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02/05/2018, 02:38 PM | #1 |
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Acan question
Never bought one of these before or seen one tbh so my question is does this one look healthy it is 25$? Would you buy it?
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02/05/2018, 03:49 PM | #3 |
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Acan echinata I think.
I agree that it looks like a good sized colony for 25 bucks.
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02/05/2018, 04:41 PM | #4 |
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02/05/2018, 04:54 PM | #5 |
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It's rather dull color wise, could be why it's only $25. Something like that in my neck of the woods would be like $100 or more.
Under the right lighting it might change colors. I bought a lobo colony once for super cheap because it was dull and wasn't selling. Low and behold a couple months under T5's it colored up to be a nice rainbow color. I would buy it.
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02/05/2018, 05:13 PM | #6 |
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So it looks okay?
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02/05/2018, 06:09 PM | #7 |
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Trash coral.. I'll take it off your hands
Yes, Very nice $25 piece |
02/05/2018, 07:12 PM | #8 |
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I just bought one almost identical with 3 polyps for 35 so yeah good deal
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02/05/2018, 08:32 PM | #9 |
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Yah, 25 is OK, not much distinction between polyps and not overly colourful, like some of the Acan Lords, aka, micro muss....but it's cheap.
In contrast, a Ultra colour Lords of the same size runs 125-250.... |
02/06/2018, 08:44 AM | #10 |
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Agreed that 25 is good price but that is an Acan echinata so more of a flatter coral that spreads across rocks vs a typical acan that has seperate heads and skeleton to grow up on.
And yes different lighting can quickly change colors of acans (and many other corals...)
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02/06/2018, 01:11 PM | #11 |
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Agreed, that's mire like why the price, To me, good colour is what I see under normal white light. If it's expensive, it's colourful or big or both....scolies are well known for vibrant colour and run in the 150-500 range...
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02/07/2018, 11:10 AM | #12 |
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Very good price even if it is a little dull in color right now.
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02/09/2018, 02:14 PM | #13 |
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Agreed. $25 is a really good price for colony that size. I would definitely give it a go!
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02/09/2018, 10:57 PM | #14 |
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Yeah $25 for that many heads is a great deal. Would be $80-120 range in my area. Color is ok nothing special but as said lighting will change that. Its healthy as well it appears but looks like it could extend just a bit more. I would buy it at $25.
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