Purple monster Acropora information?

biecacka · Feb 8, 2024

Nate Chalk said:
I am pretty sure I have a piece of this from a Battle box from @Battlecorals

Its just starting to send up new arms

Of the purple monster? That’s awesome. What’s everyone paying for a frag of it nowadays? I think reefbum sold his for $600 or so.

Corey

Reefing102 · Feb 8, 2024

There’s a local that states he has the OG PM. He sells frags of it for about $400-$500 each. I don’t know if @Battlecorals has the PM or not.

Nate Chalk · Feb 8, 2024

If anything it looks super similar. Ain't no way $600 is worth.

Geesh

We gotta stop paying the hype prices y'all.

biecacka · Feb 8, 2024

Nate, you are right! Here prices have really gotten out of control

Corey

RockBox13 · Feb 8, 2024

There was a guy named Eddie Hanson who I think was very influential in the hobby and he also had a version of the “Purple Monster” called “Eddie’s Purple Monster” that was a lighter purple overall but very beautiful as well. Eddie then moved to Bali and was responsible (I believe) for bringing blue LED lights to exporters and coral divers and that changed the hobby in such a way I think that it’s hard to calculate, yet it goes unnoticed. Eddie picked a lot of beautiful corals that were exported to the US and became famous in their own right. Anyhow, Eddie left the hobby years ago and now lives in Maine or Rhode Island about as far away as possible from the amazing corals he loved and brought to the hobby such a long time ago.

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Nate Chalk · Feb 8, 2024

biecacka said:
Nate, you are right! Here prices have really gotten out of control

Corey

I have had the worst luck trying to sell any frags here to. At hobbiest prices...

So I still want to know who's spending that kind of money lol

BriansBrain · Feb 8, 2024

I’m following along. I got a piece from a local reefer who had his colony verified from Steve Tyree. He got the colony from a tank tear down that was running for 20 years. Idk we’ll see.

His colony is the deep purple and white polyps. Mine looks more bluish now and I took this picture later when my schedule is more blue. Hopefully I can get it to purple up a bit

ttsBKLYNreef · Apr 13, 2024

this was given to me as a small colony. I am unsure of the origins but suspect its not a PM. the deep purple is similar but the polyps are more brown than white. thoughts?

Danny McElroy · Apr 13, 2024

Fangs said:
I have been fascinated with all the old sps that were apart of the hobby for a very long time. I was wondering, has similar coral from the Solomon Islands been imported after the OG came in? I know when Jake Adam’s and Unique Corals went they got a colony, but have any known come in besides that time? I’ve seen Solomon coral being imported recently so was just curious. Any other information about the purple monster will be welcomed as well. Thanks everyone.

I have a look alike mini colony that is not the OG Tyree, but looks very similar that grows much faster than the OG version...

legacy2mj · Apr 13, 2024

Danny McElroy said:
I have a look alike mini colony that is not the OG Tyree, but looks very similar that grows much faster than the OG version...

It doesn’t look like an OG PM to me.. still a very nice purple acro tho. I think the dead giveaway when it comes to whether or not it’s a real Tyree PM is deff the growth rate.

Again, not to take away from what you have, cause it’s still a very nice acro that I would love to have a frag of.