WWC Purple Candle

[jda]

Got a nice colony of this and took a photo - I had been waiting until it "grew up" to have a final opinion on it. Pardon the aips - the peppermints will not get into this tangled mess of corals. Even though it seems like WWC misrepresents it, it is a nice coral. I recommend this one to anybody who loves bright tips and funky growth patters. You can also have fun doctor up the photos like WWC did (second photo below).

 

[flockaveli]

Do you know what par it's in?

 

[jda]

A lot... like 450+. It is pretty near to the top.

 

[Crystal clear]

Nice coral!

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

Nice
Was it grown from a frag?

 

[SeaDweller]

jda on a photo spree now!

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

See @jda
I told you it was fun

 

[SeaDweller]

See @jda
I told you it was fun

Watch, he becomes “frank the tank” of photos now!

 

[2Wheelsonly]

Looks sharp, not sure if the one below it is a stag (the blue one) but whatever it is looks fantastic!

Do you ever worry about that aip killing the coral it's below? I also have that same issue, impossible to get to the ones under a mess of corals. Bought some nudi for them, hoping they take care of them in the next 3-6 months.

 

[Rickyrooz]

Nice piece

 

[jda]

I got the frag from WWC booth at a show right before they were packing up. It was about 3/4 inch.

I have never seen aips do damage to thriving coral... but they can do some damage to coral that are not 100%. I do not really worry about them. One day, they will be all gone when some consumers head over there and then in a year, or so, there will be some again.

The other corals are:
Top Left: Copps 24k millepora, looks to have a greenish tint without being the focus, but is is pure gold
Top Right: $500 a frag rainbow tenuis - you all can guess the name
Bottom left: Mulitcolor Plana with orange polyps
Bottom Middle :ORA Cali - this is touching branches with some of the Purple Candle and they are grown together
Bottom Right: Tyree Blue Matrix

 

[flockaveli]

This coral hates me. Hardly any movement in over a year

 

[SeaDweller]

This coral hates me. Hardly any movement in over a year

we all have that ONE... or two, or three or four or five.

 

[Graffiti Spot]

Got a nice colony of this and took a photo - I had been waiting until it "grew up" to have a final opinion on it. Pardon the aips - the peppermints will not get into this tangled mess of corals. Even though it seems like WWC misrepresents it, it is a nice coral. I recommend this one to anybody who loves bright tips and funky growth patters. You can also have fun doctor up the photos like WWC did (second photo below).

Maybe if you cut off a portion of part of a colony that’s not growing anymore and put it under some blue LEDs it will look similar. That defiantly doesn’t look like a nice frag that was currently growing when cut. I try not to buy fragments that look like that, it seems sometimes they don’t want to take off unless really put in a prime space.

As to corals that don’t want to grow, I have had a smooth Bali piece for like 6 years that has not sprouted any decent branches. I can’t even ID it! A friend bought it like 7 years ago and I got frsg From him. It grew a few branches as a frag and showed some nice blue tips but has been mostly a tan green color and encrusted a ton. Really wierd and I finally have it directly under a radium hoping I can get it to take off, I have high hopes it will be nice since it has a tarnish green tint and showed some blue. Just hoping it’s not a soli or efflorescence.

 

[i_am_mclovin]

Looking great