Species of coral rarely seen in the hobby?

[Brandon3152134]

I have a few pieces of some kind of finger coral from the gulf.

 

[Brandon3152134]

Lots haters on this thread already. newsflash...all your corals are better off in the ocean. Dudes just making convo, this whole forum is a learning experience bra

Couldn't agree more. This entire hobby is a learning experience. Imo if you consider yourself an expert in coral your probably not cause anyone who's been doing this for some time knows theres no right way to do things.

 

[DanConnor]

Porites are also not too common in the trade but extremely common in the wild.

Yeah, copps has a for sale thread with a purple satin porites that I have been eying.

 

[Brandon3152134]

Porites are also not too common in the trade but extremely common in the wild.

Mustard hill porites didnt do so hot but it's coming back so I'm probably gonna frag it up and see if I can get it growing again. I added this when my tank wasnt stable enough and realized it was growing back recently so...

 

[Subtropic Reefer]

Mustard hill porites didnt do so hot but it's coming back so I'm probably gonna frag it up and see if I can get it growing again. I added this when my tank wasnt stable enough and realized it was growing back recently so...

aren’t mustard hill potties Caribbean stony? That’s illegal. Unless there is a pacific variety I am unaware of?

 

[Brandon3152134]

Arrest me lol

 

[Brandon3152134]

"It is illegal to harvest it in the United States and most of the Caribbean"
keyword is harvest and most

 

[Subtropic Reefer]

"It is illegal to harvest it in the United States and most of the Caribbean"
keyword is harvest and most

What do you mean key word is harvest?

 

[Subtropic Reefer]

"It is illegal to harvest it in the United States and most of the Caribbean"
keyword is harvest and most

So did you wild collect it?

 

[Brandon3152134]

No. I have kept Florida zoas that are wild and they have exploded in growth. Someone gotta pioneer.

You catch these wild?

 

[Tired]

Actually, Caribbean stony corals are illegal to collect, unless you're collecting your live rock that you placed as dry rock and a stony coral happens to be on it. I have a starlet coral because it came in on my live rock. Not flashy, but neat. I don't know if they're legal to sell, but it's legal to sell live rock that happens to have a starlet coral on it.

Florida allows zoas to be collected, in small numbers, with a permit. Several of those "we go out and catch you stuff" outfits, like KP Aquatics, sell Floridian zoas.

 

[Subtropic Reefer]

You catch these wild?

Yea, but soft corals are allowed.

 

[Subtropic Reefer]

Actually, Caribbean stony corals are illegal to collect, unless you're collecting your live rock that you placed as dry rock and a stony coral happens to be on it. I have a starlet coral because it came in on my live rock. Not flashy, but neat. I don't know if they're legal to sell, but it's legal to sell live rock that happens to have a starlet coral on it.

Florida allows zoas to be collected, in small numbers, with a permit. Several of those "we go out and catch you stuff" outfits, like KP Aquatics, sell Floridian zoas.

Yes but you need a land lease with the government to put live rock and you have to have a permit to do that. For soft coral, u just need a fishing liscence.

 

[Udest]

Btw anyone know if more of that purple porites ?

 

[elysics]

What about wire/corkscrew corals (Cirrhipathes)? Those are certainly very rare and unusual in the hobby. Looks like a drunk gorgonian, but isn't. Also probably NPS though.

 

[Udest]

If I read correctly some corkscrews may be photosynthetic but not many.

 

[Subtropic Reefer]

Bump

 

[Sarlindescent]

I keep 2 varieties of Turbinaria, purple skin with small yellow polyps aka la laker and the large polyp green shown earlier. They have been pretty hardy for me and slow to medium growth rates. Stable alk and calc are a benefit being a stony coral. They are in the background of the photo.

 

[Udest]

It seems that Turbinaria may be one of the more common odd balls out there so there's likey a good chance you'll find it.

 

[Udest]

come to think of something should we also add in particular yellow corals to the list they also seem to be fairly uncommon . i would like to see the recovery of your mustard hill porites