My acanthophyilla.......s

Vincent100 · Jan 27, 2018

Hi all
I'm getting abit of a thing for acanthophyilla
Hope I spelled it right lol or doughnut coral
Or meat Coral lol
Anyway a few pics , if anyone else has any let's see em
Posting in UK forum but don't care where your from ............all friends

DSC reef · Jan 27, 2018

Simply stunning!

najer · Jan 28, 2018

Very nice.

foxt · Jan 28, 2018

Beautiful. What do feed them, and how do keep other mouths away? Mine eats so slowly I have resorted to having to cover it when I feed it.

Vincent100 · Jan 28, 2018

foxt said:
Beautiful. What do feed them, and how do keep other mouths away? Mine eats so slowly I have resorted to having to cover it when I feed it.

Hi foxt
I feed vitalis pellets , some LPS and some of the nem ones as well , they seem to give a brilliant feeding response to them .
Yep their slow at eating the food so I have to stand guard with my glass scraper pole lol

foxt · Jan 30, 2018

Thanks for the response! I feed pellets too, as well as a chunk of table shrimp to a larger acantho. I tried feeding late at night when the fish are not active, and found that the crabs and snails were just as eager to steal food. I don’t have the patience to stand and chase stuff away for 30 mins, so I cover the big piece with a container while it eats. The smaller stuff reacts more quickly, so I let them fend for themselves.

Ho often do you feed? I feed twice a week ..

azreeftank · Jan 30, 2018

Love meat corals myself I have 7 in my tank at the moment. I have one that looks a lot like yours here is a couple of pics the rose color with tiny gold speckles( similar to yours) is my favorite. When I feed the tank it swells up and it has great feeding response.

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foxt · Jan 30, 2018

Beautiful! Do you spot feed them, or just rely on whatever they catch when you feed the tank?

azreeftank · Jan 30, 2018

I occasionally spot feed them but I feed my tank heavy and they love catching food. They swell up triple the size every time I feed the tank. Couple of them look like Anemones spilling their guts when they are inside out here is Nike (wife named him that because orange Nike logo look in the middle) before and after feeding tank. I love meat corals they are fast becoming my fetish!

foxt · Jan 31, 2018

Nice!

Vincent100 · Jan 31, 2018

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Yep same here about twice a week

Vincent100 · Jan 31, 2018

azreeftank said:
Love meat corals myself I have 7 in my tank at the moment. I have one that looks a lot like yours here is a couple of pics the rose color with tiny gold speckles( similar to yours) is my favorite. When I feed the tank it swells up and it has great feeding response.

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Lovely corals
You've got 7 wow
I'm looking for more myself but I'm not liking the £500 plus I'm getting quoted for some of the so called rainbows ... Aussies

Your right I'v one very similar to yours , my favourite aswell
I like your one called Nike as well

revhtree · Jan 31, 2018

Beautiful!

najer · Jan 31, 2018

Vincent100 said:
Lovely corals
You've got 7 wow
I'm looking for more myself but I'm not liking the £500 plus I'm getting quoted for some of the so called rainbows ... Aussies

Your right I'v one very similar to yours , my favourite aswell
I like your one called Nike as well

Southwest Marines in Bristol have one in at the moment, gorgeous colours!

Vincent100 · Jan 31, 2018

najer said:
Southwest Marines in Bristol have one in at the moment, gorgeous colours!

Thanks najer , gonna look them up

azreeftank · Jan 31, 2018

Vincent100 said:
Lovely corals
You've got 7 wow
I'm looking for more myself but I'm not liking the £500 plus I'm getting quoted for some of the so called rainbows ... Aussies

Your right I'v one very similar to yours , my favourite aswell
I like your one called Nike as well

Thank you, look at Pacific East Aquaculture on this board great meat corals and amazing service. For online vendor some of the best service I have ever seen. My GF ordered an amazing meat coral 2 weeks ago they called and delayed a week due to cold weather back east. Said they would keep as long as needed to ensure arrival. Excellent communication each day and they called her few hours after delivery to make sure all corals were good and happy. I will be ordering more from them again. Just got this from them last week

Vincent100 · Feb 1, 2018

azreeftank said:
Thank you, look at Pacific East Aquaculture on this board great meat corals and amazing service. For online vendor some of the best service I have ever seen. My GF ordered an amazing meat coral 2 weeks ago they called and delayed a week due to cold weather back east. Said they would keep as long as needed to ensure arrival. Excellent communication each day and they called her few hours after delivery to make sure all corals were good and happy. I will be ordering more from them again. Just got this from them last week

Wished I could order from them but I'm from a tiny little island called the UK lol

I'd love to be able to get my hands on some of the stuff I see in the US but just near enough impossible ...but thank you anyway
Also your new one is beautiful
I'm going to a store about 50 miles away in the next few days to look at a rainbow ...£500+ they want for it so if I get it I'll post pics .. ..just gotta bribe the wife.......new shoes

najer · Feb 1, 2018

Interesting, where are you going?

Vincent100 · Feb 1, 2018

AAC, Advanced Aquarium Consultancy
Harlow Essex

They had 3 Aussies last time I was there
I spoke to them last week and they had sold one , someone who works there had another and they had one left , iv not spoke to them this week but I'm hoping it's still there .....
If not they have plenty of other high end stuff to choose from and a unbelievable SPS tank
Really is a good place to grab nice bits

H20 in Brentwood Essex had a couple rainbows aswell but sold fast , he gets alot of professional football players in there I'v been told ...so no competing with them lol