Cali Kid Corals

Do you miss any corals?

Twisted

Twisted

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Do you guys have any Corals regret selling or dying? I’ve been looking back at some pictures of past corals I’ve had and a few Corals come to mind that I regret selling. I had this green on green branching frogspawn that had heads the size of a baseball and I hate how I don’t have it anymore.
 
I miss an old red/green open brain trachy that took me a couple years to talk the owner of Wet Pets Pleasanton (Waldo, a real character) into selling. It was nothing like the amazing colored trachys you see today but to me it was a cool piece with a nice memory of the store and owner attached to it.
 
Patio said:
I miss an old red/green open brain trachy that took me a couple years to talk the owner of Wet Pets Pleasanton (Waldo, a real character) into selling. It was nothing like the amazing colored trachys you see today but to me it was a cool piece with a nice memory of the store and owner attached to it.
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Sometimes the memory and story attached to some corals are more important than the looks of the coral.
 
Do you guys have pics of those? I'd love to see them.

I agree about the memory or emotions attached to something increases its perceived value. That's definitely something I am starting to see with some people being attached to a colony they've had for many years. I was watching a ReefBuilders YT video and Jake was showing off a basic blasto, but you could tell it meant a lot to him. He mentioned he had it since the 90s and it was basically in most tanks to ensure it lives on. That was cool. I recently got a frag of Palua Green Nepthea from @Hella_Salty650 which has been with his family for many years. So that adds a lot of history and value to a piece.
 
ReyDeFarts said:
Do you guys have pics of those? I'd love to see them.

I agree about the memory or emotions attached to something increases its perceived value. That's definitely something I am starting to see with some people being attached to a colony they've had for many years. I was watching a ReefBuilders YT video and Jake was showing off a basic blasto, but you could tell it meant a lot to him. He mentioned he had it since the 90s and it was basically in most tanks to ensure it lives on. That was cool. I recently got a frag of Palua Green Nepthea from @Hella_Salty650 which has been with his family for many years. So that adds a lot of history and value to a piece.
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It’s the green frog bottom right
 
Twisted said:
It’s the green frog bottom right
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Oh that's beautiful! Frogspawn is on my list too. Euphyllia right?

I always confuse that and octospawn. I haven't seen enough of them to tell the difference. Lol

Then there's those hybrid hammer/frogspawn, frammer or something.
 
ReyDeFarts said:
Oh that's beautiful! Frogspawn is on my list too. Euphyllia right?

I always confuse that and octospawn. I haven't seen enough of them to tell the difference. Lol

Then there's those hybrid hammer/frogspawn, frammer or something.
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Yea it’s Euphyllia. Personally I just see Frogspawn and hammers. I know there are Hybrids but I usually just think of them as frogspawn. And Octospwan are just frogspawn with more “ dots” for a lack of a better word on each tentacle
 
ReyDeFarts said:
Do you guys have pics of those? I'd love to see them.

I agree about the memory or emotions attached to something increases its perceived value. That's definitely something I am starting to see with some people being attached to a colony they've had for many years. I was watching a ReefBuilders YT video and Jake was showing off a basic blasto, but you could tell it meant a lot to him. He mentioned he had it since the 90s and it was basically in most tanks to ensure it lives on. That was cool. I recently got a frag of Palua Green Nepthea from @Hella_Salty650 which has been with his family for many years. So that adds a lot of history and value to a piece.
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My old Palmer's in the top down shot in this post:

Thomas' 29G TruVu

So it all started in Jan 2006. 29G TruVu tank from when they had a warehouse in the East Bay with a handmade sump made out of a 10G glass sump. Tank originally had a 250w metal halide. First rock and live sand went in fast (Tonga branch) and two tank bred perculas from Mobert in Los Gatos...
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@Kensington Reefer @Coral reefer I'm trying to grow it out from the frag I got in December but it's not quite happy yet.
 
I had a Colt coral way back in the day. Grew very large and fluffy; now i don't much see them around.

on the Palmers Blue Milli front, that was definitely a coral i was missing until i managed to find a small frag of it i am trying to grow out now.
 
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