Acan maxima? i think not

twon8 · May 13, 2007

rm selling this as acanthastrea maxima, which it clearly isnt'

http://www.reefermadness.us/RMD05115511.htm

twon8 · May 13, 2007

i'll go halfs with someone on it....

no iwont'

patedship · May 13, 2007

hmm I would say scolly not maxima. At 3" there is no way at all I believe it is an acan. My maxima is only like 1.75-2 AT THE ABSOLUTE MOST. But it is still a cool piece at $1500 someone has to be a fool to buy it.

twon8 · May 13, 2007

patedship said:
hmm I would say scolly not maxima. At 3" there is no way at all I believe it is an acan. My maxima is only like 1.75-2 AT THE ABSOLUTE MOST. But it is still a cool piece at $1500 someone has to be a fool to buy it.

I don't think you have a maxima either, no one collects in the small area they are native to; they just don't enter the trade, though unscrupulous or ignorant people try and pass them off as such.

mussids are so hard to id, im kind of disappointed that rm would try to pass some weird mussid off as a acan maxima

patedship · May 13, 2007

Its fine, when I bought it it was sold to me as just a rare acan but labeled a maxima I got it from ReefReady regardless it is sweet and HUGE and I have never seen anything like it before. A lot of people ask me what the heck it is when they see it.. I dont know how many people I have had to say "NO you cant have it!" hehe

gflat65 · May 13, 2007

I know the scoly's coming out of Aussieland are being charged by the cm... It's a nice piece, but not $1500 nice...

Acro76 · May 13, 2007

LOL! :hammer:

Now I see why they call the website reefer madness! I've never liked this site, something just seems wrong about everything...

I'd say its a nice lobophyllia polyp... $80 to $100 would be a reasonable price for this coral.

surfn · May 13, 2007

you guys have to remember, reefermadness includes the shipping and box fee in the price of the coral.....so the price must be due to fuel costs passed down by fedex... :hammer:

RandyO · May 13, 2007

I'm starting to see why they posted that coral for sale on their site.

It wasn't to sell it, but to drum up talk about it. This is the third thread I've seen with a link to that piece. And I don't do that much surfing. There's probably many more.

They are getting plenty of free advertising by putting that piece up for sale.

patedship · May 13, 2007

That could be very true, I never check there site but after looking at the link I browsed all there stuff... those slick jerks!

BigBadZoaDaddy · May 14, 2007

come on who doesn't understand marketing here! LOL seriously!! there was nothing more to it than that!! LOL

UNKNOWN unIDed coral I want $1000 4x4" but if you ID it correctly I will give it to ya for 1/2 price you can find in my PB

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s134/XAWP/DSC01176.jpg

d.grcich · May 14, 2007

I have done business with them a few times and I will have to speak up and say they have allways sent me great corals! One of the few sites that I have not been disapointed with.

BigBadZoaDaddy · May 14, 2007

I belive that I hope that is nort what I portrayed? I have never bought from them? BUt have heard good things, just seen that add around alot latly also?
AND have played that game in the marketing industry.

gflat65 · May 14, 2007

I'll say that I've dealt with Chris a number of times and all have been pleasant. The corals are usually larger than stated (or at least seem so when you have them in hand) and the colors are usually pretty good (not as vibrant as the pics, but not too far off). That is a great marketing ploy, though, I guess. Too rich for my blood.

An off the hip guess for the unknown would be either Favia speciosa or potentially an Acan faviaformis? Just guesses without looking at pics of either...

THE BEAUT · May 15, 2007

I think scoly also.

Patwa · May 15, 2007

twon8 said:
rm selling this as acanthastrea maxima, which it clearly isnt'

http://www.reefermadness.us/RMD05115511.htm

i'm with you on this one....it's defintiely nice, but what is it? ...lol....it's similar to some Australian Scolys that came in to Toronto recently, i do admit.....but it's also similar to tracyphyllia or even some obscure species of symphyllia....bah! too much headaches!

no one, not even super-brainiac-reefers like Borneman or Calfo can 100% ID a coral without looking at the skeleton....there's no way around it.....that being said, we must give RM the benefit of the doubt.....but then again....they did generate a whole lotta talk and publicity for their site....kudos to them! lol

a. maxima does exist...just rarely collected, if at all....hell, I even have a polyp of a supposed a. maxima (and you gotta hear the story behind it, let me tell ya!).......even our major reef shop (ReefRaft) had a couple morphs of a. maxima....they were going for $800-900CDN if i remember correctly...yikes

Zach