orange crush acan

[papa.250]

I was going to buy a orange crush acan. It is the size of a baseball. It is going for 150 dollars. is this a good deal. Thanks

[yellowslayer13]

little over priced

[Mofo84]

is this orange crush?

[elkinsda]

That orange looks pretty sweet mofo84

[gholtmeyer]

yellowslayer, if that is over priced, and I am not saying it is or isn't, where do you get your acans? I am about to take the jump and start collecting them and not sure where to get them from.

Thanks

[Mike16]

not sure

bright colors come at an expensive price

[neyugn0w01]

Originally posted by Mofo84
is this orange crush?

They are all called orange crush. But I believe the one you want has a green center and orange base.

[Scythanith]

I bought this from my LFS for ~80 bucks. I was told it's not a true orange crush but a morph.

[MN. Reef crzy]

wow, pretty coral for 80 dollars man!

[mr294]

Definitely a steal for $80

[jjmcat]

I wouldnt sell mine for 150 if thats a good answer.

[Blitz99]

no where near 150... i paid 25

[jjmcat]

Originally posted by Blitz99

no where near 150... i paid 25

Yea rainbows are pretty cheap normaly.

[Purple Haze]

There you go.

[JenDub]

"Orange Crush" is a generic name used for A. Echinatas with orange tissue, as stated above the original OC has orange outer tissue with a bright green eye. I think Tyree's version of the OC is called "Agent Orange" =)

[Justin74]

Ive always understood the OC to be the one with purple/brown eyes. Never knew agent orange to be termed as the orange crush either, just Tyree's Agent orange, albeit prettier IMO, not the OG OC
Heres a dark shot of mine, the orange brilliantly glows in person


-Justin

[jjmcat]

Here is a current pic of mine.I do see a little green in the eye but the whole eye isn't green.

[JenDub]

To be honest I don't think there is much if any of the OG OC left in circulation, most are knock-offs.

Either way any Orange Echinata is a winner IMO, even darker ones will eventually morph into brighter specimen with proper care. They are really cool corals, my last one was orange/green on one side of the colony and purple/blue on the other side =)

[Justin74]

Originally posted by JenDub
To be honest I don't think there is much if any of the OG OC left in circulation, most are knock-offs.

Ya, I havent done my research to even know where the first person to name one that came from, and how many were distributed and to whom. I got mine from Rob aka Jusreefin a few years back, I think you may know him
Any old salts have the lowdown on the history? Would be interesting to hear and have always wondered, even moreso with these threads and the recent flood.

Btw, I dont mean to keep bumpin heads but I really do believe that the OC is NOT an ech, but a subechinata. What throws me for a loop though is Verons description of them both. The skeletal pics match the OC imo, but when he describes echinatas he says they appear more fleshy in appearance While to me, and the three morphs I have of echinatas, they do not look more fleshy than the OC IMO, but more skeletal. And then he goes on to say how the echs show concentric folds while the subs do not, but in the pics of the subs everyone has concentric folds! And in the pic of the echs only 1 shows concentric folds!!
I dunno, guess it doesnt even matter, really

Nevermind!
Would still like to hear some history, if anyone knows though.

-Justin

[JenDub]

Rob's was an OG OC =)

I agree that there is definitely a difference between the OG OC and other echinatas, not sure if it is related to the region it was collected or if it was a subech.

[Justin74]

Thanks for the input Jen.

Originally posted by jjmcat
Here is a current pic of mine......

Sorry, just had to spotlight this badboy again! This colony is just flat out gnarly! and an excellent representation! Kudos on yer blue thumb!

-Justin

[jjmcat]

Thanks Justin.This all started from a small frag.

[JenDub]

WOW!!!!!!!!!

That's a nice grow-out! How long did that take?

[jjmcat]

Originally posted by Jandouba
WOW!!!!!!!!!

That's a nice grow-out! How long did that take?

I won that frag in November of 2005 in a club raffle.I have only made one 6 head frag from this colony.I did lose some of it as well when a Yuma fell on it.I just wished this grew as fast as my lords do.BTW love your site.

[JenDub]

They are always starting fights in my tank so I'm surprised a yuma damaged the echinata, I guess it finally met it's match!