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Auctioned Edition
Montastrea curta
Upscales Dragons Eye
Montastrea curta Dragons Eye Upscales 7 year old Initial Colony August 20th 2005
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While on a trip to Portland to make a presentation to the Pacific Northwest Marine Aquarium Society, Steve Tyree went on some coral hunting side trips and made a visit to the Portland area Reef Store Upscales. www.upscales.com Steve was shown the stores two main reefs by Travis Heidt. There were numerous exotic stony coral colonies and many were rare. In one of the reefs Steve spotted an incredibly colorful coral that Travis had kept and grown for 7 years. The coral was originally exported from Jakarta Indonesia. Its initially appears as a Favia type brain coral that possesses an incredible coloration pattern. After a few minutes of observation Steve believed it to be a Montastrea curta. Travis also thought the coral was a M. curta. The coral has a very unique concentric ring coloration pattern. The corallite centers are deep red which changes to bright orange in a middle concentric ring. The outer edge of the corallite has a unique spotted cream white coloration. The corallite mouths are pink. These patterns give the coral a very striking appearence. Montastrea curta can be found in the book Corals of the World Volume 3 Page 216. The concentric ring pattern can also be seen in the Montastrea curta pictured in Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific page 504 Image 1. Another possibility is that this could be a Barabattoia amicorum (Corals of the World Volume 3 Page 133). Travis Heidt has named this coral the 'Dragons Eye' due to its unique concentric ring coloration (see image below). 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 light under a 400 watt 20,000 K Radium Metal Halide. Travis believes the coral requires weak currents and moderate to low light. The Auctioned Edition opening bid for each new auction is currently $80 per small sized fragment. Each fragment will consist of two or more adult corallites 10 to 15 mm in diameter. The quarterly auctioned edition auction schedules can be found below. Reeffarmers has changed this corals harvest rates to quarterly due to slower then anticipated growth.
Montastrea curta Dragons Eye Reeffarmers Main Seed Colony Closeup
August 26th 2005 Note the 'Dragons Eye' appearence
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Second Edition Auction November 2005 !
Montastrea curta Dragons Eye Actual Fragment Image of the November Second Edition AE fragment. This single polyp Eye is Fully Expanded with Slight Polyp Extension. Top View Through Water.
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Montastrea curta Dragons Eye Actual Fragment Image of the November Second Edition AE fragment. Note how the fluorescent Pink Pigments Cover more of the Upper Surface. Side View Through Glass.
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Montastrea curta Dragons Eye Year 2008 BiMonthly Auctioned Edition Schedule

March
Auction
 Sixth Edition Auction sold for $88.00 through CFM Auctions
June
Auction
 Seventh Edition Auction through CFM Auctions runing now !
September
Auction
 Eighth Edition Auction through CFM Auctions coming in September !
December
Auction
 Nineth Edition Auction through CFM Auctions coming in December !

Montastrea curta Dragons Eye Year 2006 BiMonthly Auctioned Edition Schedule

January
Auction
 Third Edition Auctioned for $204.52
March
Auction
 Fourth Edition Ebay Auctioned for $150.00
May
Auction
 Fifth Edition Ebay Auctioned for $150.00

Monatastrea curta Dragons Eye Year 2005 BiMonthly Auctioned Edition Schedule

September
Auction
 First Edition Auctioned for $202.50
November
Auction
 Second Edition sold for $150 list after no Auction bids.

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