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Monkey that first one is sweet.
Airinhere I can see why you'd save that one. Thats a nice colony.
Hogfirsh those are some nice colors.
Andrew can't tell much from that picture, but from what I've of your corals I'm sure its a nice one.
Christie I paid way too much for mine. And pricing is really irregular. There are alot of the aussie ones out there, and if you stay away from the "exotic" specialist you'll find them really reasonable. I've seen purple and green hillae frags for like $20 a head. Thats dirt cheap. Growth IME is pretty slow. That red and teal one that I have in the first picture had two adult heads when I first got it, about a year ago. I was looking for the picture of when I first got it so I can show you then and now. Of course I always run into it when I don't need it, now I've been looking for 20 mins and can't find it. Anyways when I first got it it had adult heads, now those heads have gotten alot bigger and have grown more mouths around it. I think I have about 6 additional mouths now. But it seems like it takes forever for them to fully develope. I feed them here and there. But at least they've grown more mouths. That was the first Hillae I bought, and it came from one of those exotic farmers so I paid a premium. But I was mislead because he told me it was pink. He promised not a reddish pink but pink, pink. I've seen a fully pink no red Hillae before, so I knew it was possible. So I forked out the cash. It looked kinda reddish pink in my tank, then once it settled in it was red. This was the first time I dealt with him I called him and he said well you know, under different lights and different tanks the corals will change slightly. Lesson learned.
The pink one is a totally different story. I've had that piece for about 14 months and not one new mouth. Nothing. I got that piece from Chris @ Reefermadness. He said he had it for 2 years and nothing. If he wasn't exaggerating, thats 3 years without any growth.
If you want I could find a frag around here for you and ship it to you. PM me if you like.
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