What did everyone get from CFM?

[Invictus]

I grabbed : Amazeballs Goni; Red Glitter goni; HG Torch; Holy Guacamole Torch; an interesting/colorful encrusting monti. Tried for AquaSD HG Torch, but sold before i got to it.

Random question, but does anyone know what happened to Tiger Torches? They were all the rage about 1.5-2 years ago and recently I haven’t seen a single one talked about or for sale. I also never saw a colony of them beyond a single or double head.
My only theory is that there was a patch of them found in the ocean around that time and no one was successful aquaculturing them. Any ideas?

Calling all torch experts @thephoreefer @Arvin R @RandyC @NanoCrazed @IOnceWasLegend

 

[Darkxerox]

I have mine but in almost two years it's gone from one polyp to maybe 6 but they're all still attached via their septa. Super slow grower (bottom left middle):

 

[JVU]

I think just making sure the coral doesn't get stung by anything while the peanut worm wanders around in the sand.

Also, you need to spot feed them which means you need to kind of keep track of where they are. And they won’t propagate in your tank.

 

[thephoreefer]

Random question, but does anyone know what happened to Tiger Torches? They were all the rage about 1.5-2 years ago and recently I haven’t seen a single one talked about or for sale. I also never saw a colony of them beyond a single or double head.
My only theory is that there was a patch of them found in the ocean around that time and no one was successful aquaculturing them. Any ideas?

Calling all torch experts @thephoreefer @Arvin R @RandyC @NanoCrazed @IOnceWasLegend

They don’t frag well, also lose color. Maybe out of wild one to collect or ban collection?

 

[Arvin R]

Random question, but does anyone know what happened to Tiger Torches? They were all the rage about 1.5-2 years ago and recently I haven’t seen a single one talked about or for sale. I also never saw a colony of them beyond a single or double head.
My only theory is that there was a patch of them found in the ocean around that time and no one was successful aquaculturing them. Any ideas?

Calling all torch experts @thephoreefer @Arvin R @RandyC @NanoCrazed @IOnceWasLegend

They are very rare right now and we only see a few available from one of our suppliers every once in awhile. We had 3 a few months ago. 2 sold and I still have one but it doesn't have any yellow in it so I've decided just to put it in my display tank as no one has been interested in purchasing it due to the lack of color. I've also heard that over time they loose their yellow and turn all green or whatever other color they are. But I haven't held onto one long enough to have any personal experience. I've had one with bright yellow and purple in the past too.

 

[RandyC]

Random question, but does anyone know what happened to Tiger Torches? They were all the rage about 1.5-2 years ago and recently I haven’t seen a single one talked about or for sale. I also never saw a colony of them beyond a single or double head.
My only theory is that there was a patch of them found in the ocean around that time and no one was successful aquaculturing them. Any ideas?

Calling all torch experts @thephoreefer @Arvin R @RandyC @NanoCrazed @IOnceWasLegend

They don’t seem to hold their color well and I haven’t heard anyone keeping one for more than a year. Also, rumor is they grow/split very slow, much like the fat skeleton Aussies Golds.

 

[SeanMc]

Foolishly went to meet @divewsharks for some very generous and nice acro frags without fully realizing what the CFM was. Big mistake. I expected some nice things but the prices seemed insane.

It was nice meeting everyone at the BARS table. My daughter was pretty into the donut holes. (I had a stroller, a High Tide shirt, and a backpack).

Here's what I got:

SC orange passion
JF fox flame
vivid confetti
CB maleficent
jawbreaker
yellow submarine favia
yellow skirt orange center zoas (didn't catch the name. lmk if you know one)
pink diamond zoas

and some mediocre blue light phone pics...

JF fox flame and SCOP

Vivid Confetti

Pink Diamond Zaos

Jawbreaker

CB Maleficent

Fox Flame and SC Orange Passion again

Yellow Submarine favia (better in person) and jawbreaker mushroom

Mystery zoa cluster

My tank is now officially just a frag tank. There's no real room to grow. Need to upgrade in the next 6 months.

 

[Patio]

(I had a stroller, a High Tide shirt, and a backpack).

Whats up @SeanMc I watched you pick out some nice pieces from the vendor you got the orange passion and others from. I feel that guy had some good prices and swooped a couple sticks with names I can't remember.

Also picked up TSA vivid insanity.

 

[SeanMc]

Whats up @SeanMc I watched you pick out some nice pieces from the vendor you got the orange passion and others from. I feel that guy had some good prices and swooped a couple sticks with names I can't remember.

Also picked up TSA vivid insanity.

That's so funny. I totally remember your comment. "I like your style" or something like that.

It was the exact moment when the insanity broke and I switched from, "We'll just have a look around" to "You need to start scooping these dream pieces." $40 each! I couldn't believe it. I got the SC orange passion, fox flame, yellow submarine, and jawbreaker from that vendor. Glad to hear you picked up some nice things too.

 

[Invictus]

yellow skirt orange center zoas (didn't catch the name. lmk if you know one)

I’ve seen them referred to as dragon eyes. Not to be confused with the much different radioactive dragon eyes

 

[Krak256]

Picked up a few corals:

the large pink/orange/teal wilsoni colony was hard to pass up

Pink highlighter and two other tenuis I can't rem the names of

got an amazing deal on this OG bounce because it's loose. opens up to about the size of a quarter

also picked this up from Wine Country right before CFM

 

[Darkxerox]

Picked up a few corals:

the large pink/orange/teal wilsoni colony was hard to pass up
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Pink highlighter and two other tenuis I can't rem the names of
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got an amazing deal on this OG bounce because it's loose. opens up to about the size of a quarter
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also picked this up from Wine Country right before CFM
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I was eyeing that Wilsoni too! How much was it? Nice elegance there too.

 

[Krak256]

I was eyeing that Wilsoni too! How much was it? Nice elegance there too.

It was 300. I really need to make room so I can bring it towards the front of the tank and under more light.

I'm thinking about fragging it at some point given how much real estate it takes up

 

[Darkxerox]

It was 300. I really need to make room so I can bring it towards the front of the tank and under more light.

I'm thinking about fragging it at some point given how much real estate it takes up

They frag really well if you just follow along the corallite walls. But wow do they grow slowly. Mine have done best under lower lighting with occasional food.

 

[TheRealMadMax]

Branching psammocora?

Yes! Green Psammocora. Robert has one colony at Neptune he is growing out.

 

[dochou]

Just curious what everyone got? This was my first one in a while that I had actually bought anything.

I'll post some pics later. I bought two cans, a blasto and three named sps. RRA Ultimate Orange Passion(1), CC Pink Highlighter(2) and a JF Jolt(3)View attachment 65483.

#2 looks awesome!
How did it barf up a rainbow of color behind itself???

 

[Srt4eric]

#2 looks awesome!
How did it barf up a rainbow of color behind itself???

Thats a monti I got from @Darkxerox

 

[tribbitt]

Thats a monti I got from @Darkxerox

That's a really nice monti, never seen one like it :0

 

[Darkxerox]

It's a stung WWC grafted monti

 

[tribbitt]

This came from just red and green of the grafted? Crazy that it has pink, green, yellow, orange purple and blue. Looks like the cc highlighter just got poured into a puddle