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Old 04/29/2007, 01:23 AM
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No way Coralite! I started the thread so I get first dibs on a frag right?
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Old 04/30/2007, 11:03 PM
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Here is a top down shot of 2 of these that I picked up in Denver area.




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Old 05/02/2007, 04:50 PM
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What is the difference in TYREE and regular?
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Old 05/02/2007, 06:35 PM
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Here's my Rocky Mountain Green Polyp Leather. It's about 3" tall from 2" 6 months ago. They're awesome neon green.

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Old 05/04/2007, 10:25 AM
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Sorry i don't have a good camera for taking pictures in an aquarium but this is the frag a couple days after being introduced to my tank.

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Old 05/04/2007, 05:06 PM
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herostar--SWEEEEET coral...
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Old 06/03/2007, 04:57 PM
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What is the difference in TYREE and regular?
The price...I still can't believe the prices people charge (and pay) for a Tyree "LE" coral. My green polyp toadstool looks a lot like the Tyree one and I paid $30 for a 2"x3" frag at Petco of all places. IMO, this whole "Limited Edition" coral craze is exactly what this hobby is NOT about. IMO, if a coral is rare (and it does well in tanks), frag the crap out of it and sell it for reasonable prices. Then it won't be rare anymore.
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Old 06/03/2007, 05:05 PM
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here's mine.
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Old 06/11/2007, 04:49 PM
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Ha! Rocky Mountain Toadstool--- very funny but true! I moved to the Denver area from LA last September and was blown away by all the green toadstools for sale-- never saw one of them in the aquarium capital of LA. On the other hand, Zoas that sell for $10 in LA are $80 here...

Who'd have thought Colorado would be "the source" for a coral....anyway, here's one of my Rocky Mountain Toadstool clones:

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Old 07/01/2007, 11:38 PM
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I got a Tyree, smaller than a dime for $70, about a month and a half ago, it is just now used to my lighting and is starting to extend its polyps, what kind of lighting and placment do you have them under.
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Old 07/03/2007, 01:07 AM
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2 months difference. $15. a little bigger than a golfball. i have a bio cube 29 gallons. 2 36watt pc lights and high flow.
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Old 07/04/2007, 05:33 PM
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This green polyp leather thing is the biggest joke I have ever seen. This Tyree business is such a sham. Anyone that pays more than $10 for one of these just flat out doesn't know what they are doing. Someone tells you its a limited edition and you jump all over it, I have seen countless green polyp leathers of the years for sale all over and have seen this stupid Tyree LE leather popup in the past year, what a joke. I have some LE pink xenia if anyone is interested for $100 a frag.....
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Old 07/04/2007, 10:47 PM
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i agree with you and the "LE tyree" stuff buy you have to understand that different corals command different prices in different cities/states. i personally paid 30 bucks for my toadstool. i have seen them online for 70 bucks and the local fish store for about the same, and neither said "LE tyree toadstool" just neon green toadstool. i have talked to quite a few people in cali that would never pay the prices i've paid for some stuff bc its like xenia where they are at.
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Old 07/24/2007, 04:00 PM
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May I ask, what exactly is this 'Tyree brand' if you will? So ORA is Oceans Reefs Aquariums... Then what is Tyree? I know a lot of people here say price, but I was curious about the origin of the nomenclature. Is it an individual / certain strain of the leather? Or is it something else? Thanks - just curious and interested...
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Old 07/24/2007, 05:57 PM
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Steve Tyree is a well known aquarist guy who has propagated a green polyp toadstool that has made it's way into the market. Some people say it's a different clone than other green polyp toadstools. In my opinion, the Tyrees are not different or fantastic enough to justify the often inflated price.
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Old 07/24/2007, 06:23 PM
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wow, his frags are $$ in the bank then! Someday, someone will say, I'll have a MikeD 'Insert coral name here' frag - ultra rare and mucho $$$! jk. I know I'll be getting one of these soon just a $15 frag though...

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Old 08/14/2007, 02:36 AM
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i was actually able to get a frag of this "tyree toadstool" at a recent local swap i went to. hopefully i can make it GROW fast...haha

next time i'm in denver i'll have to check out the LFS for toadstools!
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Old 08/14/2007, 09:14 AM
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^^^agree ^^^ that has to be the greenest one i have ever seen!
 

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