purple monster

NanoManMaster · #1 10/18/2007, 10:01 PM

does anyone in the area have a small colony of this coral would be interested to see it

m3nac3 · #2 10/18/2007, 10:25 PM

aquarium creations in brandon has a nice colony.

Don Lino · #3 10/18/2007, 10:38 PM

Nate, are they selling frags from it??
I may have to swing by 2morrow and see it.

m3nac3 · #4 10/19/2007, 08:23 AM

no i dont think so its a colony, they are asking 70 bucks i think its really nice man

cymbiline · #5 10/19/2007, 10:13 AM

If the colony can be broken up maybe we should pick it up and slit amongst a few

Bob

m3nac3 · #6 10/19/2007, 10:27 AM

im sure it can. and im definately down to split it with someone.

lino you got a pm

wizsmaster · #7 10/19/2007, 01:44 PM

i just called - they said they don't have one ... it sold. and it's $80 they told me over the phone.

--marco

m3nac3 · #8 10/19/2007, 01:59 PM

yeah its sold to us. it was $80

mflamb · #9 10/19/2007, 02:19 PM

I hope you're patient. I would not recommend fragging at the current size.

Don Lino · #10 10/19/2007, 02:48 PM

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mflamb · #11 10/19/2007, 02:54 PM

Hmmm...what does that mean?

The Hawk'ster · #12 10/20/2007, 07:57 AM

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Originally posted by Don Lino

Now that is funny!!

mflamb the way I am taking it is that Don Lino is giving congratulations on m3nac3 score.... I could be wrong.

m3nac3, that is a very nice score indeed!! Is the purple monster going in the 210 and if so how long has it been up and running for? That is a very difficult piece to keep healthy.

From what I know, a tank should be set up and running for a very
minimum of 6mos and even then anyone who adds any SPS are taking chances and have very high rate fatalities. I have seen it and continue to see it. Some get lucky JMI

The Hawk'ster · #13 10/20/2007, 07:59 AM

double post..sorry

mflamb · #14 10/20/2007, 08:42 AM

Paul, Joey (Don Lino) bought the purple monster. It looks pretty good. I would not frag it in it's current size / arrangement. Nate (m3nac3) is making the 210 into a predator tank. It's a great size for a predator tank. The 210 is a 7 foot long tank. Nate also has a SPS reef that looked real good the last time I saw it. He seems to have a good handle on reefing. I too have seen the high fatality rate of SPS in new tanks. Not sure why. I've not experienced that in QT, even though they are basically new tanks when I QT SPS in them. My 390 will be almost 6 months old when I put my first SPS in it. How is your tank doing after the "bug battle"? That sucks, but I don't think anyone else would have battled it as hard and long as you have.

m3nac3 · #15 10/20/2007, 09:22 AM

thanks mike for clearing that up. i would be putting the purple monster in my 60 cube reef.

The Hawk'ster · #16 10/20/2007, 09:23 AM

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Originally posted by m3nac3
yeah its sold to us. it was $80

Ok, a bit of a misunderstanding sorry about that as well...thanks Mike.

m3nac3 that is great that the 210 is a predator tank.

Mike, I got a new batch of interceptor and I feel confident that the bugs are gone. All pods were annihilated and no signs of the bugs . Tomorrow I will do the 3rd and final treatement. Thank you for asking!

mflamb · #17 10/20/2007, 09:46 AM

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Originally posted by m3nac3
thanks mike for clearing that up. i would be putting the purple monster in my 60 cube reef.

Whoever puts it in their tank, please post a picture.

wizsmaster · #18 10/20/2007, 09:47 AM

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Originally posted by The Hawk'ster
Mike, I got a new batch of interceptor and I feel confident that the bugs are gone. All pods were annihilated and no signs of the bugs . Tomorrow I will do the 3rd and final treatement. Thank you for asking!

what dosage are you using?
I will have to treat very shortly ... found the bugs a few weeks ago. :-(

The Hawk'ster · #19 10/20/2007, 10:05 AM

wizsmaster, The best way that I found to treat the bugs came from a LFS. Take a full tab for 51 - 100lbs dogs and dissolve it in 1000mls of RO water. Then add 25mls of the solution per 10ga of tank water.

Make sure you remove carbon and filter socks / turn off skimmer and phasban reactor or any other filters you might have. I treat for 24hrs and then trun everything back on and install filter socks. I do a 20% water change right before I treat for the 2nd time a week later.

Repeat for all 3 treatments.

Don Lino · #20 10/20/2007, 11:52 AM

Paul, I was kinda bragging about the piece that I bought... Congratulating myself but when I received it being that I had a freind pick it up for me I noticed that it was not the real Purple monster...

Don Lino · #21 10/20/2007, 11:55 AM

The real deal Holyfeild:
http://www.dynamicecomorphology.com/stevepurple.htm

MikeFlamb, Im sure you can see from the pik above it is not the same piece. I will post pix ASAP. Thanks

Its still a nice big piece though, I cant complain... Its mine now!

cymbiline · #22 10/20/2007, 06:50 PM

Don is there a pic of it yet?

Bob

Don Lino · #23 10/20/2007, 07:26 PM

sorry, gimme a second...

Don Lino · #24 10/20/2007, 07:34 PM

Here she goes. It looks more like some type of monti. Maybe the Purple have monti or some sort... I'll look it up and get the name.

racerw · #25 10/20/2007, 09:17 PM

Here is a picture of our mini colony LE purple monster

The piece you received appears to be a purple haze monti....nice piece.