andysgr
Thu, 27th Mar 2008, 03:30 PM
For sale is a WYSIWYG frag of Tyree Limited Edition Ponape Birdsnest. This frag is on a waiting list at Reefarmers until mid 2011. They sell a small frag for $80 but I am asking $35. I have this coral in high and low light conditions and they look quite different.
They say the following about this coral at Reefarmers: "This very unusually colored Seriatopora sp. was personally collected by Bill Schroer and hand delivered to Reeffarmers.com during the summer of 2003. Bill collected this specific coral because he noticed the unique bi-colored nature of its pigmentation. The base branches are brightly green colored while the branch ends or tips are pink. Unfortunately Bill is not currently collecting in Ponape and we may never see this specific coral morph for quite awhile, if at all. The initial fragments were distributed to two other reef aquarists. Tracy Gray and Ray Reed. All three of us had difficulty getting the coral to grow and color well. Eventually we discovered that this coral is a low light coral (just as Bill Schroer said it might be). When placed in low to moderate lighting the coral develops its unique and intense bi-color pigmentation. If positioned under normal moderate to bright light the base branches turn cream with tips that are pinkish. It also does not grow well in bright light. We have not figured out exactly which Seriatopora species this coral is. It is probably one of the following S. hystrix, S. aculeata or S. stellata. This is a good possibility that this good be a Seriatopora stellata species. Calices are raised high and do appear to be forming ridges along the branches. Steve Tyree is currently maintaining this coral for reeffarmers.com in one of his 125 gallon naturally filtered Tri-Zonal EG Reef Aquariums. In Steve's captive reef the coral is positoned at about 26 inches from a 400 watt 20,000 K Radium Metal Halide. Water current is moderate to weak. Price is currently $80 per small sized fragment because of its unique bright bi-coloration pigmentation and the fact that there is no one currently collecting this Ponape morph for the trade. Due to the corals slow growth rate we are only harvesting one fragment every two months."
They say the following about this coral at Reefarmers: "This very unusually colored Seriatopora sp. was personally collected by Bill Schroer and hand delivered to Reeffarmers.com during the summer of 2003. Bill collected this specific coral because he noticed the unique bi-colored nature of its pigmentation. The base branches are brightly green colored while the branch ends or tips are pink. Unfortunately Bill is not currently collecting in Ponape and we may never see this specific coral morph for quite awhile, if at all. The initial fragments were distributed to two other reef aquarists. Tracy Gray and Ray Reed. All three of us had difficulty getting the coral to grow and color well. Eventually we discovered that this coral is a low light coral (just as Bill Schroer said it might be). When placed in low to moderate lighting the coral develops its unique and intense bi-color pigmentation. If positioned under normal moderate to bright light the base branches turn cream with tips that are pinkish. It also does not grow well in bright light. We have not figured out exactly which Seriatopora species this coral is. It is probably one of the following S. hystrix, S. aculeata or S. stellata. This is a good possibility that this good be a Seriatopora stellata species. Calices are raised high and do appear to be forming ridges along the branches. Steve Tyree is currently maintaining this coral for reeffarmers.com in one of his 125 gallon naturally filtered Tri-Zonal EG Reef Aquariums. In Steve's captive reef the coral is positoned at about 26 inches from a 400 watt 20,000 K Radium Metal Halide. Water current is moderate to weak. Price is currently $80 per small sized fragment because of its unique bright bi-coloration pigmentation and the fact that there is no one currently collecting this Ponape morph for the trade. Due to the corals slow growth rate we are only harvesting one fragment every two months."