Anyone ever see this xenia?

[clockwurk]

I want it...
Can anyone get me a name?

[ninjamini]

I believe its Xenia Photoshopis blacklitus.

But I could be way off.

[clockwurk]

thats very disapointing

[Wonder]

cestpitularia sp
You can do a search to find out more

[clockwurk]

wow...
check these out.

http://www.poppe-images.com/images/s...aria%20species

[MikePowell]

pretty sick stuff. IMO

[REDDAWG43]

lol....I don't care about xenia.
But ''clockwurk'' your avator is AWESOME!!!!

[clockwurk]

Thanks REDDAWG43 lol

[Bullredchaser]

It's cespitularia and it goes for 75 to 100.00 a stalk.Needs high alk to survive.I believe theres about 4 people in West Palm that have it,none in Broward and Dade thats still alive.It's a very unforgiving coral.

[ReefWreak]

Cespitularia is amazing. I've seen it go for $125+ on RC, so it's cool that we might be able to find it for 75-100. It's so beautiful. Not photoshopped or anything. Amazing, beautiful, rare soft coral. And it takes a lot to get me to complement a soft coral, believe me....

[gasman059]

Is there such a thing as a soft coral?

No xenia even if it is he U colors- even if it is GOP realted is worth that much money and time.

So snap out of it son IT'S NOT WORTH IT! J/K!

[sixfins]

I've seen it at GARF, I think they said it was from Bali.

[LouPhoenix]

One day Xenias will rule the Earth as the dominating species.

[LouPhoenix]

DP

[isistius]

true blue cepistualria. i believe ViPeR_930 has it.

[clockwurk]

lol. whats w/ all th ehate for the soft corals?

shoot, im a newbie so i guess i wouldnt know,
but they look damn cool to me.

dont know if id pay 100 bucks though...maybe 50.

[Von_Rahvin]

snob appeal.

[Ding2daDong]

I know of a guy that is propagating that type of xenia here in SoFla.

-Matthew

[MediaHound]

Cultivated Coral has it
http://www.cultivatedcoral.com/produ...products_id=37

[Flamehawk]

I have it and its growing like a weed. I've been keeping two large rocks for about 1.5-2 months now. Everyone says its really hard to keep and that its grows super slow, but not mine.
I have it under high light and med/high flow and it seems to love it. Others have told me its really sensitive to other corals touching it, but mine's mixed in with my acros and no problems.
It has colored up a lot since I first bought it.

Its from Africa, that's one of the reason's its so expensive/hard to find.

Morgan

[ninjamini]

Flamehawk


Looks like its time to frag!

[Bullredchaser]

Nice Morgan.I believe your the first in Miami with success and that color is amazing. It also looks alot bigger then some of the others I've seen.

[Flamehawk]

Yeah, I feel very lucky. After I heard that it was impossible to keep, etc, etc. But I just kept my fingers crossed and I guess Johnny has a wet thumb when it comes to maintaining good water chemistry. ;]

These colonies also came in looking pretty good instead of the mush they usually come in as after shipping. I know Dave at Coral Reef Farm got some at the same time, but I've forgotten to ask him how his is doing.

Lately they've started to put feet out onto my eggcrate so I figured that was a sign from them that I should try to frag. ;]

I tried gluing a little piece down but it didn't take, so I'll have to do it the old fashioned way instead. One colony already has a foot attached and I only put the frag plugs down two days ago! hehe

Morgan

[Flamehawk]

Oh and FWIW, the first two pics are with flash on. Pics were taken under 1: 400 14k HQI bulb.
The funny thing is that our alk is actually low and our calc is high because Johnny was making his own supplements and the alk wasn't mixing into the solution properly. Therefore I don't know if they need hi alk to survive after all. ???