Florescent Green Nepthea

[condor]

i have not seen anyone here post pics of this beautiful leather. i know it is possibly extinct in the wild but i also know that it is in circulation. i personally have PLENTY so i am just wondering who else is enjoying this rare near extinct coral in their tank. if you have pics post em.

i will post pics of mine soon

 

[condor]

really............ not one on R2R has it?(at least those logged in)

 

[Russellaqua]

Here's a little one.

 

[condor]

nice dude. i was starting to think it was an east coast thing........

 

[condor]

ya now that they tried to reseed the reef with captive grown colonies and they did not take. take care of yours if you have some.

 

[revsgirl]

We have one! It's a beast! Maybe I can talk David into taking a pic and posting it!

 

[condor]

We have one! It's a beast! Maybe I can talk David into taking a pic and posting it!

nice..... the more the reefier

maybe one day R2R members can help to reseed the reefs with this beautiful coral, and with luck it will take and thrive

 

[Acroholic]

I have a large colony of Palau Green Nepthea. It is nice, but I have to trim it regularly because it can get ginormous .. I've given a lot away locally.

 

[condor]

I have a large colony of Palau Green Nepthea. It is nice, but I have to trim it regularly because it can get ginormous .. I've given a lot away locally.

it does grow fast...and thats awesome that you share the wealth.
it is not all that hardy as is does noes not take well to swings of any kind(gets the black plague), probably why the tsunami wipped it out and all other species made a come back.

 

[Acroholic]

it does grow fast...and thats awesome that you share the wealth.
it is not all that hardy as is does noes not take well to swings of any kind(gets the black plague), probably why the tsunami wipped it out and all other species made a come back.

I believe the species was supposedly gone from the wild before the Tsunami.

 

[condor]

hmmm. maybe.....i dont know for sure, just what ive heard over the years

 

[Acroholic]

Either way...makes you wonder why no one has tried to reintroduce it back into the wild?

 

[jaypainter24]

I have a large colony of it. Got it about 4-5 yrs ago almost lost it several times during tank moves. A local reefer here in socal had a huge colony and shared with all the scmas members back in the day. Mine is now probualy about a 8"x10" piece. Customers drool over it about I don't dare cut it and stress it. I'll post a pic in the am when I get to the store.

 

[ladyreefer1983]

i dont have a close up pic but found one...heres mine...it grows a bit fast on me...hope mine grows like a colony

 

[Reef Goddess]

But are we talking about true nephthea or sinularia? I have a very large colony of Palau green sinularia which is commonly mislabeled in the hobby as Palua nephthea, true nephthea is much rarer and still very few people have it.


Frags of my Palua sinularia.

 

[condor]

But are we talking about true nephthea or sinularia? I have a very large colony of Palau green sinularia which is commonly mislabeled in the hobby as Palua nephthea, true nephthea is much rarer and still very few people have it.


Frags of my Palua sinularia.

the pic posted by russelaqua is the nepthea im referring to. and it is possible that it may be sinularia
i have not had a chance to take new pics of mine yet but they are coming. this leather glows like it is radioactive

 

[divewsharks]

i have it as well, no recent pics, i have had it for about 5yrs now. only recently have i made any cuttings of it.

 

[Midwest Frags]

I have 4 really huge colonies of it! All in different tanks. A lot of customers that see it actually think that it is an SPS the way it glows until it starts moving LOL! Great coral, I have had no issues with cutting on it. Probably fragged it over 100 times no issues!

Matt

 

[saltwaterfishes]

It got too big for my 65g.....about 9"x7". Cut a small branch and start over. Colony went to a very nice reefer.

 

[dfladermaus]

IA lot of customers that see it actually think that it is an SPS the way it glows until it starts moving LOL

every show I do I bring some and I always get the same question at least a dozen times....what kind of SPS is that. Stuff is great! Probably one of my top 10 favorite corals.