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  1. I was trying to read but only left a few page. I only see the white deepsea sps from firestarter. Is that the expensive sps u all talking about? Looks like a dead coral . Expensive?

    Yes, as mentioned by the owner of that coral here, he paid $488 for that 'dead' coral.

    Heard that tomorrow got more sps coming in. Don't know if its deep sea snowypora or not. Maybe you can go take a look and share?

  2. Hi Bro, it is certainly interesting, but not uncommon. I ever experienced this myself. But the 'budding' died before it grew out. Others were lost inside the rocks due to water flow. This phenomenon also includes hammer and frogspawn corals, though the latter is harder to get it to bud. Mine detached on its own, maybe due to strong flow or fish disturbance.

    Hope you succeed in propagating lots of torches. :)

  3. Wow! Bro fire starter!! I'm impressed. how U get this pic? It was my hand holding the lovingly sps. Yes this gem is now in my tank waiting to be transferred to another tank

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    Patrick, that snowypora photo is being circulated around. I think it even made it to RC.

    Maybe you can give some feedback on the white sps that you bought. Can you confirm if its a deepwater sps or not? Is it still alive and white or already turned into tonga rock?

  4. The pic that firestarter has shown looks like an acropora microclados which is a shallow water, high light and strong water movement loving coral. Whoever claims that it is a deep sea species whatever that means is being deluded.

    Honkit, thanks for shedding some light on this. So if the pic that I posted is not a deepwater sps but instead a shallow, high light loving coral, then it should not be in such a white and pale colour? Then why is it being sold for such a high price and termed as a deepwater sps? :ooh::shock:

  5. There's a trend of ulns with high light and a certain product that will purposely eject the symbiotic zooanthellea leaving the Sps looking pale and bleached , or more pleasing word 'pastel' coloured. Which then after the colour element are used to tweak the colours of the Sps.

    Maybe these are the so called snowypora , bleached Sps are not dead Sps if provided with the correct tender loving care

    Thanks xiggie for the explanation. But somehow I read that these snowypora are not being sold as bleached or pastel coloured sps but labelled as deepwater sps hence the white pale colour. I'm new to this species especially deepwater sps so hope some sps expert can shed some light on this topic here.

  6. Bro FS, is this deep sea pale white sps? Thought they are sensitive and can't always expose to air?

    I'm newbie though , but this piece looks like going to up lorry leh.... Can share who bought it and from where?

    I'm also not a sps expert and I'm new to deepwater sps so I can't be sure if its the "deep sea pale white sps". I only know they call it snowypora.

    Going to up lorry or not I can't be certain but I'm sure it won't be on sale at such a high price if its going to up lorry right? That would be unethical.

  7. Hey Bro, have you visited Aquarist Chomber?

    Not sure those are deep water sps bro, but I heard alot about snowypora species. Maybe its the new hobby name for deepwater sps.

    Anyway, according to coral exporters and collectors, deepwater sps are found in depths of 20m max. Any deeper and i dont think they can recieve much sunlight. Please correct me if im wrong. Still learning here. :)

  8. Yes depending on your light spectrum as well. Sps colours differ from diff light.

    Sometimes you buy a sps from reefer tank look very nice but under your own lights it look different colour.also some sps will turn green before brown...

    Now white sps is the in thing. One lfs is selling white sps. Can go check it out.

    Hurry before it turns into tonga rock!!

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