Christmas Rock Update

[Danny's Aquariums]

I recently took some pictures of my Christmas tree rock, absolutely love this piece! So much bio diversity on a ‘boring’ rock.

Bought this rock two years ago when my tank was just three months old. The worms are doing great but some time ago the Cyphastrea on the rock died off. I might glue a new frag onto the rock, what do you think?

It lives happily in my 40 gallon shallow reef tank, with no sump/filtration, extra feeding or other measures to keep it.

Do you have a Christmas tree rock, lets see some pictures!

 

[mrpontiac80]

I recently took some pictures of my Christmas tree rock, absolutely love this piece! So much bio diversity on a ‘boring’ rock.

Bought this rock two years ago when my tank was just three months old. The worms are doing great but some time ago the Cyphastrea on the rock died off. I might glue a new frag onto the rock, what do you think?

It lives happily in my 40 gallon shallow reef tank, with no sump/filtration, extra feeding or other measures to keep it.

Do you have a Christmas tree rock, lets see some pictures!

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Pretty amazing. I wish I had some.

 

[livinlifeinBKK]

Yeah, i got one a couple weeks ago for an amazing deal i couldn't pass up...my worms are very small right now though (not sure if it's the species or if they'll grow over time)...i also love the glowing green of the Porites coral they're on...here's a pic

 

[Danny's Aquariums]

Yeah, i got one a couple weeks ago for an amazing deal i couldn't pass up...my worms are very small right now though (not sure if it's the species or if they'll grow over time)...i also love the glowing green of the Porites coral they're on...here's a picView attachment 2917719

That’s a beautiful piece!! Now I’m certain I want to glue a new coral on the rock haha, it looks amazing!

 

[livinlifeinBKK]

That’s a beautiful piece!! Now I’m certain I want to glue a new coral on the rock haha, it looks amazing!

Thanks! They're actually growing out of the live Porites coral...was yours just growing out of a piece of rock or the Cyphastrea coral? I hope my worms grow to the size of yours!!

 

[Danny's Aquariums]

Thanks! They're actually growing out of the live Porites coral...was yours just growing out of a piece of rock or the Cyphastrea coral? I hope my worms grow to the size of yours!!

My rock was completely covered with Cyphastrea coral, with tubes for hermit crabs and worms in between.

 

[livinlifeinBKK]

My rock was completely covered with Cyphastrea coral, with tubes for hermit crabs and worms in between.

How big is it??

 

[afrokobe]

Amazing! always wanted a nice show piece christmas tree worm rock, but they have been outside my price range.

 

[livinlifeinBKK]

Amazing! always wanted a nice show piece christmas tree worm rock, but they have been outside my price range.

I hear they're pretty expensive in Europe and the US...I'm a lot closer to Indonesia so they're a lot more affordable for me...

 

[joepdiver11]

Beautiful. I'm jealous.

 

[Calmshadow18]

thats incredible

 

[SabrinaC]

Ok, I HAVE to know what a Christmas tree rock is and WHERE I can buy one!?

 

[pshootr]

I don't really want to be a Debbie Downer here but I would like to see if your success is still going.

 

[pshootr]

I can remember when my local fish store had Fiji Rock and Tonga. And often times we would get Christmas tree worms in our rock with brittle stars and all kinds of groovy stuff. I'm just wondering how far that translates to today's standards.

 

[Pale Morning1]

HUGE Christmas Tree Worm Rock – Australia – Invert Hosting in Coral/Rock | Corals.com

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[pshootr]

I kind of feel like a crackhead moving backwards because I know what we used to get and nowadays there's nothing like this in my store

 

[pshootr]

I can only imagine that nowadays live rock with Christmas tree Worms is probably like $20 a pound

 

[pshootr]

It used to be $8 a pound from Fiji or Tonga

 

[pshootr]

You would get brittle Stars Christmas tree worms and all kinds of cool s***

 

[i cant think]

I can only imagine that nowadays live rock with Christmas tree Worms is probably like $20 a pound

It’s closer to 200 a pound nowadays unfortunately which is why I’ve never invested in one. I remember in the LFS we had a large piece of Christmas tree worm rock that we kept for several years until we had to sell it on.