Wish...That is so nice!! Love the coloring. Do you still have this one?
That was from my 120 gallon previous setup
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Wish...That is so nice!! Love the coloring. Do you still have this one?
I will say I've always been a fan of the horizontal mount. You're right though doesn't make the 1/2" nubs look any better.
I remember frags having multiple branches. Like you said, even ORA offered frags in the ~2-inch range and still do. I also recall purchasing maricultured pieces in the 4”+ range for $65-75. The exceptions at the time were vendors like Atlantis. I think Atlantis was one among several vendors that offered nubs but even then, I recall buying a substantial and beautiful mini-colony blue Gomezi (or look alike) on the cheap from Atlantis (although it wasn’t a named piece, of course). I think blue lights and the chop-shop-and-name trend changed things.Tim,
It's funny to see how the pioneers, I won't mention names, have paved a path for high $ small nubs, which is now industry standard. I have nice chunky frags, and nubs, I cannot get much until the lay a base. So others are getting larger, while others are just putting along. Luckily, I planned at least 4" around each frag, so future growth should allow enough space. I believe .5 to .75" nubs take 6 months to get to what in the day, was considered a frag. Even a $55-70 ORA coral would be 1.5-2" multi branch
I remember frags having multiple branches. Like you said, even ORA offered frags in the ~2-inch range and still do. I also recall purchasing maricultured pieces in the 4”+ range for $65-75. The exceptions at the time were vendors like Atlantis. I think Atlantis was one among several vendors that offered nubs but even then, I recall buying a substantial and beautiful mini-colony blue Gomezi (or look alike) on the cheap from Atlantis (although it wasn’t a named piece, of course). I think blue lights and the chop-shop-and-name trend changed things.
If memory serves (please correct me if I’m wrong) the original $500 Efflo that went to Steve Weast was colony-ish size.
What is nice, however, is that the hobbyists who are selling smaller frags are usually willing to cut larger frags and all things considered the larger pieces are not generally cost prohibitive. The exception is probably the new super-high end stuff but those pieces don’t tend to capture my attention as much as some of the classics.
For me, the hobby has always been just that, a hobby, so the price hike really hasn’t bothered me all that much (especially since I still like the old stuff). Similarly, it was never an insanely cheap hobby (at least as long as I’ve been involved). Nevertheless, times have changed in many respects.
To put my archaic preferences in perspective, here’s a list of some of the pieces I am hunting for:
Palmers
PC rainbow
PC Superman
Ice fire
Hawkins
Red planet
Pearlberry
Shades of fall
Skittles granulosa
Strawberry shortcake
Pink lemonade
$500 efflo
Strawberry fields
Blue matrix
Crayola Plana
Raspberry limeaid
Banana lokani
There are certainly more. In fact, I put that list together pretty quickly before chatting with two hobbyists.
Edit: Some of those aren’t even insanely old.
I have a better idea. Can you guess what it is? I think you should definitely get aI am finding less room. Looks like I can add some low light stuff though.
If anyone really tracks things and does research there is very little out there that doesn't fit into the originals/classic list.
All the dumb names & marketing hype have just blurred the lines.
For example----
Is a grown out colony of Shades of Fall really much different than a Strawberry Shortcake?
Muticolored Tenuis have been around for decades..............LEDs make them out to seem like new corals. Same with most Millis.
There must be 50 names for Red tables with green at the base or blue tips.............again around for decades.
I have a better idea. Can you guess what it is? I think you should definitely get a
...bigger tank!Oh darn,
Not that one thread...
Lol, but I definitely need to get more fish, ti answer your question, and maybe a few montis
...bigger tank!
Hey BigE,
Agree wholeheartedly! I have ssen my share of renaming going on for years. For example, I have RMF Acid Trip, RR Event Horizon, JF Solar Flare, and ASD Rainbow Milli. Fairly certain these are all the same coral, and will probably thin one or 2 out down the road, just my own preference to see for myself. So far the difference is nothing more than you might see with any coral being grown in a different tank, different lighting, minerals, or nutrients. I have, by today's standards, some "high-end" pieces, but refuse to pay retail prices, I prefer to stick with fellow hobbyists. All I know is that humility and kindness pays off more in the long haul.. PIF
Perry,
What's really funny about that list in your quote and I agree, is that first actual milli with that color scheme I remember was called Rommels Rainbow Milli..........maybe around 2003 or so?
What was your bulb combo before? Are you mainly t5?I had a rommels watermelon, I believe in the 120, but it was never really all that special. I had RMF Acid Trip in 2015, and it was my personal favorite, and first time seeing that specific color scheme. It was lost by many, and kinda elusive, then popped up with 3 new names, by 3 different vendors, hmmm.... Color patterns, different growth patterns, and diversity all weigh in as important factors, when designing the scape to me. Getting lost in growing to cut is not my plight, seeing a mature reef is. I am happy with my list, and looking forward to seeing them grow BTW, things are going bonkers since my bulb switch to 50/50 combo c+/b+ and cutting reefbar intensity to 50%
Cheers
Lol, I refrenced 2005 on the acid trip, oops.. 2015. And dang Ed, I was just dipping my toes into saltwater in 2005, hence never seeing rommels Rainbow
What was your bulb combo before? Are you mainly t5?