I know, random question, but does anybody know who the Palmers Blue mille was named after and also maybe where the original colony was imported from?
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You're the man! That sounds about right because the LFS owner near me ran into him in LA a couple months back and he told me something similar! Thank you for the info!I thought it was in honor of Dave Palmer who ran Pacific Aqua Farms in Los Angeles and exported corals from his station in the Solomon Islands.
You're the man! That sounds about right because the LFS owner near me ran into him in LA a couple months back and he told me something similar! Thank you for the info!
Does anybody know if he's active on the forums? I'd love to reach out to him. I may have an opportunity to have his Palmers Blue mille's DNA sequenced as part of a research program. The researcher was curious of the origin of collection. Looks like a high chance it's from the Solomon Islands but I want to reach out to Dave if possible to confirm.
Thanks for posing that thread Big E. It's so funny to go back and read it. Most people have no idea what 10k reeflux halides did to blue colors lol. Everyone wants him to adjust the white balance lol. That's the bulb, pink hue, sick blue colors . I still have a brand new 400w reeflux .... but I'm running radion G4's now. Maybe this winter I'll run the halide a little for some heat
Thank you for sharing the story. So Mike Palmer got the original piece? Not Dave Palmer importing it? Interesting. I'm not really sure which story is the correct one now. I wonder if others will chime in.
I remember the Reeflux days clearly.
Its been around Austin for 10+ years, even though I didn't directly keep it myself 10+ years but I can trace it back to only 2 people easily, and one of those people was the first to bring the Oregon tort and purple monster to this area as well so I'd bet his was pretty legit.
It grows amazingly fast. I frag mine constantly hence my smaller colony size. I have 6 frags going out this month coincidentally.How is growth rate on the Palmers Blue Mille?
It has been around 10 years+ as you guys are saying on here, but yet frags are still going 70+ easily. makes me think that it is a pretty slow grower, or it just that pretty that people dont mind paying that even though it has been around so long.
Unfortunately, the project concerns acropora millepora or else that would be a pretty fun use of the equipment. Their funding seems to be based on those parameters only so I'm sure their financial backing wouldn't appreciate a bunch of reef geeks spending their money on out of scope items! [emoji23]If you're DNA sequencing... I did go back to the original collection site for Purple monster two years ago and collect a few morphs. I have OG purple monster and some of the newer one we collected, it might be interesting to compare the two to a genetic level.
https://reefbuilders.com/2015/08/05/tracked-purple-monster-acro-original-source/#
Unfortunately, the project concerns acropora millepora or else that would be a pretty fun use of the equipment. Their funding seems to be based on those parameters only so I'm sure their financial backing wouldn't appreciate a bunch of reef geeks spending their money on out of scope items! [emoji23]
Were you able to get in touch with Dave? Did you catch that people are saying Mike Palmer originated the Palmers Blue mille? I'm curious which one may be more accurate.