Red Acan Maxima for CHEAP!!!
 

Only $1500! :eek: This may require a personal visit!

[url]http://www.reefermadness.us/RMD05115511.htm[/url]

nice

Makes a great Mothers Day present. Nothing says " I Love You" like a acan maxima. Although I'm not a fan of them, I'm actually suprised its not sold yet.

I will take two for that price. What I really want to know is how fast do they grow?

I can't fathom why a coral would cost that much.

looks like a Scolymia to me.

I've seen this piece many times. I've offered to buy it several times but Chris never wanted to sell it. At one time he did give me a price, but I think it was just to shut me up already. Since I probably asked 10 times by then. I will say it was more then $1500.

This coral is amazing. Its not as bright red as the picture shows, but its red and blue.

[QUOTE][i]<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9930474#post9930474 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by neyugn0w01 [/i]
[B]I will take two for that price. What I really want to know is how fast do they grow? [/B][/QUOTE]

From what he's told me its never grown since he's had it. Over 2 years.

[QUOTE][i]<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9931689#post9931689 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by All Delight [/i]
[B]I've seen this piece many times. I've offered to buy it several times but Chris never wanted to sell it. At one time he did give me a price, but I think it was just to shut me up already. Since I probably asked 10 times by then. I will say it was more then $1500.

This coral is amazing. Its not as bright red as the picture shows, but its red and blue. [/B][/QUOTE]

Does it inflate to twice the sized of the skeleton?

I don't know about twice. It comes to the edge and is more fluffy then the picture.

i'm with randyo on this one. nice but doubt it is a maxima

[QUOTE][i]<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9932516#post9932516 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gosaints [/i]
[B]i'm with randyo on this one. nice but doubt it is a maxima [/B][/QUOTE]

That's the problem with the Acan Maxima's that I've seen. The don't cluster like Lorhowensis or Micromussa's so it's hard to differentiate them between a small group of Lobo's or if they're really Maximas. For that price, I'd like irrefutable evidence that are truely Maximas.

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That's the problem with the Acan Maxima's that I've seen
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Speaking of that, does anyone have a link handy to the "acan maxima" thread from a while back?

doesnt this look similar?

[url]http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=017&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=270118329492&rd=1&rd=1[/url]

Two things bother me with online coral purchases.
The colors always seem to be enhanced and there's no scale too really know how big the piece is. For me it's seeing before purchasing, especially if it's expensive.

[QUOTE][i]<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9933874#post9933874 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by paininthewrasse [/i]
[B]doesnt this look similar?

[url]http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=017&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=270118329492&rd=1&rd=1[/url] [/B][/QUOTE]

Now that is a cool coral.

yah that is craaazy.

knowing Chris and Kris that is a maxima. Chris is the best at IDing any type of coral. If I had the cash I would buy it.

And for the record, I have ordered many times from RM and found their items to be accurately represented as far as size and coloration.

Are you getting it wayne?

nah. i'm over acans. if it were a crazy sps colony for that price...that would be another story.

Says it's 3" so it's a Scoly IMO. Maxima coralites are up to 2" maximum (Aims site). Also, the coloration is typical Scoly.

What do you think of the one above linked from EBAY. I'm thinking it's a maxima and was told by Kris at RMI that it was also.

Just my opinion, but I still have not seen an Acanthastrea maxima in captivity. Most of the corals I've seen called Maxima's are not even remotely close.

Did that include shipping?