Gonzo's Cookie Monster, Anyone?

jda · Mar 26, 2019

Anybody have this? AquaNerd did a feature on it, but this what a long time ago. It is like ARC Fireworks, but on steroids. It looks to me like what people what they corals to look like under RB diodes, but it looks like this under 14k lighting. It is hard to photograph, so if you have one, please post it. This is pretty good except that it glows more in person.

Graffiti Spot · Mar 26, 2019

Is that yours? The Cookie Monster is the best variant of all the similar pieces available right now from what I have seen. I would like to see people’s pieces as well.

jda · Mar 26, 2019

Yes, that is mine. Grown quite a bit and encrusted, but no new branches... just getting thicker.

Graffiti Spot · Mar 27, 2019

That’s nice, I would actually pay for that piece, not so much the fireworks though. I have had donei acros that are no different from fireworks from what I could see. Kinda regret selling my little colony when I decided to focus on different growth forms.

tqui · Mar 27, 2019

here's mine:

tqui · Mar 27, 2019

and here's ARC firework:

declanisadog · Mar 27, 2019

tqui said:
and here's ARC firework:

NICE!!!

Love this piece. I've been on the lookout for this one for a while.

jolt · Mar 27, 2019

Here's mine. It's a good grower for me ...

jschultzbass · Mar 27, 2019

how do those compare to Merlins staff?

jolt · Mar 27, 2019

jschultzbass said:
how do those compare to Merlins staff?

Very different. I have both. You can see them side by side here

tqui · Mar 27, 2019

jschultzbass said:
how do those compare to Merlins staff?

i dont have the Merlins staff... but IMO it's the same as ARC Firework... again- i could be wrong -- "no pun intended"... .here's is a piece of ARC firwork that i broke off and glued to a different location:

jda · Mar 27, 2019

Are the bodies of this coral more blue in person, or are the photos pretty accurate? Mine is really as blue as in the photo.

The Merlins Staff that I have seen have a more purple body with a goldish polyp.

jschultzbass · Mar 27, 2019

tqui said:
i dont have the Merlins staff... but IMO it's the same as ARC Firework... again- i could be wrong -- "no pun intended"... .here's is a piece of ARC firwork that i broke off and glued to a different location:

I hope they aren't the same, I just paid a lot more for a Staff instead of getting the fireworks!

Graffiti Spot · Mar 30, 2019

Wow, anyone see the Allstar acro? Looks like the same kind of variant but the biggest price tag. I wonder if there is a real difference or not.
Jolt, nice pic, that’s exactly what my wild Aussie piece looked like. It would get a nice blue in the rim and tips under good light.

bubbaque · Mar 30, 2019

Pedoconfuego said:
Wow, anyone see the Allstar acro? Looks like the same kind of variant but the biggest price tag. I wonder if there is a real difference or not.
Jolt, nice pic, that’s exactly what my wild Aussie piece looked like. It would get a nice blue in the rim and tips under good light.

I have the all star and arc fireworks but the all star is in a league of its own. It has true gold polyps and not the brownish polyps people call gold.

Graffiti Spot · Mar 30, 2019

Yea it does have nice green gold polyps. Yours looks really good. Though I think the prices on these corals surprise me more than the colors 100 percent of the time. Especially when there are so many variants of the same kind out there. I feel like this used to make people look over pieces more than collect them.

Hagios · Mar 30, 2019

Here's another Gonzo Cookie Monster. Fast grower for me as well. Under good placement it gets yellow tips.

TDEcoral · Mar 30, 2019

I have a variant of the fireworks/merlins staff/all star. Came in to the LFS as a wild Aussie colony.

Reefer40b · Mar 31, 2019

I recently got a nice piece of this cookie monster(needs some love though looked a little haggard), haven't started photographing it but if its anything like my All star look alike, its definitely going to be hard to photograph. Even though the coral is blue my phone will turn it purple... working on getting a better camera. Will see though..