LF: The most EPIC showpiece tabling SPS

Lampshade · #1 08-01-2011, 02:52 AM

I just did a search on this site for it and it looks liek someone here had one in 2003, not sure if it got spread around, but there may be hope in getting it?

Aquattro · #2 08-01-2011, 03:24 AM

I've got a nice green and purple efflo, one of these would make a great centre piece!! They seem to be not as common these days, not sure why.

here's a bad pic, but it kinda shows the potential for a centre piece

reefermadness · #3 08-01-2011, 04:03 AM

^^ man thats nice.

The efflo's are nice. I bought one as a "$500" efflo but I dont think it is......poor colour at this point. Have another one.....it has blue tips but no green....more of a brownish body which seems to be the common way these turn out.

Red planet is hard to beat though....even if it is getting popular.....who cares the coral is super sweat and everyone should have one.

Aquattro · #4 08-01-2011, 04:40 AM

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Originally Posted by reefermadness

Red planet is hard to beat though...

I wouldn't know, my frag hasn't grown in 6 months

I've just moved it to a better spot, so hopefully it starts growing soon!

Haloreef · #5 08-01-2011, 05:17 AM

Oh ya! I love those efflos. I lost the two I had last year when I was on hollidays and all my clams spawned, ( never again ) and crashed my tank! They have the coolest growth pattern, you can't loose with an efflo!
Hard to find though, Solitariences looks close and seems easier to find.
Any one want to sell a frag or colony? Sorry hi-jack over.
Seriously An Efflo would make a nice center piece but in my experiance needs to be lower in the tank if you use halides so keep that in mind.
Keith.

ScubaSteve · #6 08-01-2011, 05:39 AM

Thanks guys! I had got a red planet frag from OC and well... it's never done anything. Maybe if I can find a good stick of it rather than just an encrusted plug it might do something and look good.

I'd be willing to give a RP a try if I could find a good frag but... yeah, everyone and their dog has one and I am REAAALLY looking for somehting that will make everyone go "whoa! what's that?".

$500 efflo... now THAT is an idea!

ScubaSteve · #7 08-01-2011, 05:42 AM

Oh, and I am runnign 250W HQI about 4" off the water and the rock is about 5 to 6" below the water

reefermadness · #8 08-01-2011, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Haloreef

They have the coolest growth pattern, you can't loose with an efflo!

It's hard to find a nice efflo though......been trying for years. Like I said I got two frags going and both are blue tips but brown body. Even the $500 efflo only rarely goes all blue/purple....usually they are green body and purple/blue tips. If you can find one like that though they are really nice.

Either that or they are all green or green and brown...yuck. Growth pattern is still neat though.

ScubaSteve · #9 08-01-2011, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Myka

I think a good quality Bonsai makes a great centerpiece. Grows decently fast too.

I agree with ya there. I actually have two bonsai's: one frag, one big colony. The frag has wicked green polyps but it more purple branches with a brown base. I have it in a REALLY high light area now, so hopefully it'll like this area more. The colony is actually SeahorseFanatics old monster of a colony that he gave to me when he started to move away from SPS. It really didn't like the move and turned brown, but after a rebuild and a lighting upgrade it is finally electric purple again (still waiting for the nice green polyps.

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Originally Posted by reefermadness

It's hard to find a nice efflo though......been trying for years. Like I said I got two frags going and both are blue tips but brown body. Even the $500 efflo only rarely goes all blue/purple....usually they are green body and purple/blue tips. If you can find one like that though they are really nice.

Either that or they are all green or green and brown...yuck. Growth pattern is still neat though.

I also agree with you here. $500 Efflo's have been on my 'list' for a while but I haven't really come across one that I just had to have. I really like the growth form, but yeah, their always kinda brown or green.

For a while this was the "hit list"

Red Planet
Sunset Milli
Strawberry Shortcake
A Rainbow Acro (any kind... I like the Rainbow Nasuta)
Crayola Acro (if it has crazy colours)
$500 (Blue Tipped) Efflo
An Undata with some serious "POP" to it (not necessarily for the spot I'm trying to fill)

Any crazy acros I might no have heard of?