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Limited Edition
Red Watermelon Alien Eye
Echinophyllia sp.
Red Watermelon Alien Eye Hugo Zuniga's Parent Section January 29 2006. Note how this coral has all the
pigment characteristics of a Watermelon Alien Eye Coral in addition to a very intense Red dominant coloration.
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The original Watermelon Alien Eye Echinophyllia species coral has absolutely incredible pigmentation patterns. The base pigmentation is dominated by bright pink pigments mixed with some underlying blue pigments. Corallites are bright green and the edge of the colony has a bright green trim. The green trim can also contain other pigments. That combination of colors gives the original Watermelon coral an overall similarity to a slice of watermelon. A more detailed examination of the bright green corallites reveals that there are dots of color that appear to have been splashed on the green. The new Red Watermelon coral has all the pigment characteristics of the original Watermelon Alien Eye, but instead of bright pink this Watermelon has Bright Red Pigments on its main base. This bright red pigment makes the new coral even more intensely pigmented then the original. Reeffarmers.com acquired our fragment from Hugo Zuniga of Orange County California snipersps. Hugo found this coral in a retail shop within Southern California during late summer 2005. It originally only had a faint reddish pigmentation over its surface and was slightly damaged. Hugo was able to save a small section of the original colony. The bright red pigment then slowly developed within a few months. Hugo has distributed about 10 total fragments to date. Recently he sold 1/2 of his parent colony to Dave Whitham davewhit3@cablemo.net. Fragments of Dave's second generation coral have recently sold in the $400 to $500 price range. 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 to weak light under a 400 watt 20,000 K Radium Metal Halide. Limited Edition Reservation price is currently $200 per small sized fragment. The bimonthly limited edition reservation schedules can be found below.
Three Alien Eye Corals from Hugo Zuniga's Reef Late January 2006. The Alien Eye on the far left is the original
Tubs Alien Eye. The Alien Eye on the far right is the original Watermelon Alien Eye. Within the center is
the new Red Watermelon Alien Eye. Note how this new Watermelon has an intense bright Red pigmentation.
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Red Watermelon Alien Eye Year 2009 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule

February
 Reserved for M. Schwitters
April
 Reserved for I. Hartwell
June
 Reserved for M. Juner
August
 Reserved for A. Honn
October
 Reserved for F. Bray
December
 Reserved for R. Lewis

Red Watermelon Alien Eye Year 2010 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule

February
 Reserved for R. Tarnoff
April
 Reserved for R. Adam
June
 Reserved for P. Kim
August
 Reserved for C. Kelly
October
 Reserved for N. Laplante
December
 Reserved for C. Walters

Red Watermelon Alien Eye Year 2011 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule

February
 Reserved for A. Eastridge
April
 Reserved for R. Meadows
June
 Available
August
 Available
October
 Available
December
 Available

Red Watermelon Alien Eye Year 2008 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule

February
 Reserved for M. Obrian
April
 Reserved for J. Stoffel
June
 Reserved for J. Gallaway
August
 Reserved for A. Andrasz
October
 Reserved for S. Spargur
December
 Reserved for P. Schreiber

Red Watermelon Alien Eye Year 2006 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule

October
 First Edition Auctioned for $369.04 through CFM Auctions on Octobr 10th
December
 Reserved for D. Wang

Red Watermelon Alien Eye Year 2007 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule

February
 Reserved for R. Barton
April
 Reserved for J. Berney
June
 Reserved for E. Nichols
August
 Reserved for C. Conway
October
 Reserved for G. Adkins
December
 Reserved for G. Schwab

To inquire about reserving a limited edition farmed fragment of this coral please send an email to reeffarmers@aceweb.com.
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