Help me pick my last additions

[Steve Ruddy]

My tank is nearly full with mostly low - mid priced common sps. I want to add 6 more corals but would like the last 6 to be mid to high end collector pieces. Nothing over $300 in cost and these 6 should look good from a distance. I don't care how awesome they are in close up photos as this is not how I will be seeing them everyday. The only two corals I have in this category are Walt Disney and Pink Floyd Acropora.

 

[delv2323]

SC OP, ARC Fireworks, ASD Rainbow, RRA Lady In Pink, JF ALtered Ego (or something similar).....

 

[d_adler]

Fox flame, pink lemonade

 

[alten78]

Tierra del Fuego, Icefire, Vivid Rainbow Delight, Rasperry Blue mille, Fox Flame, ASD Rainbow

 

[BigJim]

The two you picked would make my list as well as Orange Passion, a rainbow or bubble gum milli, JF Fantasy Island and cc kombucha.

 

[Mattrg02]

Orange passion and fox flame.

 

[Tyreef2016]

I would check out budmanscorals, I just put together a high end pack from him for Christmas. he also has a lot of the pieces mentioned above and has some Christmas deals running right now if you can catch them.

-great seller
-great communication
-great price/frag sizes

check him out.

 

[Fishfinder]

SC orange passion, fox flame, Tierra del Fuego

 

[jda]

Fox Flame, True Garf Bonsai, Tyree Ultimate Stag (start this one low and let it branch all the way to the top), some type of Blue Mille (ORA Blue would be great), Red Dragon and the OG Purple Monster.

You can always trade the PM for other high end corals, so I recommend it to anybody - it is always in demand.

 

[Steve Ruddy]

Thanks for the suggestions! Looks like Fox Flame has 5 votes. I have seen this in person and was offered a free frag. I turned it down as I wasn't at all impressed. I have looked at many photos of it too and nothing had changed my mind. Maybe it looks better under only blue light but that's not how I run my tank and I only see blue only light for about 1/2 hour a day during sunrise and sunset. Sexy Corals Orange Passion so far has second place, but I'm wondering how much different from Walt Disney it will be. So far the suggestions I like the best are ARC Fireworks and JF Fantasy Island and possibly JF Attered Ego, but can't find any photos other than small frags.

 

[jda]

Fox Flame is legit under "normal" lights. It is really impressive when it gets hundreds of tips glowing that yellow-green. I run mine under 14K Phoenix on M80 with no other supplementation. It is not even expensive anymore. If it is not for you, then it is not for you - I have no room in my tank for any Walt Disney, so to each their own, right?

Orange passion has to get kinda big or else the blue tips will overwhelm the colony. The polyps are orange, but if you have a low PE tank, then it will be less impressive. Mine is very dense and from a distance is looks pretty blue, but up by the glass, or from the top, you can see the contrast with the orange and it is nice. Again, this is under just 14K halides.

I would also add a really good Ice Fire - the white/blue contrast is awesome. There are some really bad ones out there, but the one with lineage to Tyree is really good.

 

[29bonsaireef]

If Fox Flame is colored up it looks amazing under white lighting as well. Nothing really compares to the maroon base and bright yellow tips IMO. Pantera Rosa, Maleficent, Blue Tort, Yellow Passion, Paletta Pinktip, and ASD Rainbow milli are some of the nicer ones I've owned and not too expensive.

 

[Crreef]

I would add a JF home wrecker, JF jack’o lantern, tyrees dragon skin lepto, mummy eye chalice, and a JF enchanted forest birds nest.