just picked up a $485 ultra rare coral.

bergzy · #1 01/29/2006, 01:53 AM

the guy who sold it to me said that this was an extremely rare albino encrusting montipora that was collected in the deep water strata of the reefs off marshall island.

please do not ask me to frag this as i am planning to keep this rarity all to myself.

but, a heads up tip...i will frag a very small piece in the next 6 months to a year and will post it on ebay where i will get more than what i paid for it.

i am hesitant to post a pic of it as it may be fraudulently used by unscrupulous individuals but here it is:

Lunchbucket · #2 01/29/2006, 02:00 AM

umm...this for realz?

bradleyj · #3 01/29/2006, 02:02 AM

Looks like a very stressed coral to me.

corals b 4 bills · #4 01/29/2006, 02:08 AM

What will it look like when its done?

Surfzup2k4 · #5 01/29/2006, 02:08 AM

ok, somebody's drunk LOL

corals b 4 bills · #6 01/29/2006, 02:09 AM

Please tell me you did not buy this out of someones trunk.

milkshake · #7 01/29/2006, 02:12 AM

Looks like a peice of dead showcase coral that I chunked out of my tank....but if you say so.

Lunchbucket · #8 01/29/2006, 02:21 AM

gotta be a joke...gotta be

[chimp]

Lunchbucket

corals b 4 bills · #9 01/29/2006, 02:23 AM

Sorry, We are family here. Expect posts to be a little harsh. Maybe it is a special coral.... time will tell. Good luck.

bergzy · #10 01/29/2006, 02:24 AM

the seller added that the elevated price was also due to the fact that the outline of the coral bears a resemblence to Bozo the Clown.

i objected that the elevated price due to the resemblence was unfounded as it looks more like Howdy Doody, which has very little to no significance to my generation.

he therefore knocked the original asking price of $685 to $485. i saved over $200 due to my superior negotiating skills.

crrichey · #11 01/29/2006, 02:26 AM

You say rare, I say bleached, if it keeps growing...
Well then it will just be a white coral I guess

jdieck · #12 01/29/2006, 02:29 AM

I have two large rocks covered by it. I hope yours is different and as special as you mention but it looks like it to me. By the way it just came as a hitchhiker.

Lunchbucket · #13 01/29/2006, 02:35 AM

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the seller added that the elevated price was also due to the fact that the outline of the coral bears a resemblence to Bozo the Clown.

oh thank God! i was scared that it was true for a min.

howdy doody....looks more like straigh up dookie!

Lunchbucket

corals b 4 bills · #14 01/29/2006, 02:44 AM

Ah thats not cool.... You mean that I could of goofed on you till my hearts content. bummer.

tigerarmy40 · #15 01/29/2006, 02:44 AM

dude I was embarrassed for you for a minute....

Sparkss · #16 01/29/2006, 02:48 AM

it was a bit scary there for a bit... to think that I could have paid all my bills and house off with the pile of "special albino corals" that I had sitting in a pail next to our frag thank......

although none of them even remotely resembled a major celebrity, so I most likley wouldn't have made more than lunch money

masterswimmer · #17 01/29/2006, 02:56 AM

If you tilt your head just a little bit, I think I see a face, omg, a face with a tear runnng down it's cheek.

Ebay, next to the grilled cheese sandwich!

ugination87 · #18 01/29/2006, 03:41 AM

whats so special about it? doesnt even look like anything..

bergzy · #19 01/29/2006, 03:54 AM

sorry for the spoof guys!

i am lookin' at this thing and it is so pathetic...i had to post a 'blog' on it.

Kinetic · #20 01/29/2006, 05:58 AM

was it a LR hitchhiker? sucks if your coral died tho =P it looks like a dead skeleton to me.

is that a cello in your avatar? My sister's trying to buy a new one right now...

MIKE NY · #21 01/29/2006, 08:46 AM

I was ready to call my brothers and sisters out there to come take a report for you.......because I thought you were robbed...LOL

The Reefer91 · #22 01/29/2006, 09:00 AM

hehehee. i was gona say, you paid good money for a bleached coral? problem is nobody here would believe you to some extent simply cause they all know what alot of LFS do to make a sale. pretty funny though

Sindjin · #23 01/29/2006, 09:49 AM

I have some land here in Florida to sell you!

arconom · #24 01/29/2006, 10:36 AM

Are you selling frags?

menard · #25 01/29/2006, 10:49 AM

I believe that is BLEACH, man, return it where you got it from. w/ that kind of monny you spend on that piece of K_ _ _,sure will drive you nuts if it turn out its die'n in the 1st. place ,and you bought it, COZ' they told you its RARE.