Reef Raft Wolverine Acro

Reefer831 · Jun 19, 2014

Ike said:
Since the Wolverine was originally from RR Canada and I believe both Reef Rafts lost their colony, this is likely just another wild colony that they called Wolverine because it's similar.

That happens a lot with some vendors...I was thinking the same thing lol

ssdawood · Jun 20, 2014

Reefer831 said:
That happens a lot with some vendors...I was thinking the same thing lol

I bought my frag from Joe knows reef and it was confirmed by benny z that it was the original rr wolverine.

watchguy123 · Jun 20, 2014

Early morning pictures, I just added led actinics literally the other day so still working to see if I can take pictures with them on and halides.

And these are from a week or two ago of my pink floyd with t5's and metal halides

LAX Noob Reef · Jun 20, 2014

ssdawood said:
I bought my frag from Joe knows reef and it was confirmed by benny z that it was the original rr wolverine.

Well, what's the difference between Original Wolverine, and RR Wolverine? I believe AoA has the original also?

hybridazn · Jun 20, 2014

LAX Noob Reef said:
Well, what's the difference between Original Wolverine, and RR Wolverine? I believe AoA has the original also?

AOA has the RR Asia wolverine

LAX Noob Reef · Jun 20, 2014

hybridazn said:
AOA has the RR Asia wolverine

So is that the original?

LAX Noob Reef · Jun 20, 2014

BTW, RR Usa one look better then theirs lol.

hybridazn · Jun 20, 2014

LAX Noob Reef said:
So is that the original?

No it is not. But I heard they are pretty similar

LAX Noob Reef · Jun 20, 2014

hybridazn said:
No it is not. But I heard they are pretty similar

Actually, I got a free frag of AoA wolverin from Tony, I'll post a pic of them tonight. Big difference thou between them.

watchguy123 · Jun 20, 2014

I am not sure who may or may not be an expert on the various wolverines (and doubtful anyone really is). I have seen the RR Canada, RR USA and AOA (RR Asia). I am not an expert on sps species identification, that is for sure. There are differences among them. It is confusing and I doubt it will ever be absolutely clear. There certainly is a incentive to claim authenticity . And rumors float about who may or may not have an original frag, colony, or where an additional colony was banked for safekeeping. Part of the forums lends itself to innuendo and secrecy and presumed expertise. Best any of us can do, is be aware of our own frags lineage assuming you got it from the source. But also be aware, that even reputable honest people get their frags mixed up and so confusion reigns sometimes It is an incredibly beautiful coral, nonetheless. I feel fortunate to have been able to acquire a frag of 2 out of the three mentioned.

hybridazn · Jun 20, 2014

LAX Noob Reef said:
Actually, I got a free frag of AoA wolverin from Tony, I'll post a pic of them tonight. Big difference thou between them.

I questioned AOA about it when they posted it for sale not long ago and that was their response. So I was going off what they said.

LAX Noob Reef · Jun 21, 2014

Here is pic of both frag, as you can see one is very skinny stick like. The other one is very cluster and groupy.

hybridazn · Jun 21, 2014

I wouldn't say they are different just because of the branch thickness. Flow can effect that greatly. Let them grow out some then that will tell the tale

LAX Noob Reef · Jun 22, 2014

Just a side nite. The wolverine starting to have tiny white spots around the mouth. Never had this happening before. But I could see 1 mouth had PE which was never there before. So guessing it's growing PE?

show time · Jun 23, 2014

Saw the RR USA Wolverine yesterday yep that the right one. Was it when RR Canada first ship the Wolverine to RR USA it didn't have small skinny branch it was like a cluster with thick branch. I pass on the AOA so call wolverine free frag. just got the RR USA wolverine only. put it in my tank last night and this morning PE already out. so happy.

LAX Noob Reef · Jun 23, 2014

show time said:
Saw the RR USA Wolverine yesterday yep that the right one. Was it when RR Canada first ship the Wolverine to RR USA it didn't have small skinny branch it was like a cluster with thick branch. I pass on the AOA so call wolverine free frag. just got the RR USA wolverine only. put it in my tank last night and this morning PE already out. so happy.

Nice, mind sharing your placement, light, and tank param?

show time · Jun 23, 2014

LAX Noob Reef said:
Nice, mind sharing your placement, light, and tank param?

I have it half way up, 2 X 250 20K MH

shlap · Jun 25, 2014

watchguy123 said:

Looks legit, nice piece!

Ike · Jun 25, 2014

LAX Noob Reef said:
So is that the original?

No, it seems there have been a few colonies and the original would have only been obtained by reef raft canada customers and reef raft USA customers that got it before they lost the colony over a year ago. It seems like all the others are new wild colonies that look similar. In addition, I have yet to see this coral in any form color up to look anything like the original pics. It's a nice coral, but nothing special like the colony pics suggest in my opinion.