What Coral Do You Want
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Topic: What Coral Do You Want
Posted By: Adam Blundell
Subject: What Coral Do You Want
Date Posted: June 30 2004 at 6:22pm
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Hey everyone. Okay so next month is a coral cutting seminar. Of course that means we could have some corals, and frags for sale. Sooooo what corals would you like to see us have for the meeting? Adam ------------- Come to a meeting, they�re fun! |
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Posted By: Jamison
Date Posted: June 30 2004 at 6:34pm
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Xenia, xenia and more xenia...if you're running low on that, perhaps some xenia would do. Just kidding. Blue Tort (don't know the latin name) would be nice. Some nice colored Ricordea would be interesting and appreciated also. ------------- Educate. Inspire. Conserve. http://[email protected] |
Posted By: Marcus
Date Posted: June 30 2004 at 7:59pm
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Jamison - that would be Acropora tortuosa. Blue is just a rare color for it. Tort is not that uncommon. Adam and Pres members - if you are going to do SPS, please make them bigger sized frags than last time. |
Posted By: ssilcox
Date Posted: June 30 2004 at 8:10pm
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How about Cespitularia ?
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Posted By: jfinch
Date Posted: June 30 2004 at 8:11pm
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I hear Adam's got an "in" on that! ------------- Jon https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6y_EzjI_ljbIwf2n5uNzTw" rel="nofollow - What I've been doing... |
Posted By: Adam Blundell
Date Posted: June 30 2004 at 8:55pm
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The Cespitularia is not for sale. Not for another 12 months. Although, I bet we could track some down. I guess the frag size will somewhat depend on how many corals we have, and how many people show up. But the request is noted, I'll see what we can do. Adam ------------- Come to a meeting, they�re fun! |
Posted By: rstruhs
Date Posted: June 30 2004 at 9:01pm
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Hey, somebody (Suzy and Mark have shown/told me how at least once) may think I know how to frag mushrooms, xenia, ricordia, etc., but it is still kind of scary! I am coming to watch and learn! If I am lucky I may even be able to buy a frag or two. That depends on if I have my new tank close to being ready. Rodney ------------- Rodney, Sandra, Jeffery, and Laura Struhs South Jordan, Utah 98th South & 40th West. (801) 282-2744 75 gallon reef 55 gallon reef 55 gallon FOWLR 20 gallon FOWLR |
Posted By: Adam Haycock
Date Posted: June 30 2004 at 10:58pm
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Purple montipora or other colors besides green, orange and brown. ------------- 
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Posted By: ssilcox
Date Posted: July 01 2004 at 12:22am
| How about anything from ORA. Can we get stuff from them? I dont think that I have seen anything come from them that wasnt just breathtaking. |
Posted By: SSpargur
Date Posted: July 01 2004 at 5:37am
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I'm with Shane. There are a few ORA frags that I would love to have:
ORA Bottle Brush
ORA Green Elkhorn Hirisuta
ORA Purple Tip Nana
ORA Green Birdsnest
Any of those would be great, if possible ;-) ------------- Sean Spargur West Valley, UT |
Posted By: Adam Blundell
Date Posted: July 01 2004 at 7:54am
That is the whole purpose of this meeting. Adam ------------- Come to a meeting, they�re fun! |
rstruhs wrote:Posted By: Adam Blundell
Date Posted: July 01 2004 at 7:56am
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SSpargur, Who are you and what did you do with Sean? The SSpargur I know wouldn't have suggested anything that wasn't a zoanthid. Adam ------------- Come to a meeting, they�re fun! |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: July 01 2004 at 8:20am
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Those ORA coral look great but don't you think that its lighting and photography that make them look so good. (Notice the color of the fingers holding the Birds Nest.)
They don't have large pieces that can be fragged do they? And if they do, they are probably $200+ 
Since the purpose of the Coral Propagation Seminar is to show people how to propagate coral, we may want to be careful not to make it a look like we are a "coral frag store". IMO, it would be best to frag hardy coral that most everyone can keep. If we were a group of only expert coral keepers we could get together to share a fancy/difficult coral. Some of that is already done here on the message board. But since most people in the club are newbies and novices, and also because of the stress imposed upon the fragged coral, we need to look at fragging mostly hardy coral. My 2 cents ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member 
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Posted By: SSpargur
Date Posted: July 01 2004 at 8:35am
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Adam - Although I do LOVE Zoanthids, SPS is my primary love! I was just joking about getting those corals as I do agree with Mark about having the more hearty corals so that the frags that are sold do live. Mark - the photos were supposedly taken under 400w 10k lights suplimented with actinics. It does appear to be some heavy actinics though. I'm actually getting ready to order those 4 frags. ------------- Sean Spargur West Valley, UT |
Posted By: Connie
Date Posted: July 01 2004 at 8:53am
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A little off track but I would like a free table at the meeting... I have some stuff laying around that itsnt worth the trouble of trying to sell it. Can we have a table that is labeled free and if you want it, its yours..... Example: I have two plastic needle work thingies that work great for the ref., Misc plumbing parts, bulb still in box that never got used and I no longer have the ballast, extra test kits.. and so on..... If no one wants it to the garbage can it goes... ------------- I have flying monkeys and I'm not afraid to use them. 180 gallon money pit that I love..... |
Posted By: Will Spencer
Date Posted: July 01 2004 at 11:39am
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I second that (E)motion.
Adam, some cool Zoo's would be great. Are there any SPS that can be easily fragged into many pieces? Or how about something like a Sarcophyton Elegans or a Sinularia. Of course I just mention those two because I'm such a softie. |
Posted By: ssilcox
Date Posted: July 01 2004 at 12:07pm
| Hey will - I just got a sarcophyton elegans (finally after looking all over for quite a while to get a good specimen) a little while ago. It has almost doubled in size since I got it. Give it another month or so and I can frag you some. |
Posted By: Crazy Tarzan
Date Posted: July 01 2004 at 12:12pm
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anything bright colored or BLUE (real blue, not purple or some shade of blue...) ------------- Was that in there yesterday? Casper--WY windier than ? Down to a 20, soon to double or nothing |
Posted By: Carl
Date Posted: July 01 2004 at 12:56pm
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I have a request... Rename the meeting to FragFest or FragStock. That way people do not get the misconception that they will learn how to frag. Or... hold off the Frag-For-All and teach. I was really really disappointed the first one of these I attended. I was ready with notebook in hand. This club has more new members than ever, and most of us/them have no clue how to properly slice open or score or break off their corals. Make those who are only there to get frags or make a profit wait until last to get delve into the fragadellic freakout. For whatever it's worth... ------------- In Syracuse "I believe that forgiving them is God's function. Our job is simply to arrange the meeting." - Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf |
Posted By: Will Spencer
Date Posted: July 01 2004 at 1:49pm
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I actually have a gorgeous specimin myself. I suggested it because: I think it is a cool coral, It is relatively easy to frag with a great probability of not only living, but thriving, and I want one in my other tank, but couldn't bear to frag the one I have. |
Posted By: Will Spencer
Date Posted: July 01 2004 at 1:54pm
| I almost forgot one of my favorites. Gorgonia! |
Posted By: Crazy Tarzan
Date Posted: July 01 2004 at 1:56pm
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How about you set the first hour for having several tables with demonstrations of how to frag a certain coral, and then have the second hour for purchasing the frags you made the first hour? ------------- Was that in there yesterday? Casper--WY windier than ? Down to a 20, soon to double or nothing |
Posted By: Adam Blundell
Date Posted: July 01 2004 at 2:16pm
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We will have tables set up for the Swap Meet. You are welcome to bring all your old junk and trade or sell it. Also, we will be sending out requests for coral donations next week. As for the meeting set up. Yes Carl, for more education. Unfortunately you need to know that lots of people don't actually care to learn anything. They either already know how to frag (or think they do) or just don't care. Lots and lots of people want to come, buy one of everything, and go home. Hopefully we've listened to all the input, and actually addressed some of it. Adam ------------- Come to a meeting, they�re fun! |
Posted By: Will Spencer
Date Posted: July 01 2004 at 2:19pm
I personally say "WooHoo!!!" to more education and less mad dash. After all this isn't the Boston Marathon.
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Posted By: Jamison
Date Posted: July 01 2004 at 3:04pm
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I've only fragged GSP before, so I'm anxious to see you guys in fragging action. I'm bringing a newbie buddy too, so please don't feel like the education part will go unappreciated. We'll be there to learn and thank you for the free lesson. As many different varieties of corals (LPS, leathers, SPS, shroomorphidae etc) as possible. I don't think it matters how rare or common the coral is, as long as I gain info to help me in my future fragging endeavors. ------------- Educate. Inspire. Conserve. http://[email protected] |
Posted By: Weimers
Date Posted: July 01 2004 at 5:24pm
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Gorgonia would be good. Basically, I'll second anything that Will likes, because whatever grows good for him does well in our tank. Mark's gorgonia from the January frag meeting is doing good. ------------- Renee and Damon Weimer Tankless in Hawaii |
Posted By: Marcus
Date Posted: July 01 2004 at 11:09pm
I mean for coral's sake, not the hobbyist's sake. Small, wait - I mean Teeny Tiny frags (like they were last time) don't survive as well as 1"ers or so. But I don't really care anyway, just thought I would bring up an old dead thread about pink birdsnest. hahaha.... |
Posted By: Jake Pehrson
Date Posted: July 02 2004 at 8:19am
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Marcus, Have no fear, the frags will be bigger then last meeting! We should have some nice corals to frag. ------------- Jake Pehrson Murray http://coralplanet.com" rel="nofollow - coralplanet.com http://utahbeeranch.com" rel="nofollow - :) |
Posted By: Adam Blundell
Date Posted: July 02 2004 at 8:27am
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Ah, I see. That makes sense. Well we will have (I think) some very large frags as well. Adam ------------- Come to a meeting, they�re fun! |
Posted By: Marcus
Date Posted: July 02 2004 at 5:36pm
| I am just giving you guys a hard time, that's all... You always do a good job and I'm sure you will this time too. |
Posted By: Travis
Date Posted: July 09 2004 at 10:08am
Some Blue Tort would get me there  . Sense I have never attended one, how does it all work?? Are there frags in tanks you can choose from and buy?? Is WMAS looking for donated corals??
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Posted By: Adam Blundell
Date Posted: July 09 2004 at 11:17am
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Frags will be mostly pre bagged ready to buy. But we will have a few corals out, for a seminar type meeting. We are always looking for donated corals. I'll have more info after tonight, and will be sending out an email. I suggest coming, but let me get back to you tomorrow. Adam ------------- Come to a meeting, they�re fun! |