We caved... TSA bought a Jawdropper

[TopShelfAquatics]

Sooooo... fast grower...

Lets just say this one has NOT paid rent yet and its probably not going to for the next year either lol
Backrent WILL be due at some point though lol

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Lets just say this one has NOT paid rent yet and its probably not going to for the next year either lol
Backrent WILL be due at some point though lol

It's a freeloader. ;Hilarious

 

[TDEcoral]

Almost as slow growing as purple monster.

 

[Noob_reefer]

What is the backstory of the jawdropper? I have never heard of it before lol

 

[NB Reefer]

Amazing!!!

 

[Braves Fan]

What is the backstory of the jawdropper? I have never heard of it before lol

Me either ,, takes a bit for a Acro to get my attention ,, when TSA ,, who can afford to buy any coral they want ,, says they ""caved "" and bought a frag ,, that gets my attention ,,, now I want to know TSA ,, give us a history on this coral ,, whats up

 

[Joedubyk]

JD is like the hottest acro right now in terms of trends

 

[Sgolden]

I have a JD frag 1 month since shipping. Regaining color very slow. This is one to have patients with.
Seems to be responding to Red Sea A/B

 

[TopShelfAquatics]

Update on our little red headed step child...
Its encrusted a bit more and thats about it lol

 

[TopShelfAquatics]

Me either ,, takes a bit for a Acro to get my attention ,, when TSA ,, who can afford to buy any coral they want ,, says they ""caved "" and bought a frag ,, that gets my attention ,,, now I want to know TSA ,, give us a history on this coral ,, whats up

This piece has a very very long backstory. There are literally endless threads about it(and I encourage you to read them, they're long) but TLDR its a sweet piece that takes forever to grow. Maybe by next year we might get some actual growth

 

[siggy]

Waiting for a frag..........................................

 

[WickedReefs]

Nice! Ill be following this thread

 

[sfg]

What is the backstory of the jawdropper? I have never heard of it before lol

IMO it's probably one of the oldest High Ends in the SPS game. Was a unicorn for awhile but seems to be more available here in the past several months. Price wise it's held it's value pretty good. Reasoning for that is lack of availability, how slow it grows and how finicky it is. I'm on my second frag here within 6 months. First one came in healthy, within a month it started to STN and never recovered. The day I knew it was a goner I bought another one and so far this one has been rock solid.

If you're a high end SPS collector this one should easily be in your top 5.

 

[Graffiti Spot]

One of the oldest? What about 500$ efflo, the 20k (and other) lokani, and purple monster? The jaw dropper still feels pretty new to me but either way I would love to be able to try and grow it one day. So all of you that are growing it please let it grow and just don’t touch it until it’s a colony.

Looks like a good start topshelf! I hope you (and everyone else who has it) can supply many frags in the future and get this coral propagated well, thanks for sharing the updates.

 

[TopShelfAquatics]

Jawdropper update! We're taking a clipping off today in an effort to speed up some growth... fingers crossed everyone!

 

[driftin]

Would you mind posting a photo of it with white lighting?

 

[Saltyreef]

Have patience... mine still looks like that after many months, but has grown a bit. I have a bad feeling that by the time that mine is large enough to frag some, it will be a $100 coral.

Yup.....didnt those golden basket GMKs do that?! Lol
Oops that comment was from last year lol.

 

[adsf430]

Any update? Should get this thread back going

 

[TopShelfAquatics]

Any update? Should get this thread back going

This was the last picture we took of the colony. It was a few months back though. We will have to get a new one to share with everyone.

 

[adsf430]

This was the last picture we took of the colony. It was a few months back though. We will have to get a new one to share with everyone.

This will do for now but we'll hold you to that, looks great!