Sally
Very kind of you to offer a frag of your Colt. I have two Colts now. One that I hacked at yesterday (got three frags off of it, two that I gave to a friend, but one of my
peppermint shrimps managed to tickle the third piece which I kept out from under the toothpick-rubberband mechanism I was using to hold it, so it's going to be a big surprise to find it someday!) and another with slightly different polyps (larger/longer than the bigger Colt).
Also have four other leathers, plus an assortment of star polyps in brown and fluorescent green, some brown buttons that finally seem to be taking off, an Acro frag that I got last month at the club meet, two gorgonias and a large array of creepy crawlers (peppermints, camelback and a cleaner shrimp, arrow crab, emerald crabs, two different serpent stars, plus red and
blue legged hermits and however many turbos the saltwater tankgods have left me
).
The reason I wanted a rasta or finger was to try something like the leathers that lately have become successful for me, but with a different texture. Given the size of my tank (10) and my lighting (one 20k in the back and two 14 watt four-fingered fluorescents up front) I'd not had success with "hard" corals until lately. Changing the 20k bulb seems to have helped that Acro, but I think I'm better off sticking with softies, as they have a higher tolerance for my fumbling attempts at reefkeeping!
Thanks again for the offer of the Colt frag. Hope to meet you at next weeks club confab at CapBay.
Mike
PS Once my stuff starts growing back after yesterday's pruning, I'd be happy to share a frag or 3 with you if I've got something that interests you.
a colt doesnt sound bad.... lemme know
