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Auctioned Edition
Acanthastrea sp.
Agent Orange
Agent Orange Reeffarmers Seed Colony June 2005
Imaged through water surface.
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This incredibly colorful Reef Building Stony Coral was originally purchased by John Lucero (badmort) from a retailer in Pasadena California. One day John recieved a call from the owner of the Reef Shop Pasadena Tropical Fish. The owner told John that he had recently acquired a very interesting coral from Indonesia. Pasadena Tropical Fish also happens to be the store that Steve Tyree purchased his very first Acropora stony coral from back in 1992. This new massive stony coral that John purchased from Pasadena Tropical Fish has a brilliant orange coloration with green corallite centers. While in captivity the orange can at times appear more pinkish. Images taken of the coral through the front glass actually make the coral look more brilliant pink. Images of the coral from above the surface make the coral appear brilliant orange. While in captivity the coral has also added many spots or areas with different pigments. The closeup images show that the coral has orange, pink, reddish, blue, yellow and green. This coral is called Agent Orange because of its brilliant orange coloration. Overall however it appears to be a brilliant multicolored Acanthastrea subechinata species of stony coral. The corals coloration is similar to the Limited Edition Echinophyllia aspera, but instead of a green primary color, Agent Orange has a brilliant orange primary color. There are also numerous patches of pink and some patches of blue, which the LE Echinophyllia aspera does not have. Steve Tyree is maintaining a farmed section of this coral for reeffarmers.com in one of his 125 gallon naturally filtered Tri-Zonal Reef Aquariums. In Steve's captive reef the coral is positoned to recieve moderate to weak light under a 400 watt 20,000 K Radium Metal Halide. The Auctioned Edition opening bid for each new auction is currently $60 per single polyp fragment. The bimonthly auctioned edition auction schedules can be found below. When we began auctioning this coral there were only two known people within the entire U.S. who have this agent orange multi-color morph. John Lucero has the original colony. John provided Reeffarmers with its First Edition Auctioned fragment and the Seed Colony which will grow additional Auctioned Editions. John may occasionally auction fragments of this Agent Orange coral online. John Lucero (badmort) has a web site called www.killercoral.com Please note - We changed the harvesting rate to quarterly due to slower then anticipated growth.
Agent Orange Reeffarmers Fourth Edition Fragment sold by Auction.
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Agent Orange Year 2009 Quarterly Auctioned Edition Schedule

March
Auction
 Ninth Edition Auction Sold for $50.00 through CFM Auctions
June
Auction
 Tenth Edition Auction sold for $48.00 through CFM Auctions
September
Auction
 Eleventh Edition Sold for $40 as a Buy It Now
December
Auction
 Twelfth Edition Auction through CFM Auctions coming in December 2009 !

Agent Orange Year 2008 Quarterly Auctioned Edition Schedule

January
Auction
 Seventh Edition Auctioned for $75.00 on CFM Auctions
October
Auction
 Eighth Edition Auctioned for $60.00 through CFM Auctions

Agent Orange Year 2007 Quarterly Auctioned Edition Schedule

November
Auction
 Sixth Edition Auctioned for $90.00 through CFM Auctions

Agent Orange Year 2006 BiMonthly Auctioned Edition Schedule

February
Auction
 No auction bids. Non-Auction offer declined. Colony only 2 polyps in size. Needs growout time.
April
Auction
 Fifth Edition Auctioned for $150.00

Agent Orange Year 2005 BiMonthly Auctioned Edition Schedule

June
Auction
 First Edition Auctioned for $175.00
August
Auction
 Second Edition Auctioned for $175.00
October
Auction
 Third Edition Auctioned for $175.00
December
Auction
 Fourth Edition Auctioned for $175.00

To inquire about the auctioning of this farmed fragment please send an email to reeffarmersauctions@aceweb.com.
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