My Ponape, lighting, frag pricing, etc.

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  1. Todd_Sails

    Todd_Sails Giant Squid

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    My Ponape pictured is slightly bigger than a hard ball baseball.

    I have fragged about 10-15ish% of this coral the last few months.

    I was looking up lighting requirements for my Ponape BN, as I had thought by my Trials, that lower lighting was actulaly improving it. I recently moved it back and down very slightly.
    I'm currently trying to find a place in my DT to move it down a bit more.

    I quickly found this thread on Google which kinda of confirms that:
    Ponape birdsnest
    And according to this article, it's only been available since 2003?
    and an informative history of the coral, or so it seems here:
    Limited Editions Ponape Seriatopora

    I now realize I have a very large piece of a relatively exspensive coral!
    I do know that when I got it, it was a very small frag.
    Mine seems to grow pretty fast- looking at my past vids of my DT.
    I can remember just about where/who all my coral came from.
    Funny thing is, I actually don't remember who or where I got this one!

    I did see it on ebay, for $35 dollars, and $35 overnight shipping, for a very small frag.
     
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    Well, ebay pricing is ebay pricing. Sometimes you find some awesome deals, other times the prices can be sky high. Its a very cool birdsnest though. One of the more sought after ones. Ill have to get a tiny frag from you in the near future. :)
     
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  3. Todd_Sails

    Todd_Sails Giant Squid

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    For you?

    You know you got it brother!
     
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    Looks grest. So they do prefer lower lighting?
     
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    Jlobes Coral Banded Shrimp

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    lower lighting will bring out the best coloration. But, they do tolerate higher light levels and grow much faster. They just lose some of the coloration(not so green/bright)
     
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    Okay. Mine isn't very green, pretty tanish.
     
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  7. Todd_Sails

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    While mine is growing well, I think when i had it lower in the past, it did have more colors.

    Looking at my DT now, I think I may have found a spot that it go, and it would be about 3-4 inches lower and try that for a few weeks and see how it likes it.

    As of now, it most shallow of my BN's.
    Is a Birds of Paradise also a BN?, then it's even with that one, which has great PE where it is.
     
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