The resplendent Bkchem Jumanji

ryshark · Sep 19, 2020

Very nice! Are these acropora speciosa ? If so, its nice to see something other than a tenuis. Not that I don't like tenuis, but variety is nice.

danreefman · Sep 19, 2020

ryshark said:
Very nice! Are these acropora speciosa ? If so, its nice to see something other than a tenuis. Not that I don't like tenuis, but variety is nice.

These are not Speciosa. Was talking with Ratha, he said someone did an article on them labeling them as speciosa. He said they're definitely wrong. He runs through thousands of pcs. Of coral and has no clue what species they are. Pretty sure he monopolized them here in the United States of America.

I can say if you have seen these in person all other corals will not be as satisfying.

Graffiti Spot · Sep 19, 2020

If he doesn’t know what they are then it doesn’t make sense he knows they are wrong (I am guessing reef builders did the article). Pretty sure people have been labeling them as “deepwater tenuis” which seems even more wrong than the speciosa ID imo, which I think is so close I wouldn’t even try finding another ID.
I think I offended him when I tried to start a conversation on another thread about it. I think he was offended by me mentioning the fact that the “deepwater tenuis” ID is a real easy way to sell the frags since everyone wants tenuis these days, and I was just being straight not trying to be rude.
Either way these pieces are some nice ones but I will wait til prices come down to put them in my tank and just enjoy everyone’s nice pics

Charlie’s Frags · Sep 19, 2020

Pedoconfuego said:
If he doesn’t know what they are then it doesn’t make sense he knows they are wrong (I am guessing reef builders did the article). Pretty sure people have been labeling them as “deepwater tenuis” which seems even more wrong than the speciosa ID imo, which I think is so close I wouldn’t even try finding another ID.
I think I offended him when I tried to start a conversation on another thread about it. I think he was offended by me mentioning the fact that the “deepwater tenuis” ID is a real easy way to sell the frags since everyone wants tenuis these days, and I was just being straight not trying to be rude.
Either way these pieces are some nice ones but I will wait til prices come down to put them in my tank and just enjoy everyone’s nice pics

They’re definitely not a Tenuis. Every experienced acro id’er says they are speciosa, which I agree with.

ARAJEA · Sep 19, 2020

What camera are you using?

Graffiti Spot · Sep 19, 2020

Chaswood79 said:
They’re definitely not a Tenuis. Every experienced acro id’er says they are speciosa, which I agree with.

Shoot at this point if they were tenuis they wouldn’t be as nice, with so many amazing different variants coming from indo and some from Australia, if they were tenuis they would be almost boring at this point. Either way I can’t wait to have one in my tank one day I love the flame like polyps!

jimc40 · Sep 19, 2020

danreefman said:
Not sure which one was Jumanji. But this is a pack I made for someone that was never able to ship out.

Is this pack for sale?

danreefman · Sep 19, 2020

jimc40 said:
Is this pack for sale?

I wish.

danreefman · Sep 19, 2020

I wish I had that pack for myself at this point

Mr_Knightley · Sep 19, 2020

Holy cow, that looks like something a little kid would draw after stealing his mom's highlighter pens! That thing is bomb-diggity-doo-dum-doh!

Sisterlimonpot · Sep 19, 2020

It's pretty, I'd like for someone to put the SBB Half Baked on the same plug and see what happens. I'd be surprised if they weren't the same coral.

ryshark · Sep 19, 2020

Sisterlimonpot said:
It's pretty, I'd like for someone to put the SBB Half Baked on the same plug and see what happens. I'd be surprised if they weren't the same coral.

That could be an expensive experiment.

danreefman · Sep 19, 2020

Sisterlimonpot said:
It's pretty, I'd like for someone to put the SBB Half Baked on the same plug and see what happens. I'd be surprised if they weren't the same coral.

Pretty sure SBB got these from bkchem. I think half baked is one similar to Jumanji. I think Ratha called that one mermaid. Can't remember.

Shane has his High priced marketing scheme. So he changes the names where he can.

danreefman · Sep 19, 2020

Whoever you get it from. It's worth what you pay. No matter how big, it will be an instant favorite. It is difficult to keep. For this reason many have lost it. And it's not a comon coral that just comes in on every shipment from Malaysia. Anyone waiting on a price drop, might be waiting a long while