Is the torch craze dying? Whats next?
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I got 2 nice frags of short stemmed gonis last week at a show here in Houston. I have never seen a goni with almost no stem.
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Those are called short polyps. There are micro polyp goniopora as well.I got 2 nice frags of short stemmed gonis last week at a show here in Houston. I have never seen a goni with almost no stem.
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Trachys, Scolys, Acans. With the current changes taking place in Australia with the cites permit system and the WHO pushing to limit exports to around 5% of the current limits I could see the price of Australian coral skyrocketing. The whole supply and demand that caused Torch prices to go through the roof. I already see Scoly prices rising substantially on the wholesale level as I run a saltwater aquarium specialty store and look through many wholesalers lists.
Gonis are cool though. Some are easier to keep these days or we are just better at keeping them. Dealing with the public selling coral all day people do love coral that adds movement to their tanks.
Gonis are cool though. Some are easier to keep these days or we are just better at keeping them. Dealing with the public selling coral all day people do love coral that adds movement to their tanks.
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Blastos seem to be getting really expensive lately. Seeing more and more color varients, but even your basic red and green are getting up there.
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I see that for some. There was an all red blasto I saw at a live sale that seemed way overpriced a couple weeks ago but it sold
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Gold Hammers under Bluer lighting are a beautiful pink. Gold Hammers FTWSo after watching a few live sales, it seems the torch craze (with some exceptions), seems to be slowly dying back. More and more are sticking around on the websites longer, the classifieds aren't blowing up as much, and overall slightly lower pricing. It seems the torch craze may be dying back some. The bounce craze still seems to be going strong.
With that said, what do you predict the next craze will be? It seems Hammers are peaking a little bit and Button Scolys. My own opinion is that it's going to hang around various brightly or mixed colored variations of LPS and specifically Frogspawn as I've been seeing alot of color variations as of late, its easily fragable, and still on the low price range.
Anyone care to take any guesses?
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I have a nice orange hammer and a green and purple that glows a gold/green color under blues.
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For sure... Orange and yellow hammers are beauts
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I don’t have the wall kind. Mine has doubled in size since I purchased 4 months ago. I think they require a little more varying flow than some people provide.
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Gotta say that I agree here. I really like my orange hammer(s). I started out with two heads about two years ago (on a trade for a t5 retro) and now I have 4 colonies of it! Just this week I got a few more in trade that I'm really eager to see grow out too. A peach frogspawn, a purple hammer, and a splatter jester. I've had a pink frogspawn that is super cool and I'm hoping to get an ultimate frogspawn sometime soon. After that I'll have no more room. I'm not even a collector of these things... just really like the way they look. I may have to sell/trade a colony or two of my orange hammer to make some more room in the lagoon. :0)
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I absolutely love orange hammers. I’m still on the lookout for a very nice Aussie orange hammer. I saw a few but never pulled this trigger. My first orange hammer comes tomorrow but I don’t believe it’s an Aussie. Funny enough, I bought a basically green with blue tip frogspawn last week. I haven’t seen one in quite some time and forgot how nice they look!
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Ooh that’s nice. I haven’t seen those in a while
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I’ll have to grab a pic in the morning. It’s moonlight time right now lol
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I would like to offer a home to any unfortunate torches that have fallen out of favor with their keepers now that the craze is over.
I know there are many that like to be "in style" with their reefs... here is a guilt free way to get rid of those pesky Aussie Golds, Indo Golds, Jesters, Holy Grail, Dragon Soul, NY Nicks (I'm in NY, it will be like they are just "going home") and other now undesirable creatures, and know they will be admired and well cared for.
I won't charge you a dime...
Look... this torch looks very happy right? I think I can speak for Mr Salty here, and say he is indeed happy and would LOVE some company!
I know there are many that like to be "in style" with their reefs... here is a guilt free way to get rid of those pesky Aussie Golds, Indo Golds, Jesters, Holy Grail, Dragon Soul, NY Nicks (I'm in NY, it will be like they are just "going home") and other now undesirable creatures, and know they will be admired and well cared for.
I won't charge you a dime...
Look... this torch looks very happy right? I think I can speak for Mr Salty here, and say he is indeed happy and would LOVE some company!
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So I can’t capture the orange with my blues (hoping to get a lens kit). However the first two are pretty accurate to color
Indo Green with Purple Tips
Indo Green and purple
Aussie Orange
Indo Green with Purple Tips
Indo Green and purple
Aussie Orange
