Photos of an army of corals FS at next BRS meeting - ALL tank raised

[Greg Hiller]

This first post is a placeholder

[Scuba_Dave]

Next as in June, or July?

[Aquaman_68]

No july meeting Dave. (from what I've been told)

[Greg Hiller]

Sorry guys, got distracted by work. I hate it when that happens.

Sorry about the size of these files, I don't have time to edit at the moment. I don't have picks of everything, but the list of what I have gives a pretty good idea. I'll try and add some more photos later.

Here we go:

Blue highlighted coralites Dr. Mac frag (you may have seen this one already)

http://www.greghiller.com/tank%20photos/dr%20mac%20frag%20full%20web%20size.jpg

Blue highlighted coralites Dr. Mac main colony

http://www.greghiller.com/dr%20mac%20colony%20web%20size.jpg

Green with pink/red tips anemone - $15 each for these, they are only about the size of a nickel, and don't get any larger, but they do split quickly

http://www.greghiller.com/anemone%20-%20pink%20tip%20web%20size.jpg

Green M cap mother colony from above - I have a bunch of nice frags of this

http://www.greghiller.com/green%20mcap%20from%20above%20web%20size.jpg

From the front:

http://www.greghiller.com/green%20mcap%20web%20size.jpg

Purple M cap from the front:

http://www.greghiller.com/tank%20photos/purple%20mcap%20web%20size.jpg

Colt corals:

http://www.greghiller.com/colt%20web%20size.jpg

Pink with yellow tips Acro from above, part of coral is out of water surface:

http://www.greghiller.com/tank%20photos/pink%20with%20yellow%20tips%20from%20above%20web%2 0size.jpg

Purple with green polyps Acro (any frags from this will be freshly taken, and will not be large $15/each for a 1-2" frag)

http://www.greghiller.com/tank%20photos/Purple%20with%20green%20acro%20web%20size.jpg

And had to throw in a shot of my mandarin (NOT FOR SALE!)

http://www.greghiller.com/tank%20photos/mandarin%20web%20size.jpg

Please email for any inquires for the meeting

corals@greghiller.com

[tobyt]

I just sold my Aquaspace last night to Armando and started tearing down my 75G. All I have left is an ViaAqua 18G with stand, which I'm keeping BTW. But for now, my big tank enjoyment has been curtailed until I find a nice apt in Newton that doesn't cost so much and has some parking...

I want a frag of that first acro, for when I'm ready to take it!! Please keep me on your list!

..Toby

[Corwyn]

Greg,

[Scuba_Dave]

I'd love one of those anemones, but can't make it to the meeting

[Bidadari]

Greg, what kind of anemone is that one? I might be interested. Do they like a lot of light? Are they hosting clown (or they might be too small).
Please let me know more about it. Thanks.

[Muscles]

Greg I sent you an e-mail about the purple and green acro. If any frags are available you can add it to the cap you have for me.
Thanks

[Greg Hiller]

Bidadari,

>I might be interested. Do they like a lot of light? Are they hosting clown <

Hosting clowns?!? lol... only a 3 week old clown! These things are the size of a nickel, they don't get any larger that I can see. These would be best in a nano tank. They do not need a lot of light. In some cases after they have split I have seen them move to areas of the tank that were not brightly lit at all, but most of them seem to stay in the brighter areas. They can move pretty far and fast for their size. I've seen them travel from the top to the bottom of my 65 gallon in less than a day.

[Silvio]

Why I no see pictures? Just red X

[Silvio]

That's odd. As soon as I posted that last reply, the pictures appeared... but now the quick reply isn't working.

BTW, nice pix.

[Groove]

I don't see prices posted but I am interested in all of the SPS you have there.

[One Eye]

Greg do you want e-mails or post items here?

[Greg Hiller]

Here's the list of stuff. I posted it in the frag swap section earlier.

My stuff available for the BRS meeting June 12th at the Wakefield Library.

Please EMAIL ME DIRECT if you are interested in something: corals@greghiller.com

I will continue to accept green star polyps in trade. A 2x2" piece is worth $5 in trade.

Colorful, tank-raised SPS, LPS, soft corals, and reef-safe tank-raised detritivores for sale - wide variety

Frags/small colonies of colorful, tank-raised corals for sale, all encrusted down onto the substrate, and actively growing. See the web site www.angelfire.com/ma3/ghcorals/ for photos of the mother colonies, and detailed descriptions of growth patterns, colors under different lighting conditions, origin of mother colony (if known), and generalized care. All of these are from MY OWN tanks, or occasionally from friends tanks (NOTHING FROM THE WILD, SO DON'T ASK, I'M NOT AN IMPORTER), some have been in tanks for multiple generations, most for several years.

SPS:

Acropora (all my Acropora are red-mite [parasite] free, for more info on these buggers see my article in the June, '03 edition of the on-line magazine Advanced Aquarist http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/june2003/toc.htm):

Larry Jackson's purple-tipped Acro. - 2" frags available, $20/ea, I have one very large colony about 3-4" square available - $45 for this

Purple-tipped Acro. with fine branches (originally from the New England Aquarium reef tank) - 2" frags $20/ea - these might be fresh frags held in place with putty epoxy, but they will be decent sized

Acropora kirstae? (originally from Tropicorium, I think their id was correct), very thin, delicate-looking long branched brown with white tips Acro with beautiful (I don't say this lightly) structure. This is a somewhat sensitive Acro., and does not do well under all conditions. This was named after Veron's wife, FWIW. $15 for a 2" frag

Acropora ?aculeus? - bushy growth form with yellow highlighted coralites - particularly pretty under lots of actinic lighting - 1-2" frags - $20/ea

Bright greenish-yellow Acropora loripes? (very unusual form for an Acropora) - 2" frags $14/ea - sold out

Blue-tipped A. formosa? (wide open stag-type form) - 2-3" frags, most single branches - $20/ea - one available

Blue-tipped, 'hairy'-polyped long-branched Acro, A. abrolhosensis? - 2" frags - $20/ea - available

Bright green tissue with green polyps Acro - grows very fast - the slimer - 1-2" frags (small bushy colonies) - $17/ea

Aqua with blue tips Acro - very fast growth - 2" frags - $20/ea

Acropora echinata? (as id'ed by Tropicorium) - blue highlighted coralites - 1-2" frag $15/ea - sold out

Pink with yellow tips Acro available 1-2" frags (and yes, before you ask, it really is pink with yellow tips!) - $22 each

New Acro with blue highlighted polyps, originally from Dr. Mac. - very fast growth - 2" frags $25/ea - this is super bright nearly solid blue/aqua under 400 W 10K German, a paler, solid light blue under the Iwasaki bulbs

Anacropora puertogalarae (I'm actually fairly certain of the id on this) - pale brown, very fine and delicate branching species that grows quickly even under moderate lighting, does not effectively encrust, the colonies I sell are imbedded in putty epoxy - 1-2" multiple branched colonies - $15/ea - several available

Bright yellow Porites lichen - this is an encrusting species from a high wave zone in the Pacific - it will add some color to your rock structure - $10 for a 1" diameter fragment - available

Green Hydnophora (this does not encrust well, you may have to remount upon receipt) - 1-2" frags - $18

Montipora:

Bright green M. digitata - 2-3" frags, most with multiple branches - $17/ea - I also have some very large colonies for $25 each.

Purple M. digitata - one VERY tough coral, all the frags I currently sell come from a colony that I attempted to destroy (it was in the wrong spot), I ground every last polyp down with a butter knife and still it came back - 2" frags with multiple branches $17/ea

Bright orange M. digitata (these are nearly pink) - 2" frags, $17/ea

Bright orange M. capricornis (probably actually M. delicata or M. foliosa) - forms beautiful whorled structure, grows VERY fast even under moderate lighting - 2" to 3" frags - $20/ea

Purple M. capricornis (also may be M. delicata or M. foliosa) - the polyps are bright purple and the tissue is a less intense purple, grows fast under moderate or strong lighting - $20 for a 2" piece

Bright green M. capricornis (also may be M. delicata or M. foliosa) - grows fast under moderate or strong lighting - $20 for a 2" piece - many nice colonies available

Green with purple rim M. capricornis (also may be M. delicata or M. foliosa) - very flashy coral - $27 for a 2" piece - sold out

Green M. palawanensis? (similar in stucture to M. caps, but usually grows as a single, thick, whorl, nearly a perfect circle) - green with blue polyps under 400 W 10K Ushio bulb (polyps are not blue long term under Iwasaki bulb) - 1-2" frags - $22 - sold out

Greenish Pocillopora damicornis (the green is in the center of the coral between the branches, and is not evident under all lighting conditions), does well even in low-moderate light - 1-2" diameter colonies - $15/ea - several available.

Brown Pocillopora damicornis (polyps have a faint green hue to the tips under VHO), does well even in low light - 1-2" colonies - $12/ea


Soft corals/zoanthids:

Bright Yellow Fiji Leather (yes, I've learned to propagate them) - Sarcophyton elegans - 1-2" - $20 - sold out

Light Brown Colt coral (Klyxum, the correct new genus from the new soft coral book, by Fabricius and Alderslade) - $15 for a 2-3" colony attached to a small rock

Solomon Islands brown mushroom leather coral - most beautiful mushroom leather I've ever seen, zillions of extremely long polyps burst from the surface (check out the photo of this one on the web site!!), clownfish love to wallow in it - easy to propagate - $15 for a frag with a 1 inch diameter head - several available

Green tree corals (likely Sinularia though possibly Nephthea) - one of the fastest growing and hardiest soft corals I've ever owned - $15 for a colony (typically 2-3" when expanded)

New green tree coral (SCREAMING green, but slower growing and encrusting than above variant), under many conditions this coral does not fully extend its polyps, but is still healthy - $15 for a 2" colony - several available, but might not be encrusted/attached well yet

Assorted mushrooms - Usually have neon green wagon wheel, green pin-striped, purple (looks blue under some lighting), and orange available (the orange looks red under some lighting), occasionally have green polka-dotted available. Can combine several different colors on a rock (let me know which colors you want and I will try to accomodate you, though I'm low on purple) - minimum three mushrooms/rock, $15 for a rock

Zoanthid colonies - multiple colors, 1. green centers with green tentacles (the fastest growing) - sold out, 2. Rust orange centers with olive green perifery with orange tentacles - one available - $15 per 2" dia colony. 3. Also have a rare hot pink form - $30 per 1" dia colony for these

Detritivores:

I sell them for the price of the trouble it takes for me to fish them out and bag them for you. They reproduce naturally in all my tanks, and none of them are harmful to corals or fish. These are all small critters, so shipping cost on them is very small. Get them into your tanks and they should reproduce. None of the cultures I send you will have the EVIL red flatworms!

- small snails (likely genus of Cerith, max shell length of 1 inch) 12/$5 - I have tons of these at the moment, no limit on order
- dwarf white (5 arm) or brown (six arm, and VERY brittle) brittle stars (max size is 1 1/2 inch arm to arm), two species (I won't guarantee I'll always have some of each, depends what I find when I'm fishing) 12/$5
- Bristle worms (this species does not harm corals, Eurythoe spp.). 12/$5
- Live sand with worms - you can have ONE cupful for free if you are ordering some other things
I also sell hermit crab houses, empty snail shells I pick up at the beach, and sterilize by roasting in my toaster oven! - $5 for two dozen of various sizes (1/4" to 3/4" diameter)


E-mail me at corals@greghiller.com

- Greg Hiller