Official Acanthophyllia, Cynarina, and Indophyllia show off (and appreciation) thread!

[Mechano]

Doses anyone know what makes Cynarina look flat vs dome shaped?

Is it hunger, light, Something else?
I haven’t been able to figure it out and was always curious why some days I see this


And other this

Yeah I think it’s just a subspecies variant thing. I have some that are perfect oral discs , then others that aren’t. All are on the sand. In the pics here I have one that’s an always oddly shaped, the the other ones around it are perfectly flat.
Same with a few acanthos I have as well. They vary for sure

 

[Mechano]

Here’s a new addition I picked up 2 weeks ago

 

[Mr_Knightley]

This is a color morph. It was NOT this way when I got it. Was sold as “red Cynarina yellow mouth”

Original appearance when added to tank

I have had them morph like this before! A red Indo I once had gained this swirly gold pattern on the vesicles, and a maroon one (which I still have) when from beet red to more of a cola color with white stripes & streaks.

 

[Ryebreadiest]

Where is everyone buying theirs? Looking for a good affordable acantho source

 

[VintageReefer]

Where is everyone buying theirs? Looking for a good affordable acantho source

Doesn’t exist. Not by my definition of affordable. Everywhere online is 500+ and my LFS is 700+

 

[Mechano]

Where is everyone buying theirs? Looking for a good affordable acantho source

An affordable source? Nowhere unfortunately, cynarina tend to be a little less in my neck of the woods but not by much.
(Average price in my area of Canada is $400-infinity and beyond lol) I guess we are a bit cheaper in comparison to the USD

 

[VintageReefer]

Cynarina. The poor man’s acantho

 

[Mechano]

Cynarina. The poor man’s acantho

Exactly. But you still can’t be poor to buy cynarina still lol

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

The cheapest I've seen are the sites below (no personal experience with them though, and the more colorful ones are still expensive):

Search: 94 results found for "acanthophyllia"

Corals, Saltwater, Aquarium, Fish, Rainbow, Pets, Water, Aqua, Frags, Coral, Reef, Tank, Torches, Gold, Zoas, Mushroom, SPS, LPS, Frags, Exotic, Rare, Auctions, Coral Auctions, Frag Auctions, Unique, Aquaculture, Clownfish

savagereefers.com

Acanthos & Cynarias

Acanthos & Cynaria Acanthophyllia and Cynaria are large fleshy LPS corals that comes in many different colors and patterns. Acanthophyllia also known as Meat Coral are sand bed dwelling corals that prefer low to moderate light, low to moderate flow and regular feedings to do their best...

aquasd.com

 

[Mechano]

Here’s a midday vid. Dont mind the tangs, they always want all the attention.
But check out the size of the large acantho on the right side. When it fully inflated, its the size of a dinner plate

 

[Mechano]

The cheapest I've seen are the sites below (no personal experience with them though, and the more colorful ones are still expensive):

Search: 94 results found for "acanthophyllia"

Corals, Saltwater, Aquarium, Fish, Rainbow, Pets, Water, Aqua, Frags, Coral, Reef, Tank, Torches, Gold, Zoas, Mushroom, SPS, LPS, Frags, Exotic, Rare, Auctions, Coral Auctions, Frag Auctions, Unique, Aquaculture, Clownfish

savagereefers.com

Acanthos & Cynarias

Acanthos & Cynaria Acanthophyllia and Cynaria are large fleshy LPS corals that comes in many different colors and patterns. Acanthophyllia also known as Meat Coral are sand bed dwelling corals that prefer low to moderate light, low to moderate flow and regular feedings to do their best...

aquasd.com

Still though, those prices are amazing. I seriously wonder if the website is actually legit!

 

[VintageReefer]

Here’s a midday vid. Dont mind the tangs, they always want all the attention.
But check out the size of the large acantho on the right side. When it fully inflated, its the size of a dinner plate

Can you put on YouTube?

 

[Kellie in CA]

You can get a plain green Acantho from AquaSD in the $150-200 range. But anything else is priced crazy these days. I got mine a couple years ago as a "nano acantho" and I was told that they grow really slowly. Well, now it's 8-10 inches across depending on the day. I really should sell it because it's way too big for my tank. It's developed into 4 colors though and I'll never be able to afford to get another one like it... so it's just chilling in my tank looking ridiculous.

 

[Ryebreadiest]

You can get a plain green Acantho from AquaSD in the $150-200 range. But anything else is priced crazy these days. I got mine a couple years ago as a "nano acantho" and I was told that they grow really slowly. Well, now it's 8-10 inches across depending on the day. I really should sell it because it's way too big for my tank. It's developed into 4 colors though and I'll never be able to afford to get another one like it... so it's just chilling in my tank looking ridiculous.

Pictures?

 

[Kellie in CA]

I have these 2, but it's not super-inflated in either of them.

 

[Mechano]

Can you put on YouTube?

I am not very techy lol. I will try to get a good video on the system though to share and hopefully it works haha

 

[Mechano]

Can you put on YouTube?

Did this video not work out of curiosity?

 

[VintageReefer]

No embedded videos work on the forum unless your on a desktop

 

[Mechano]

No embedded videos work on the forum unless your on a desktop

Well crap. Didn’t know that. Well here is the link to YouTube. Was easier than I was thinking it would be.

 

[VintageReefer]

Well crap. Didn’t know that. Well here is the link to YouTube. Was easier than I was thinking it would be.

Holy jeeebus that’s an amazing tank!