Willow

[Jriv86]

Looking for a willow toadstool either japanese regular whatever lol. .

 

[ATAquariums]

We have them available.

Weeping Willow Toadstool — ATAquariums

Please be aware that there will be an additional $60 charge sent to you if you do not meet the $400 minimum for free shipping on live goods This is the Japanese version of the weeping willow. This was originally acquired form Amazing Reefs and Aquariums, which is a local candy shop that only buys a

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[User]

We have them available.

Weeping Willow Toadstool — ATAquariums

Please be aware that there will be an additional $60 charge sent to you if you do not meet the $400 minimum for free shipping on live goods This is the Japanese version of the weeping willow. This was originally acquired form Amazing Reefs and Aquariums, which is a local candy shop that only buys a

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It’s green though.

OG weeping willow is cream/white with Looooooong tentacles. This looks just like a long tentacled Japanese neon

 

[Broke2Broke]

Good luck, everything is labeled as a weeping willow just so they will sell.

 

[Fishyjoey]

Definitely not a weeping willow.

 

[JaimeAdams]

It's one of those things where in my opinion the original meaning of the term has shifted. I have a neon green toadstool that has longer polyps than my OG Weeping Willow. I call the original weeping willow OG to differentiate. Just like a Dragon Soul torch or NY Knicks. I see wanna be torches that are close on the transhipped or wholesale lists every week, but just like Weeping Willows they are names given to a cultivar by a vendor.

 

[Jriv86]

I'm honostly just looking for 4icnh polyps . I get it's not gonna drape down like og. But just super long I'd be happy with. If anyone.has any to sell/ship

 

[Jriv86]

Yea unless I see the mother colony for reference I'm not buying a frag of a (weeping willow). Im looking for long polyps while full grown. Alot of these sellers won't show me the mother colony so I pass

 

[User]

Yea unless I see the mother colony for reference I'm not buying a frag of a (weeping willow). Im looking for long polyps while full grown. Alot of these sellers won't show me the mother colony so I pass

That’s because polyp extension is flow dependent

I bought a ‘weeping willow’ 6 months ago from a local seller. Color was right, 7-9” long polyps. Baseball sized piece for 200

when it got here- literally hand delivered to my garage- it was apparent it wasn’t a real weeping willow. Polyp spacing was bigger, polyp length was 4-5”. Slight green tint to the stalks.

I talked it through and got it down to $45. Still a nice piece. But he knew he was pushing the label, since he didn’t think twice about $45 or no deal. If it was OG, he would have gotten $200 right then

in a low flow area of the tank, it extends 2-3”. If I move flow around, it gets to 6-7” extension, but doesn’t ‘weep’.

all this to say, is that there are ‘mimics’ that are so close to the OG in appearance it’s hard to determine by photos, and there are still people putting ‘weeping willow’ name on a long tentacle green Japanese in order to pull in views.

 

[Broke2Broke]

From what I here flow doesn’t matter but I’m no expert. Got any pics? I’d take one with 7-9 in polyps weeping or not.

 

[User]

From what I here flow doesn’t matter but I’m no expert. Got any pics? I’d take one with 7-9 in polyps weeping or not.

Flow matters, and ive clearly seen it in my tanks. With the toadstool I have, at least, but I said it isn’t a WW.

im not actually selling, or planning to sell. Not sure where I gave that impression.

 

[Broke2Broke]

I was just saying in general I’d like to have one like that and just want to see what yours looked like.

 

[shred5]

It’s green though.

OG weeping willow is cream/white with Looooooong tentacles. This looks just like a long tentacled Japanese neon

Right and Jake Adams has said only 3 people have them and they are not selling.

Allot of vendor's are selling Neon green Japanese toadstool as weeping willow.

 

[User]

Right and Jake Adams has said only 3 people have them and they are not selling.

Allot of vendor's are selling Neon green Japanese toadstool as weeping willow.

The ONLY person I know that is sharing it is Remy - bahama lama coral- and that’s just at local St. Louis frag swaps.

all the other vendors claiming otherwise are being disingenuous and it is false marketing, pure and simple

 

[shred5]

The ONLY person I know that is sharing it is Remy - bahama lama coral- and that’s just at local St. Louis frag swaps.

all the other vendors claiming otherwise are being disingenuous and it is false marketing, pure and simple

He does not have the original either.
closest I have seen but he doesn't.

Video Details the Attributes of True Weeping Willow Leather | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog

Let’s get one thing out of the way, there are NO original Weeping Willow leather corals for sale anywhere, because I know the three people I’ve ever given frags of this coral to. However…

reefbuilders.com

 

[User]

He does not have the original either.
Seems close but he doesn't.

Video Details the Attributes of True Weeping Willow Leather | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog

Let’s get one thing out of the way, there are NO original Weeping Willow leather corals for sale anywhere, because I know the three people I’ve ever given frags of this coral to. However…

reefbuilders.com

My understanding was that he was one of the three and his frag is slightly different because of growth conditions.

thanks for the clarification

Jake would make a fortune fragging that thing, lol

 

[Fishyjoey]

I suggest you try AquaCorals.

 

[shred5]

My understanding was that he was one of the three and his frag is slightly different because of growth conditions.

thanks for the clarification

Jake would make a fortune fragging that thing, lol

I would not doubt there are others with it even if they do not have lineage to Jakes.

I would not doubt that someone had the same coral before Jake did.

Seems to me allot of vendors are calling the Japanese Neon Green toadstool weeping willow or the Tyree one.

They are very nice though.

 

[shred5]

That’s because polyp extension is flow dependent

I bought a ‘weeping willow’ 6 months ago from a local seller. Color was right, 7-9” long polyps. Baseball sized piece for 200

when it got here- literally hand delivered to my garage- it was apparent it wasn’t a real weeping willow. Polyp spacing was bigger, polyp length was 4-5”. Slight green tint to the stalks.

I talked it through and got it down to $45. Still a nice piece. But he knew he was pushing the label, since he didn’t think twice about $45 or no deal. If it was OG, he would have gotten $200 right then

in a low flow area of the tank, it extends 2-3”. If I move flow around, it gets to 6-7” extension, but doesn’t ‘weep’.

all this to say, is that there are ‘mimics’ that are so close to the OG in appearance it’s hard to determine by photos, and there are still people putting ‘weeping willow’ name on a long tentacle green Japanese in order to pull in views.

That is exactly right:

I love the one in this aquarium and would be happy with it:

 

[MR BACKHAND]

Here’s mine have it on the sand bed under radion G5’s.