LFS find!!!

joshkirkland83 · Jan 15, 2016

How common is this coral?? Its a YELLOW Pagoda Cup. [HASHTAG]#reefsquad[/HASHTAG]

kschweer · Jan 15, 2016

Nice! Nit sure how rare it is but I've never seen one.

joshkirkland83 · Jan 15, 2016

kschweer said:
Nice! Nit sure how rare it is but I've never seen one.

Me either. Thats why I was asking. They are usually green or a teal color.

Diesel · Jan 15, 2016

I'm afraid but I'm hoping it stays yellow, I have seen one that over a period of a few weeks turns regular green.
What was the price tag on it??

joshkirkland83 · Jan 15, 2016

Diesel said:
I'm afraid but I'm hoping it stays yellow, I have seen one that over a period of a few weeks turns regular green.
What was the price tag on it??

Aww man. $79.

Diesel · Jan 15, 2016

joshkirkland83 said:
Aww man. $79.

If it stay yellow that's a steal for a rare find!

ermartin · Jan 15, 2016

I have never seen a real YELLOW one. back in the day they would DYE them. This pretty much looks like one of those. hope im wrong . the real "yellow ones are faint brownish yellow.

here is an article

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-09/ac/feature/index.php

joshkirkland83 · Jan 15, 2016

ermartin said:
I have never seen a real YELLOW one. back in the day they would DYE them. This pretty much looks like one of those. hope im wrong . the real "yellow ones are faint brownish yellow.

here is an article

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-09/ac/feature/index.php

Oh well, either way i got a pagoda cup. They do real well in my tanks. Ill just grow it out.

scardall · Jan 15, 2016

they like water movement and use to be quite common many years ago.

kireek · Jan 16, 2016

I have not seen a large one before. The yellow kind will grow much slower than the green or purple varieties.They won't compete well will anything either, so be sure to find it a safe spot for it.That's a perfect looking frag you got,thank you for sharing!

David M. · Jan 21, 2016

A frag of yellow just sold in my reef club for $15, it was about that size too. I knew I should have got it! Funny enough, the club is in Augusta, GA. Only a few hours from Savannah.

Eckolancer · Jan 21, 2016

Well add that to the list of my next corals. I have bright green and green/purple one already.

joshkirkland83 · Feb 8, 2016

Update: it was dyed. It bleached and is now turning a pale green. My LFS is pretty cool. i believe they didnt know, they gave me store credit and told me to keep it. So reefers beware of dyed corals!!