Orange torch - what do you think?

[VintageReefer]

I’ve built many tanks and run them many years and for this build I decided - to try as much as I can - to shop by color not coral. I want the tank as colorful as possible. Some stuff is leftover from old builds and got stuck in here to fill space but will be relocated as I need more room. I have a lot of gsp and button paly taking up space

It’s a work in progress but I try to figure out what colors I’m missing or what I need more of and then look for things that fill the need. Many things i grow out myself and it’s a waiting game until they are large enough to move off a rack into the display area.

I’m looking to add more yellow and I got a nice favia of the gods I’m growing out, it’s mounted to a 2” tile and then I’ll move it into the display once the tile is filled

A lot of things take over a year in grow our zones before I move them off shelves/plugs. Here’s some stuff I’m growing out now

Rainbow goni 1


Rainbow goni 2


Blue/purple goni


This goni is teal/purple


Highlighter goni

Ironman goni


Favia of the gods

Taiwan rainbow chalice


Orange/teal acans

 

[smitten with ocean life]

wow! i just love your taste!

 

[Naekuh]

OMG is that rainbow gonnie 2 real?

 

[VintageReefer]

OMG is that rainbow gonnie 2 real?

Rainbow goni 2 - It’s real and it’s extremely sensitive and a slow grower and very rare, only one mother colony exists.

I got in late November and have been growing it out. These are all pics of it over the last few months. I like it so much I contacted the owner of the mother colony again and asked if they had any more frags, he only had one left. I bought it - the new frag I labelled rainbow goni 1. rainbow goni 1 and 2 are from the same mother colony. It’s just that 1 only has been in my system for a week or two and hasn’t come out fully yet. 2 is more adjusted and extends.

Mother colony also attached

 

[smitten with ocean life]

incredible!

 

[Ziggy17]

I’ve got a Copper Creeper on order. I’m curious to see your pics in your orange coral compared to the copper. I’m thinking they make look pretty close to each other.

 

[VintageReefer]

I’ve got a Copper Creeper on order. I’m curious to see your pics in your orange coral compared to the copper. I’m thinking they make look pretty close to each other.

We’lll find out soon…


Also found this - orange hammer filmed in the wild


Orange hammer


Orange hammer



Orange frogspawn


Why can these euphyllia be orange and not torch?

 

[Rainblood]

Rainbow goni 2 - It’s real and it’s extremely sensitive and a slow grower and very rare, only one mother colony exists.

I got in late November and have been growing it out. These are all pics of it over the last few months. I like it so much I contacted the owner of the mother colony again and asked if they had any more frags, he only had one left. I bought it - the new frag I labelled rainbow goni 1. rainbow goni 1 and 2 are from the same mother colony. It’s just that 1 only has been in my system for a week or two and hasn’t come out fully yet. 2 is more adjusted and extends.

Mother colony also attached

Whats the difference between this guy and a laffy taffy goni?

 

[VintageReefer]

Laffy taffy is yellow tip, and a short polyp goni/bernardpora that has occasional feelers that extend. But for the most part it’s a micro goni and not always going to extend.

This is extended all the time - day and night - once the colony is mature and it has different polyps.

That mother colony is on a flat 4” grow out tile

 

[VintageReefer]

This is not looking promising at all…zero hints of orange

 

[VintageReefer]

Reminder this is what was advertised and sold - the listing picture and the video the seller made of the coral for me. This is all supposed to be wysiwyg and I was told the video is accurate color to real life and this is what it looks like in person and it is orange under blue lighting.

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

Are ypu saying the torch arrived?

 

[VintageReefer]

It arrived

Packed very well. Two heat packs. Styrofoam and insulated liner. Double bagged. Water temp good

But…It does not have any orange at all

 

[Troylee]

Looks like a regular ny Knicks which is a copper gold color.

 

[VintageReefer]

It is not copper gold

 

[Troylee]

It is not copper gold

Where’s your picture of it? What you posted above looks like my ny Knicks.

 

[VintageReefer]

Still opening up but no trace of orange or copper

Blue light and day light photos attached
“Orange torch” is the two head at the top

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

So, what's the lesson learned here?

 

[Lohr]

Bummer, I may be a new reefer but that doesn’t look very orange.

 

[VintageReefer]

I will take it up with the vendor. The lesson is, buy from trusted sources and read the feedback section for reviews from honest everyday people.