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Limited Edition
Mother of Pearl MOP Acropora
Mother of Pearl Acropora MOP Limited Edition Stony. Wet Thumb Frags original colony imaged.
An incredible short branching tabular Acropora that develops shimmery rainbow pigments.
The rainbow pigments include purple, bright blue, dark blue and bright green.
 Image Copyright © 2010 by Wet Thumb Frags All Rights Reserved.
The Mother of Pearl MOP Acropora develops a unique shimmering pearl-like pigment coloration. Branch tips tend to be purple, while corallites are bright blue. Polyp tentacles can be colored dark blue. Branch stems between corallites can be colored bright green. When exposed to bright light the pigments appear to develop an amazing sheen or luster. This shimmering luster explains how the Mother of Pearl Acropora was named.

This coral is a Wet Thumb Frags (WT) original. They acquired the coral in 2006 as an imported colony. The original colony was almost lost a couple of times, but Dan of Wet Thumb Frags managed to save tiny frags of the coral each time. Eventually they grew back a seed colony of this coral. The original colony had a tabular form. Dan and Tina believe that strong light brings out the pearl-like shimmering rainbow colors. They also think the coral prefers strong current.

Steve Tyree is maintaining a seed section of this coral for Reeffarmers.com in a 130 gallon Raceway Gyre BiZonal system. This system is naturally filtered with a semi-cryptic zone and a reef flat exposed zone. In Steve's captive reef the coral is positioned to receive moderate to strong light levels from a 400 watt 20,000 K Radium metal halide. The price of this coral per small fragment consisting of a single corallite will be determined by the First Edition Silent Auction.

Please note Reeffarmers is no longer taking new reservations for new corals. The current economic conditions are not supportive for reservations that extend for a few years into the future. After this first edition is distributed, we will sell future captive produced fragments on either our Buy It Now page or via another silent auction. We will still list exotic corals as Limited Editions and will continue to build web pages for them.

Mother of Pearl Acropora MOP Limited Edition Stony. Actual Reeffarmers 1st Edition Fragment image.
This fragment auction was sold and closed on August 30th 2010.
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Mother of Pearl Acropora Year 2010 First Edition Auction Closed - Sold
Bid Amount
Name of Bidder
Status
$ 125.00
 Mark Scarlato Winning Bid !

Mother of Pearl Acropora MOP Limited Edition Stony.
Actual Reeffarmers 2nd Edition Fragment image sold on September 26th 2010.
This small fragment contains a newly formed branch on the left side.
Physical size of this fragment is 5/8 inch long by 1/2 inch wide.
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Mother of Pearl Acropora Year 2010 Second Edition Silent Auction Closed - Sold
Bid Amount
Name of Bidder
Status
$ 125.00
 Brian Martin Winming Bid !

For this silent auction, bidders are required to give their full name and their winning bid along with an optional maximum bid. We will accept these bids via phone 909-989-9711. If no one is there leave a message. We also accept bids via email to reeffarmers@aceweb.com . Email bids will be processed in order of their time stamp. Reeffarmers will be answering the phone from noon to 8 PM PST on the final auction day. Other days we will tend to be here in the afternoon and evening. Accepted payment for the final winning bidder is paypal. We do not use ebay and left them a few years ago for various reasons that many people now realize. And we also do not trust online automatic payment systems such as shopping carts ever since the old Coral Farmers Market auction site was attacked and hacked. The method we use for this silent auction is safe and secure. Please note - Your full real name will be displayed above. This is so the accuracy of the auction bidding process can be independently confirmed. Steve Tyree with Reeffarmers is the administrator for the auction. Bid increments are $5.00 . Next day shipping charge for this coral is $45.00 (UPS Express Saver). Local pickups have no shipping charge. California residents add 8.75 % sales tax.
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