Whats the next popular coral?

[Meisen]

What do you all think the next highly sought after/collected corals are going to be? After the Duncans, Dendros, Rhizos, Acans, Micros......All of these are increasingly common and present in many people's collections.

Whats next? More aquaculture of some of the nicer micros and acans?

Super cool Trachyphyllias?

Or something new?

[HookedOnCoral]

I'd say these aussie acans will take over for awhile. Their color is just insane.

[chrisstie]

I vote favites\favids, then blastos... then maybe lobos.

How in the heck this hobby ends up having trends is beyond me. I search after beautiful things for my tank... unfortunately sometimes my interests cross the line with trendy and I have to pay for it but.. coral is a living being.. so weird to have fads with living beings you know?

[Justin74]

Originally posted by Meisen
What do you all think the next highly sought after/collected corals are going to be? After the Duncans, Dendros, Rhizos, Acans, Micros......All of these are increasingly common and present in many people's collections.

Whats next?

You didn't get the memo?


-Justin

[chrisstie]

ROFL ok now THAT is good haha

[Justin74]

tee-hee

-Justin

[grisha]

i want it
i want it
i want it
cool pic and nasty pest
but i think chalice and micro is the trands for a while . as wall as acans. but after craze wares out ppl will start pay attention to what is on the pic and how it is going to look in their tank and nnot just a name

[coralcutie]

Originally posted by Justin74


You didn't get the memo?


-Justin

hmm..is that rare, how much for a frag?

[Meisen]

I think you could talk it up if you tried.....nothing quite like a tank covered in them. And you know, if you give em good lighting they do get a neat rainbow-colored hue.

[tacocat]

Originally posted by chrisstie
I vote favites\favids, then blastos... then maybe lobos.

so weird to have fads with living beings you know?

Not really, thus far, the fads have been over corals or coral colors previously unseen in the US aquriaum trade. I'm not sure if it's a fad, or that a particular item becomes super popular. Once they get spread around, they aren't mentioned as much. I have noticed that popularity is an inverse function of distribution.

[zdawgnight]

I have to say that all the corals that are mentioned above as fads have all been some of the most attractive colored animals. I just bought some dendros and they are and will be the most attractive corals in tank as well as the most expensive. Unfortunately your going to pay the price for the better looking pieces so is that really a fad or a premium on the best looking?

[wishntoboutside]

what about the hole chalice rage. some of those frags are going for high dollars right now.

[ct_vol]

Originally posted by HookedOnCoral
I'd say these aussie acans will take over for awhile. Their color is just insane.

I agree... Aussies are going to be the next big thing... Especially after they become more readily available in the US...

[Hypertek99]

Yup Aussie Acans

[chrisstie]

I already considered them as the "now" in thing. I'd like to see more come our way though they are spectacular

[seapug]

Maybe if Aptasia became the next "big thing" they'd suddenly become hard to find and impossible to keep alive?...lol.

[mikekman]

I'm not sure if its going to be some new kind of coral but I think the corals that are currently extremely popular like zoos, rics, acans, dendros, etc will become even more popular as people find rarer or more exotic color morphs.

I find myself drooling at all the cool zoos that certain sites have and I'm sure people feel that way about some of the crazy aussie acans that diamondsinthereef, darklordcoral, etc have all got in.

I see the popular corals continue to be popular with a big emphasis on more exotic color morphs.

ALSO, if people start getting into cold water tanks like Steve Weast did, then I see a huge popularity in some cool cold water anemones like waratahs anems, strawberry corals, etc. If anyone has seen the thread in the advanced topics of Steve Weasts cold water tank, that should speak for itself!

Mike

[water hazzard]

Afraid to say but I think these Aussies will go by the wayside. Appearently these crazy color morphs can be brough in at any time. As numerous as these are the prices will fall thru the roof. Most sites have already cut their prices because they know more are comming.

[chrisstie]

Coming from australia they don't have to wait on CITES or whatever it is to do their thing?

[Meisen]

Originally posted by mikekman
I'm not sure if its going to be some new kind of coral but I think the corals that are currently extremely popular like zoos, rics, acans, dendros, etc will become even more popular as people find rarer or more exotic color morphs.

Mike

Yeah agreed, that could certainly be it. Nice stuff never goes out of style.

[gflat65]

I don't think we've seen enough nice Leptastrea and Cephastrea, personally...

[Serioussnaps]

People want what they cant have....if its hard to get it will be "popular."

[Meisen]

I like the Cyphastreas too Gflat. They often develop a different shape than most of the other stuff in the tank. There arent many varieties around either although I wonder if this is b/c thats all there is out in the ocean.

I have seen pinks, reds and greens but nothing else. They are also almost always monochromatic with the exception of Tyree's meteor shower.

[gflat65]

Larry at edens gate has one (what he thinks is C. microphthalma)that is baby blue with greenish centers (or vice versa). I had it until the move. The picture of the mother colony was nice...

[neyugn0w01]

Cyphastrea are my favorite corals also. You should get the Tyree Meteor Shower and the Red Eye along with Atlantis other one. Place them close to each other and let them grow into small colonies. Amazing to look at.