Watermelon Frag

Pufferpunk · Feb 26, 2007

Got this frag Sunday at a swap. Was sold as a watermelon. How long do they take to get pink?

Vamp75 · Feb 26, 2007

Watermelons usually are pink and stay that way, looks like a purple alien eye to me.

Pufferpunk · Feb 26, 2007

I have an alien eye & it's much bluer. This "watermelon" has a pink tinge to it. Do you have any pics of watermelon frags, newly fraggged?

TyreeUM · Feb 27, 2007

i agree, it could be a watermelon if you wanted to call it that but it isnt "the" watermelon you are probobly thinking it might be

Pufferpunk · Feb 27, 2007

I know it isn't the Tyree one but I'm trying to get a pic of the parent now, so you can see, it's pretty close.

mecold · Feb 27, 2007

Lets see, this is my frag of the watermelon right after I recieved it from Hugo.

This is the more recent picture of it

My frag faded alittle after recieving it. The frag of spstoner watermelon I have looks alot like yours color wise.

JGoslee · Feb 27, 2007

Mecold whats the time period between the two pics? Mine is growing extremely slow.

Azurel · Feb 27, 2007

Man I need a watermelon frag too.....That is one of my favorite corals, just can't believe that it can be so metallic pink with the green/yellow eyes. Really cool color contrast.

gflat65 · Feb 27, 2007

Azurel said:
Man I need a watermelon frag too.....That is one of my favorite corals, just can't believe that it can be so metallic pink with the green/yellow eyes. Really cool color contrast.

No kidding... My Larry's watermelon is great, but that one is just nuckin futs...

Pufferpunk · Feb 27, 2007

I'm kida dissappointed now... Mine still shows no pink. Put it up a bit higher today. The parent I was shown a pic of looked a lot like the Tyree one.

He said it wasn't but close enough for me. Now I don't know what to think...

Mchava · Feb 27, 2007

Hey dont worry mine looked just like yours does when I first got it. With in 1month or so it has started to looke red/pink. Let me see if I have picture of when I got mine.

TyreeUM · Feb 27, 2007

either way its still a nice coral...i wouldnt be to upset..

Pufferpunk · Feb 27, 2007

I'm not, just keep looking for a nice, pink one or an actual frag of the Tyree LE.

mecold · Feb 28, 2007

JGoslee said:
Mecold whats the time period between the two pics? Mine is growing extremely slow.

That was 5 months growth give or take a couple of weeks. Unfortunately, I tried to frag it for a friend. It has receded quite a bit, but it is starting to come back.

Pufferpunk · Feb 28, 2007

I don't think I could ever frag a watermelon.

Vamp75 · Feb 28, 2007

It's easy. Ya just gotta be careful so the diamond wheel doesn't catch and fly right into your bent knuckle.

Zeppelin · Feb 28, 2007

gflat, the watermelon you got from me goes more pink under less intense lighting. At least that has been my experience with it. One of my shaded frags went almost all pink and green (rim and eyes), with very little of the blue present. I didn't like it near as well without the blue in it though.

gflat65 · Feb 28, 2007

Mine's definitely picking up more pink and I'm starting to see what looks like a bluish hue. I've got it at the bottom of the tank, but could probably lightly shade it some, too... Time for experiments

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Pufferpunk · Feb 28, 2007

Hmmm... Guess I'll remove mine from the top of my tank then.

TyreeUM · Feb 28, 2007

ha either way like i said that is an awesome coral-so unless you paid 300 bucks for it I wouldnt be disapointed in the least...and if you are still not happy my mailing add. is 170 forest ave, bangor me 04401 :0)