Let’s give it one last and final desperate try. If this one follows the same path, then I swear I will officially give up on it." No Paletta Pink for me. Besides my BC Xmas was kind of a wannabe Paletta any way so I had the green with red/pink tips covered. At least this is what I was telling myself.
The frag came in better than any had before it, prompting immediately a promising feeling I had yet to experience with this acro in any of my previous attempts. After QT protocol I finally mounted it to one of my 3x3 tiles, threw it under T5’s and just tried to forget about it. The weeks turned into months and it began to grow, and as it grew it began to look good. As more time passed I was confident this was it. This guy had beaten the odds and unvexed whatever fluke or quirk was harnessing my ability to keep this one alive before. I finally had a thriving Paletta Pink tip and so secured my bliss!
No, this colony is still not all that big, but it looks amazing. I finally shot this guy a few months ago before I started to dismantle everything as a just in case kind of reflex and began writing this one, but did not get back to it. Thanks to Daniels thread yesterday, I managed to steal some time in the office this morning to finish the write up. And so, post here or post there, but let's see yours!
Please enjoy a long overdue macro of my very happy, and very appropriately sharing his namesake, the Paletta Pink Tip Acro!
