lets see those leathers especially the neon sinularia

RaysReef · Apr 1, 2011

I had the tyree ones and sold it once I got Mike's leather. Doesn't compare at all, The tyree one has green tips where the Japanese leather is all green including tip to base and the topper. *Not the from the base to the topper*

macon77 · Apr 1, 2011

Ugh. You are killing me. I am currently trying to add to my mushroom collection. But, this is so very tempting.

ladyreefer1983 · Apr 1, 2011

i also have a tyree leather and the ora green leather...ill say the tyree is much greener....i dont have the japanese leather wish i can buy one,maybe later when its more affordable(i guess)

macon77 · Apr 1, 2011

ladyreefer1983 said:
i also have a tyree leather and the ora green leather...ill say the tyree is much greener....i dont have the japanese leather wish i can buy one,maybe later when its more affordable(i guess)

I have seen a few pictures of the Tyree and the ORA side-by-side. The consensus is that the Tyree is superior in terms of color. Both are beautiful, though.

I have watched the Japanese leathers for years. Like yourself, I was hoping the price would come down more over time. I have never seen them come down even one penny. The Aussies have, but not these guys. I guess we can wait together, now.

Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock.

.....

Hey, wait a minute! Didn't you just sell a bunch of mushrooms? I think you should have just enough to cover the cost of both of the leathers being offered by The Captive Reef. Then, you could frag both of them, and send them to me, along with MY orange Rhodactis. :bigsmile:

lawnman · Apr 1, 2011

I have some crazy leathers. I purchased them from reefgardener.net morgan has some crazy cool leathers

macon77 · Apr 1, 2011

lawnman said:
I have some crazy leathers. I purchased them from reefgardener.net morgan has some crazy cool leathers

I agree with you here. I bought a Palau Nephthea from her, as well as a "kryptonite" sarco. She has a few nice pieces, good communication, good shipping, etcetera. Certainly a good vendor.

RaysReef · Apr 1, 2011

The Japanese leather doesn't grow as fast, compared to the tyree and ORA ones. As far as prices it has gone down. I paid $300 for mine and now its $99

macon77 · Apr 2, 2011

Ah. I stand corrected, then.

Do you have both of them that are available through The Captive Reef?

revhtree · Apr 2, 2011

I have edited a few post using the term "jap" which is offensive to some. Not going to turn this into a debate, just don't use the term please. Thanks.

Bolanos · Apr 2, 2011

SoGoneRG said:
The Japanese leather doesn't grow as fast, compared to the tyree and ORA ones. As far as prices it has gone down. I paid $300 for mine and now its $99

I use to own a japanese leather(green stalk, gold polyps) and it was a very slow grower for me, but no doubt that it was a nice coral

GR808 · Apr 12, 2011

is this a neon green sinulara??

http://i1230.photobucket.com/albums/ee487/gr8081/aquarium stuff/2011-04-11205908.jpg

GR808 · Apr 12, 2011

how do u get just the picture on there with no link?

Electrobes · Apr 12, 2011

Looking at this thread again I noticed that while I've got a neon sinularia.. YIKES is it a slow grower. It literally hasn't budged in growth since I got it months ago. Now for my other leathers, they've all been exploding in growth. Naturally what I thought would be my favorite leather is a slow grower!

fsu1dolfan · Apr 12, 2011

Electrobes said:
Looking at this thread again I noticed that while I've got a neon sinularia.. YIKES is it a slow grower. It literally hasn't budged in growth since I got it months ago. Now for my other leathers, they've all been exploding in growth. Naturally what I thought would be my favorite leather is a slow grower!

Yeah i use to have a leather that grew out of control. I split it in half twice and it always grew back super fast. I eventually had to give it to my friend cuz it just got to be too much. Was one of my fave beginner corals!!

Electrobes · Apr 12, 2011

fsu1dolfan said:
Yeah i use to have a leather that grew out of control. I split it in half twice and it always grew back super fast. I eventually had to give it to my friend cuz it just got to be too much. Was one of my fave beginner corals!!

Unfortunately it's all the other leathers that are acting like that! :sad: I was so hoping the little neon sinularia was going to participate faster, but I guess he had a bad acclimation or something. The LFS I bought it from still has other frags that are easily 5x my frag! :xd:

macon77 · Apr 14, 2011

GR808 said:
is this a neon green sinulara??

http://i1230.photobucket.com/albums/ee487/gr8081/aquarium stuff/2011-04-11205908.jpg

Unfortunately, it is impossible to tell from that picture. I tried correcting the balance...no avail. Is there an alternate photo which isn't so saturated in blue?

macon77 · Apr 14, 2011

Electrobes said:
Looking at this thread again I noticed that while I've got a neon sinularia.. YIKES is it a slow grower. It literally hasn't budged in growth since I got it months ago. Now for my other leathers, they've all been exploding in growth. Naturally what I thought would be my favorite leather is a slow grower!

It is quite possible that you are describing a Nephthea rather than a Sinularia. These can have quite different growth rates (guess which one grows slower).

I have had the cutest little Stereonephthea for years. Hasn't grown a millimeter (STUPID CORAL).

Think Dendronephthea...I think what these critters want is...more food than we could reasonably give them in a closed system. I have even thought about taking mine out of the tank daily, and dipping it in DTs or something. I have no way of knowing how that might work out. Wanna' try it?

RogerWilco357 · Apr 14, 2011

here is an old pic of mine

macon77 · Apr 14, 2011

As I was thinking about this, I recalled the way to distinguish a Sinularia from a Nephthea. Unfortunately the process involves a Sinularia and a Nephthea, some water, a knife, some bleach, a magnifying glass, and a well-trained eye.

I relocated my source/reference. Unfortunately, it belongs to Eric Borneman, and I can't reprint it here. However a google search of "nephthea sinularia eric borneman" turns up these sources rather quickly. If you are interested in determining what yours might be, the information is certainly out there. However, the process is somewhat involved, and everyone gets "hurt" in the process.

macon77 · Apr 14, 2011

This is hilarious. Here is my attempt at adjusting GR808's photo. I have noted elsewhere that I am horrible at photography-type stuff. I stand behind that statement.

As I was laughing at myself, I thought, well...you wanted neon green, no?

GR808's original:

The epitome of Macon77's mad photography-type skills:

Please, feel free to point, laugh, and ridiculue me here. Actually, I insist that you do.

Maybe I'll start spending more time in the photography forum than in the Corallimorph and Softies forums. Eh, maybe not.