WTB: Fiji Yellow Leather
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Sarcophyton elegans doesn't do well when fragged, they never have. Just buy complete corals and you'll be fine. The only way to get frags is from natural division/budding, otherwise, they have a really poor track record being fragged.
Also, these are shallow water species that look amazing under natural daylight.
Also, these are shallow water species that look amazing under natural daylight.
OP: if you're in orange county, reach out to Steve @ https://www.garretts-acropolis.com/ ? He should have some "matured" frags. Hit him up on acros while you're there as well.
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I went to work and all the fun happened. Thanks for the responses. Someone PM’d me and offered a frag. He also said that they don’t look as good under blues and the color would morph unless under less blue light. I do run my tank a bit blue but could adjust. I have a couple of things that look better under whiter light like my Koji Wada Nepthea. But, the nems and zoas look better under blue so I’ll look for a balance.
I didn‘t know these were hard to keep. I’m not currently holding any SPS so maybe in a more “dirty” tank they will do better? It’s a nice pop of color in a predominantly softy tank.
@drexel
@Jimbo327
@OldReefGuy
I went to work and all the fun happened. Thanks for the responses. Someone PM’d me and offered a frag. He also said that they don’t look as good under blues and the color would morph unless under less blue light. I do run my tank a bit blue but could adjust. I have a couple of things that look better under whiter light like my Koji Wada Nepthea. But, the nems and zoas look better under blue so I’ll look for a balance.
I didn‘t know these were hard to keep. I’m not currently holding any SPS so maybe in a more “dirty” tank they will do better? It’s a nice pop of color in a predominantly softy tank.
I second that with other folks who say don’t bother with Fiji yellows if you run mostly blue lights.
You almost need like Metal Halides and 6500k lights most of the time. Otherwise they will get more green… either mustard green or a light mint green. Still not bad if you have other color shades and this helps provide variety.
Yellow Fijis aren’t technically hard. They need high par and high flow. Similar to SPS conditions. It’s the reason why they don’t ship well and thus rare in the hobby (but not in the wild).
We only have Fiji Yellows by sheer luck… (they had to be the last to be packaged from the farm and the first to be unpacked). They get infected easily when in stagnate water. And they will wither away when they’re not in high light.
Mine grows slow and hardly ever drops babies. Otherwise I’d offer a frag. But seems like you’re getting one soon. Good luck!
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You almost need like Metal Halides and 6500k lights most of the time. Otherwise they will get more green… either mustard green or a light mint green. Still not bad if you have other color shades and this helps provide variety.
Yellow Fijis aren’t technically hard. They need high par and high flow. Similar to SPS conditions. It’s the reason why they don’t ship well and thus rare in the hobby (but not in the wild).
We only have Fiji Yellows by sheer luck… (they had to be the last to be packaged from the farm and the first to be unpacked). They get infected easily when in stagnate water. And they will wither away when they’re not in high light.
Mine grows slow and hardly ever drops babies. Otherwise I’d offer a frag. But seems like you’re getting one soon. Good luck!
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Plenty of nicer leathers
Yes, Steve should have more. Please txt him or I can ping him tomorrow am and revert back.
I bought 6 frags and sold one to @OldReefGuy. The other five withered away, down the drain…oh well! I didn’t care for them tbh so all good.
Frags were in the frag tank with decent flow (MP10 @ 90%) and high intensity (Radion G6 Blue @ 80% peak).
Yes, Steve should have more. Please txt him or I can ping him tomorrow am and revert back.
I bought 6 frags and sold one to @OldReefGuy. The other five withered away, down the drain…oh well! I didn’t care for them tbh so all good.
Frags were in the frag tank with decent flow (MP10 @ 90%) and high intensity (Radion G6 Blue @ 80% peak).
Cool. Thanks I’ve gotten some softies from him. Most of the time with great results.
Did you have other leathers in your tank or run carbon? High levels of terpenes can stress a toadstool out.
Or if you took too long to move them into the target tank when you picked them up maybe?
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Did you have other leathers in your tank or run carbon? High levels of terpenes can stress a toadstool out.
Or if you took too long to move them into the target tank when you picked them up maybe?
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