TM

Limited Edition -
Echinophyllia sp.
Juners Echinophyllia

Retired June 2008 !


Echinophyllia sp. Juners Echinophyllia Reeffarmers Parent Colony
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The exotic pigmentation colors and patterns within this Echinophyllia sp. are the closet we have ever seen to the Reeffarmers Auctioned Edition Ponape Echinophyllia echinoporides. That Ponape coral is very rare and has been growing very slowly for us. This Juners Echinophyllia was found by Matt Juner of ReefReady.net who located the coral at the retail shop Natural Life Aquarium in Sunnyvale California. Matt picked up the coral thinking it was very similar to our Ponape Echinophyllia Auctioned Edition. After close examination the coral appears to similar, but not the same exact morph of the Ponape. Matt's Echinophyllia has pink colored pigment markings, while the Ponape Echinophyllia has red colored markings. The pink markings on Matt's coral are also larger and more dense. See comparison images below. The base blue colorations of the two are also of different shades. Polyp mouths of the Ponape Echino are also easily seen and they have some orangish pigmentation around them. Polyp mouths of Matt's Echino are not easily seen and they do not contain the orangish pigments. While the Juner Echinophyllia is not an exact copy of the Ponape Echinophyllia, it is a very exotically colored Echinophyllia. It also appears to grow faster then the Ponape Echinophyllia is growing. Matt thinks the coral may have come from Indonesia. 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 weak to moderate light under a 400 watt 20,000 K Radium Metal Halide. Limited Edition Reservation price for fragment is currently $100 per small sized fragment. The monthly limited edition reservation schedules can be found below. Please note effective April 2007 we have changed this corals harvesting reservation rate to bimonthly. This better matches the corals long term growth rates in captivity. Please note this LE coral was retired in June 2008 due to a lack of reservations and also because we did not have the seed colony in house any more.

Echinophyllia sp. Juners Echinophyllia Limited Edition Colony Edge Note pink pigmentation and that the shade of blue is different.
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Ponape Echinophyllia echinoporides Auctioned Edition Colony Edge Note red pigmentation and that the shade of blue is different.
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Echinophyllia sp. Juners Echinophyllia Limited Edition Reeffarmers Parent Colony Note greater amounts of pink pigmentation. Polyp mouths are difficult to find and do not have orangish pigments.
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Ponape Echinophyllia echinoporides Auctioned Edition Reeffarmers Parent Colony Note lesser amounts of red pigmentation. More line patterns to red. Polyp mouths are very apparent and have orangish pigmentation.
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Echinophyllia sp. Juners Echinophyllia Year 2006 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule

January
Cancelled
February
Cancelled
March
Cancelled
April
Cancelled
May
Cancelled
June
Cancelled
July
Cancelled
August
Cancelled
September
Cancelled
October
Cancelled
November
Cancelled
December
Cancelled


Echinophyllia sp. Juners Echinophyllia Year 2007 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule

January
Cancelled
February
Cancelled
March
Cancelled
April
Cancelled


Echinophyllia sp. Juners Echinophyllia Year 2005 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule

December
First Edition Auctioned for $100.00


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