Browned out WWC frags have colored up. Help ID please.

Seancj · Oct 21, 2023

I would be grateful for help with possible ID's for the frags in the video. I know that they are WWC frags, but had no ID, and no color when I purchased them at my LFS. They have colored up nicely in my tank over the past 6 to 8 weeks.
I pause for a few seconds on the frags in question in the video.
Thanks in advance!

WhatCouldGoWrong71 · Oct 21, 2023

Those are nice. Did you get them for a good deal due to browning put and buying unknown acro frags?

Lavey29 · Oct 21, 2023

Just ask WWC for ID

Seancj · Oct 21, 2023

WhatCouldGoWrong71 said:
Those are nice. Did you get them for a good deal due to browning put and buying unknown acro frags?

Yep, $25 to $40 each.

Seancj · Oct 21, 2023

Lavey29 said:
Just ask WWC for ID

I'll do that. Thanks.

ninjamyst · Oct 21, 2023

Do share your parameters!! How do you get such nice polyps extensions

Seancj · Oct 21, 2023

I'm not doing anything special. I run a very simple reef.
4 really old Kessil A360WE's run full spectrum most of the day with ramp up and down. 2 ATI Blue Plus T5's. 2 LED strip lights with blue and violet LEDS.
I dose All For Reef for a period when lights first come on and drip Kalkwasser at night.
Nitrates are usually between 55 and 60 (I don't have a lot of fish, but I do have a lot of big anemones in the tank that get fed every weekend).
20% water change every Saturday.
Phosphate between. O8 and 1.0
PH 8.3
ALK 7.7, trying to bring that up to around 8/8.5 as my SPS collection grows, by slowly increasing the All Four Reef dose.
I don't test for anything else.

ScottB · Oct 21, 2023

Seancj said:
Yep, $25 to $40 each.

That is some real fire you got there -- especially at that price.

Seancj · Oct 21, 2023

ScottB said:
That is some real fire you got there -- especially at that price.

I got really lucky. I'm amazed at the colors coming out of these frags. I think just about every tenuis I picked os a type of rainbow.

ScottB · Oct 21, 2023

Seancj said:
I got really lucky. I'm amazed at the colors coming out of these frags. I think just about every tenuis I picked os a type of rainbow.

Not sure how your LFS makes any profit out of this unless he has a big growout tank or something.

Seancj · Oct 21, 2023

ScottB said:
Not sure how your LFS makes any profit out of this unless he has a big growout tank or something.

Nope, these frags were basically being liquidated. A large portion of these frags RTN'd shortly after arriving at the store, and those that didn't, browned/greened out. Frags were STN'ing and dieing off every couple of days. They were being sold as is to cut their losses. I took a chance with those that still had full tissue.

ScottB · Oct 22, 2023

Seancj said:
Nope, these frags were basically being liquidated. A large portion of these frags RTN'd shortly after arriving at the store, and those that didn't, browned/greened out. Frags were STN'ing and dieing off every couple of days. They were being sold as is to cut their losses. I took a chance with those that still had full tissue.

You made out really really well. Beautiful pieces with awesome colors.

Seancj · Oct 24, 2023

I've sent the video to WWC and waiting to hear back. No one here can hazard a guess at what these may be?

jda · Oct 24, 2023

WWC not only sells named frags, but also imports, chops and sells. There is no guarantee that any of them have names and stuff. If they did not come with names and lineage then they likely do not have any. Most vendors are not in the habit of liquidating named pieces anyway.

Seancj · Oct 24, 2023

They had names when being sold at the New York show. A list with ID was provided by WWC, but was lost during travel from New York to Florida and then back to KC. LFS owner bought out all the remaining frags at the end of show and brought them back to KC. He does that alot. WWC was not liquidating the frags but did sell the end of show frags at a package discount. My LFS is the one liquidating them due to their condition and there being no way to ID them.

ScottB · Oct 28, 2023

Seancj said:
They had names when being sold at the New York show. A list with ID was provided by WWC, but was lost during travel from New York to Florida and then back to KC. LFS owner bought out all the remaining frags at the end of show and brought them back to KC. He does that alot. WWC was not liquidating the frags but did sell the end of show frags at a package discount. My LFS is the one liquidating them due to their condition and there being no way to ID them.

Ah that does make sense to me now. That is a pretty common practice at shows. All that time in transit and outside the home system is stressful on the corals.