This very unusually colored Seriatopora sp. was personally collected
by Bill Schroer and hand delivered to Reeffarmers.com during the summer
of 2003. Bill collected this specific coral because he noticed the unique
bi-colored nature of its pigmentation. The base branches are brightly green
colored while the branch ends or tips are pink. Unfortunately Bill is not
currently collecting in Ponape and we may never see this specific coral
morph for quite awhile, if at all. The initial fragments were distributed to
two other reef aquarists. Tracy Gray and Ray Reed. All three of us had
difficulty getting the coral to grow and color well. Eventually we discovered
that this coral is a low light coral (just as Bill Schroer said it might be).
When placed in low to moderate lighting the coral develops its unique and
intense bi-color pigmentation. If positioned under normal moderate to bright
light the base branches turn cream with tips that are pinkish. It also does not
grow well in bright light. We have not figured out exactly which Seriatopora
species this coral is. It is probably one of the following S. hystrix, S. aculeata
or S. stellata. This is a good possibility that this good be a Seriatopora
stellata species. Calices are raised high and do appear to be forming ridges
along the branches. Steve Tyree is currently maintaining this coral for
reeffarmers.com in one of his 125 gallon naturally filtered Tri-Zonal EG Reef
Aquariums. In Steve's captive reef the coral is positoned at about 26 inches
from a 400 watt 20,000 K Radium Metal Halide. Water current is moderate to
weak. Price is currently $70 per small sized fragment because of its unique
bright bi-coloration pigmentation and the fact that there is no one currently
collecting this Ponape morph for the trade. Due to the corals slow
growth rate we are only harvesting one fragment every two months. The current
Bi-monthly limited edition reservation schedules can be found below.
Ponape Seriatopora Year 2009 Bi-Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
February
Reserved for Jerry G.
April
Reserved for S. Spargur
June
Reserved for Matt H.
August
Reserved for S. Merill
October
Reserved for E. Balls
December
Reserved for R. Adam
Ponape Seriatopora Year 2010 Bi-Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
February
Reserved for CK Chow
April
Reserved for M. Ward
June
Reserved for A. Maida
August
Reserved or D. Skinner
October
Reserved for M. Schwitters
December
Reserved for S. Bauer
Ponape Seriatopora Year 2011 Bi-Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
February
Reserved for A. Eastridge
April
Reserved for T. Wasden
August
Reserved for M. Maher
Ponape Seriatopora Year 2008 Bi-Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
February
Sold as Buy It Now
April
Reserved for J. Perchalski
June
Reserved for R. Meadows
August
Reserved for R. Carlton
October
Reserved for J. Callahan
December
Reserved for D. Schultz
Ponape Seriatopora Year 2007 Bi-Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
February
Sold as Buy It Now
April
CFM Auction
June
Sold as Buy It Now
August
Sold as Buy It Now
October
Shipped to M. Frost
December
Sold as Buy It Now
Ponape Seriatopora Year 2006 Bi-Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
February
Sold as Buy It Now
April
2006 BA-CFM
June
CFM Auctions
August
CFM Auctions
October
Sold as Buy It Now
December
CFM Auction
Ponape Seriatopora Year 2005 Bi-Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
February
CFM Auction
March
Sold at 2006 SW-CFM
April
Shipped to A. Andraz
June
CFM Auction
August
Shipped to I. Hartwell
October
Shipped to C. Conway
December
CFM Auction
Ponape Seriatopora Year 2004 Bi-Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
April
Shipped to Quang Bui
June
Shipped to Ara D.
August
Shipped to Sue T.
October
Shipped to J. Murphy
December
Shipped to R. Hilgers
To inquire about reserving a limited edition farmed
fragment of this coral please send email to
reeffarmers@aceweb.com.