Millepora Alcicronis

[educatedreefer]

Good morning everyone!
Somewhat new Reefer here and I got into the hobby after doing some research on corals for one of my college classes and the millepora alcicornis coral (sea ginger or fire colony coral) got my interest enough to start reefing into SPS.
I was wondering if anyone has seen this coral in the hobby and if anyone knows if frags of it are available?

 

[spsick]

I have not seen the fire coral in a hobbyist hands in 10 years. probably because it’s brown and it stings you ha ha

 

[sculpin01]

Fire coral is illegal to collect or sell in Florida, so I’m betting there is a national prohibition.

https://floridadep.gov/file/24295/download?token=wvRKxsDi

 

[Tonycass12]

Fire coral is illegal to collect or sell in Florida, so I’m betting there is a national prohibition.

https://floridadep.gov/file/24295/download?token=wvRKxsDi

Yep. Ive only ever seen it on reefs around Puerto Rico and as a Caribbean stony coral collection is banned.

 

[akau]

We have a very large amount of that growing here around Rarotonga. Chromis love hiding in it when it becomes a boulder sized colony.

I've refrained from adding it to my tank as it looks boring compared to other SPS.

The stings aren't fun, but not as bad as some people say.