Top 10 rarest sps???

IamRit · Jan 4, 2009

Acroholic said:
It is all just preference and opinion. No right or wrong. Sometimes corals don't look all that great when they are frags, but look great when hey grow into colonies. My Tyree Soli, $500 Efflo, and Icefire Echinata were like that. No big deal when a tiny frag, but let them grow a bit and WOW!

I might be coming to you in a few months begging you to sell me a frag of the Mind Trick!
Dave

Haha, you don't need to beg. Just bring the checkbook. LOL

Reef_Master · Jan 11, 2009

I agree with the grafted simplex, purple monster, and incredible hulk acro.

CHUBAKAH · Jan 20, 2009

Not sure how rare it is, but I have not seen the Superman acro mentioned. Another very slow grower IMO, and one of my prized possessions.

stunreefer · Jan 20, 2009

RyanG said:
I personally consider all of the atlantic stony's to be ultra rare only due to the collection bans. With only being able to get them as hitchhikers or similarly odd ways they are just inherently hard to come by.

Yes, RARE and MOST SOUGHT AFTER are two very different things.

Not trying to kill the thread, I think its great... this just gets thrown around too much in the hobby IMO. If we all saw the top ten rarest SPS coral in the ocean, we'd all cringe at their gorgeous browns.

benihana · Jan 29, 2009

I would agree with the following being on the list

Purple Monster
LE Incredible Hulk
20K Lokani

dots · Jan 31, 2009

Tubs Starbright Lokani
Tubs Pink Smoothie
Eddies Purple Monster
Grafted Simplex
Blue Matrix
Ultimates Rainbow

All the ones that are kept hidden and we don't know about.

bamachamp92 · Jan 31, 2009

You have to put the Royal Plum in there for now it has just been made LE by reefarmers and I have a piece. 6 months from now they may be everywhere. If you want to see it search reeffarmers go to LE then acros it is the first one.

mpoletti · Jan 31, 2009

bamachamp92 said:
You have to put the Royal Plum in there for now it has just been made LE by reefarmers and I have a piece. 6 months from now they may be everywhere. If you want to see it search reeffarmers go to LE then acros it is the first one.

It was made an LE about a year ago FWIW.

mtfatwork · Jan 31, 2009

benihana said:
I would agree with the following being on the list

Purple Monster
LE Incredible Hulk
20K Lokani

Definitley Ben!

Here are my additions to your list

Mike Palletta pink n blue prostrata
setosa
pink lemonaid
ultimate blue stag
aquascene echinata
aquarium city red
flashlight acro
mystic blue

the nine of those that I have (still waiting on the hulk... ahem.... ben...) seem to be the ones everyone wants when they come for the tour. My personal favorites are the setosa, flashlight, and the lokani. All 3 very different colors and growth structures, but they sure are purdy

benihana · Feb 1, 2009

(still waiting on the hulk... ahem.... ben...)

I know, you are still first on the list. Now that it is completely encrusted, it has started to grow a little better, give it a few more months and it should hopefully be ready

TJ15 · Feb 22, 2009

Mind Trick Monty, Ice Fire or Green Christmas acro

flricordia · Mar 26, 2009

All these rare and only one pic on this thread? Guess I will go back to the top 10 zoanthids thread as there are pics at least.

Emster · Mar 28, 2009

Just to name a few

Ice/fire
FF enchinata
PM
Pink lemonade
20k lokani
paletta pink tip stag

Acezwild · Mar 31, 2009

acronautical said:
I think my favorite sort-of hard-to-obtain sps is the Pink Lemonade.

Pink lemonade seems easy to get my opinion but such a great looking coral i wouldnt frag mine and probably the same for others that have it. yup that could make it hard to get :bigsmile:

Emster · Apr 1, 2009

Acezwild said:
Pink lemonade seems easy to get my opinion but such a great looking coral i wouldnt frag mine and probably the same for others that have it. yup that could make it hard to get :bigsmile:

Yeah the pink lemonade is starting to get more and more popular, around this part of the woods its still pretty uncommon.

cee · Apr 1, 2009

How about Eddie's PM? Those considered "rare" by Veron are not all that spectacular as stunreefer points out.

da6d2003 · Apr 1, 2009

Some of my favs.

Original Purple Monster
Orange setosa
My tricolor valida
Green setosa
Red hot chili pepper monti cap
Jesus's Echinata
ORA pearlberry
aqua delight

Nanofins · Apr 2, 2009

What about Stylocoeniella? I can't say that I've seen much of these around, though I don't think they're extremely rare in the wild.

Here's a pick of mine

I really like these guys. The tiny yellow polyps stick out nicely against the purple body; kind of like a miniature Cyphastrea.

SaraB · Apr 2, 2009

Nanofins said:
What about Stylocoeniella? I can't say that I've seen much of these around, though I don't think they're extremely rare in the wild.

Here's a pick of mine

I really like these guys. The tiny yellow polyps stick out nicely against the purple body; kind of like a miniature Cyphastrea.

Wow, very cool piece ... I love the colors!

mpoletti · Apr 2, 2009

da6d2003 said:
Some of my favs.

Original Purple Monster
Orange setosa
My tricolor valida
Green setosa
Red hot chili pepper monti cap
Jesus's Echinata