Fiji is opening again

[Turkeysammich]

From Mike Paletta:
Finally some good news for the hobby. I just got it confirmed that Fiji will be shipping corals for the first time since 2017. This will be great as these were some of the first corals in the hobby and some of the most colorful and hardy. Just when I thought I was done spending money lol. Here are some photos from Steve Tyree's tank and others of what some of these corals looked like in the 1990's. And all of these photos were all taken under halides and fluorescent actinic tubes, LEDs were not around then. Can't wait to see what they look like now under LEDs.

 

[ashburn2k]

loooooking awayyyyyyy

 

[Chromis]

So shouldn’t we already have plenty of these “colorful and hardy” corals around that were imported from Fiji before 2017? And which ones are they?

 

[max_nano]

So shouldn’t we already have plenty of these “colorful and hardy” corals around that were imported from Fiji before 2017? And which ones are they?

I think in the first pic you can see Paletta Pink tips up on the top left.


this article on RB talks about some of the pieces from the 90s: https://reefbuilders.com/2017/06/10/favorite-sps-corals/

 

[Patio]

Anyone able to ID this one? I really like the thickness.

 

[max_nano]

Anyone able to ID this one? I really like the thickness.

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I think that’s an acropora spathulata

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[Chromis]

Anyone able to ID this one? I really like the thickness.

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It’s still a compact colony but it’s growing most similarly to spathulata that I have grown out from wild via LiveAquaria divers’ den. The wild spath I grew out is raspberry with a green rim tho.

 

[Patio]

The wild spath I grew out is raspberry with a green rim tho

Sounds like a good color combo to me!

 

[CaseyP]

Maybe we'll see more acropora humilis again! I don't really see them anymore, maybe just not popular for collection. The original stubby acro before spaths starting popping up more.

 

[Chromis]

I think in the first pic you can see Paletta Pink tips up on the top left.


this article on RB talks about some of the pieces from the 90s: https://reefbuilders.com/2017/06/10/favorite-sps-corals/

Yea does look like a Paletta pink tip. The one in the upper left looks like the OG blue acro (grown by @anathema) that was going around the club for a while. Wonder if anyone still has a piece of it?