The first sign of mental illness

[Runner]

I have been keeping an eye on my newest coral frags and I actually noticed that the pink SA zoanthid I got about a month ago went from 7 polyps to 8 polyps. It is amazing how happy I am with this occurance. I have this latent hidden fear that a big worm will crawl out of my rocks in the middle of the night and selectively chew on the best corals in the tank. And this time I have no EvilMel Greenskirts to keep it satisfied.

P.S. Anybody got an EvilMel frag I can try in my tank again?

 

[EvilMel]

I totally want some EvilMels!

 

[Runner]

I meant to save you some, Mel, but the frag I kept for myself disappeared. I think the old maroon clown I used to have buried it in her favorite pile of rubble. It is a shame to think I now have none when I once had several hundreds of polyps all grown from the 6 or 7 you pulled loose of the edge of your colony.

 

[Anchovy]

I will gladly share when my frag grows out

 

[bamachamp92]

You will probably have a few pop up somewhere, those things are like herpes they just keep coming back and are a pain in the pants.

Here is a pic of an outbreak I had to take care of they went from this one rock to about two thirds of the rocks in my tank. I had to kill them all.

 

[Runner]

Here is my old colony. I traded it all away when I sold of my 75G:

Here is Mel's original colony in an excellent pic taken by Julie:

Here is a pic I took of a colony that went through 6 months of 1.018 salinity, then recovered and started growing again:

 

[macclellan]

I've got a surprising amount from the small frags I got at our swap & could make a frag or two if you can't find any. Prefer trade.

 

[ct_vol]

Told you they grew like a weed Joel... You have to keep them isolated so that you can keep them contained... I still think they're pretty none the less...

 

[Runner]

Nice photos, Randy. Is that purple how they look under your lights? Or just the camera adding some blue?

Joel: Unfortunately, I do not think I have anything I can frag that you would want. I could part with a frag of the 50+ zoanthid colony we just ordered, but the blue in the middle is very faint and it looks rather plain. I think stronger lights are needed to bring out its color. Other than that, I basically have only extra red or purple mushrooms and a branch of a green-tipped frogspawn that I could cut. [I still need to see about trading one of those for a frag of the pink-tipped I used to have beside the green tipped -- they looked good together] And a little plug of that odd algae full of brittle starfish if you woudl like either.

Pink- and green-tipped frogspawn from my old setup:

 

[macclellan]

Insanity is spending $30 on a mushroom, but I had to have it... :dribble:

At least these will help offset shipping... :adore:

 

[GPhiAce]

I have Evil Mels and the pink tipped frogspawn if you like some, but I am sure that Randy can get you a bigger frag of the EvilMels. I still like them-- didn't konw what they were unitl mel pointed them out in my tank.

Randy, I have been looking at pics of the Tyre Flower Petal online and my frag is..... exactly like they picture online. I first wanted it due to some pics of it on RC with it having a green and blue base and red and blue polyps. Not sure what monti that was now, but all the online vendors have it with borwn base with a green hue and reddish polyps. Just like mine. Oh, and it is growing well. Like I said, I question the pics I have seen of it.

 

[Anchovy]

I like the $30 mushroom, chop it up and make some of your cash back

 

[jettster]

I like the $30 mushroom, chop it up and make some of your cash back

+1 put it in a blender after you get the margaritta out and frag the crap out of it oh and put me on the list I want one

 

[Spongie]

Evidently I have some of the EvilMel's as well. I just traded in all but a small patch to CR pretty recently. I think mine originally came from CR. Mel must have brought some in for store credit I guess.

 

[modifyd]

Those are some of the best looking mushrooms ever!

 

[Runner]

Working on the first all-mushroom TOTM I see.

 

[EvilMel]

Actually...I have never sold/traded a frag to a store...not even once.

I always meant to do it but just never got around to it.

Seth, those were from someone else.

 

[Runner]

A couple years back they had a wild-harvested colony that looked just like 'em.

Also, I traded a few frags to them over a year ago.

 

[macclellan]

Working on the first all-mushroom TOTM I see.

Nah, I'd have to get rid of the zoas.

Those are some of the best looking mushrooms ever!

Thanks!

I gots some new ones. Oh, and they are crazy-big. The main three are 4" inches diameter. They remind of some dirty hippy's corduroys. The huge white vesicles are sweet: