Auctioned Edition Ice Fire Echinata Acropora echinata
Ice Fire Echinata Acropora echinata Karl Unarce Seed Colony. An
absolutely stunning strong light Acropora echinata with a brilliant blue pigmentation. Branch stems
are cream to blue cream in coloration. This coral has been accurately called the Ice Fire Echinata.
The Ice Fire Echinata coral is one of the most incredibly pigmented Acropora echinata corals that
we have seen in captivity. It has a brilliant blue pigmentation at the branch tips that extends
downward toward blue cream colored branch stems. This is a true Acropora echinata species that has
elongated corallites. Polyps can extend during the daytime photoperiod.
The coral has been successfully maintained within captivity since the fall of 2004. Reeffarmers
acquired our seed fragment and our First Edition fragment from Karl Unarce of Sacramento California.
Karl acquired this coral from Rich Stevens (Sandollar) when Rich left the hobby and sold his entire
colony to Karl. The Ice Fire Echinata had originally come from James Lee who ran the reef store Aquascene
in the Bay Area of California. James had only distributed 5 fragments to local reefers before the coral
was acquired by Rich.
Steve Tyree is maintaining a seed section of the Ice Fire Echinata for Reeffarmers.com
in an 125 gallon naturally filtered Tri-Zonal Reef Aquarium. In Steve's captive reef the coral is
positioned to receive moderate to strong light under a 400 watt 20,000 K Radium Metal Halide. The coral
requires at least moderate illumination to maintain its coloration. The Auctioned Edition opening bid for
each new auction is currently $125 per small fragment. The quarterly auctioned edition auction schedules
can be found below.
Ice Fire Echinata Acropora echinata Year 2008 Quarterly Auctioned Edition Schedule
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