LFS find!!!

[joshkirkland83]

How common is this coral?? Its a YELLOW Pagoda Cup. [HASHTAG]#reefsquad[/HASHTAG]

 

[kschweer]

Nice! Nit sure how rare it is but I've never seen one.

 

[joshkirkland83]

Nice! Nit sure how rare it is but I've never seen one.

Me either. Thats why I was asking. They are usually green or a teal color.

 

[Diesel]

I'm afraid but I'm hoping it stays yellow, I have seen one that over a period of a few weeks turns regular green.
What was the price tag on it??

 

[joshkirkland83]

I'm afraid but I'm hoping it stays yellow, I have seen one that over a period of a few weeks turns regular green.
What was the price tag on it??

Aww man. $79.

 

[Diesel]

Aww man. $79.

If it stay yellow that's a steal for a rare find!

 

[ermartin]

I have never seen a real YELLOW one. back in the day they would DYE them. This pretty much looks like one of those. hope im wrong . the real "yellow ones are faint brownish yellow.

here is an article

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-09/ac/feature/index.php

 

[joshkirkland83]

I have never seen a real YELLOW one. back in the day they would DYE them. This pretty much looks like one of those. hope im wrong . the real "yellow ones are faint brownish yellow.

here is an article

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-09/ac/feature/index.php

Oh well, either way i got a pagoda cup. They do real well in my tanks. Ill just grow it out.

 

[scardall]

they like water movement and use to be quite common many years ago.

 

[kireek]

I have not seen a large one before. The yellow kind will grow much slower than the green or purple varieties.They won't compete well will anything either, so be sure to find it a safe spot for it.That's a perfect looking frag you got,thank you for sharing!

 

[CobrahSparkles]

A frag of yellow just sold in my reef club for $15, it was about that size too. I knew I should have got it! Funny enough, the club is in Augusta, GA. Only a few hours from Savannah.

 

[Eckolancer]

Well add that to the list of my next corals. I have bright green and green/purple one already.

 

[joshkirkland83]

Update: it was dyed. It bleached and is now turning a pale green. My LFS is pretty cool. i believe they didnt know, they gave me store credit and told me to keep it. So reefers beware of dyed corals!!

 

[FarmerTy]

I thought this practice went away! Yikes! That was cool of your LFS.