my new Platygyra maze coral

[whatcaneyedo]

I've been after one of these for a little over a year now and I finally got one so I just wanted to show it off a bit. Its 3-4" in diameter and I paid $70 for it. Looks like a Platygyra Daedalea.

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/518/93240pic_036.jpg

[SitBackAndWatch]

nice man.... i just picked one up that same color.... almost 4 times as big though. and i paid 80...

[whatcaneyedo]

We generally have to pay a lot more for our stuff here in canada and its a lot harder to come by. I finally got a derasa clam as well and I've been trying to buy one for the last two years but just couldnt find any for sale.

[Scythanith]

You're in what is essentially one of the main ports of incoming marine ornamentals. They are plenty of killer shops throughout lower B.C.!

I think we recieve the same quality and selection as our southern neighbours, but I could be wrong!

Looks failry healthy, watch that front edge, seems to be bleached in the picture.

Cheers

[whatcaneyedo]

The front edge pointed downwards in the store so I know that much is looking a bit rough, I've always had really good luck with LPS so I feel confident that it will be alright.

I did get it from Ocean Aquatics in Delta, I ordered it online and flew a few other things up with it.

The problem is that when places down on the coast get a new shippment in everyone shows up all at once and buys most things before they are even out of the bag. I live north a 9-10 hour drive away so the selection I get is whatever is leftover. Which are the less colorfull, still expensive, with some dead spots type corals.

But considering the LFS we have here those corals look fantastic in our eyes. Our local place can only keep a handfull of softies alive long term.

[airinhere]

Sweet coral.
I got some a couple months ago and find that mine like med light, med flow.

I keep mine down on the sand and where the water bottlenecks so that when I feed my other corals, the platygras can extend their sweepers and feed heavily as well.

Mine put out long tentacles almost every night. Some are a couple inches long. And they can kill anything they come into contact with. (although my zoanthids seem immune to the sting)

Yours should color up just fine. Mine are starting to spread already.

[Sheol]

Gotta love them, that looks a lot like mine, except mine has a bit more maze to its furrows. One of my favorite corals..

Matthew