Tell me your favorite old classic sps

abhishek@1985 · 01/17/2017, 12:02 PM

Hi friends,

Just started my sps jpourney and in a short time, have got attached to the old world classic acros even though i thought - NO ACROS !!!! There's something of a beauty about the classics ...
Planning to slowly stock my tank only on classic old acros.

So list down your favorite classics and generally how fast have you observed them to go .

My dream list is very simple :- Purple Monster (If I ever find one ), Red Dragon, Oregon Tort , Strawberry Shortcake and Sapphire Milleapora (If I ever find one)..

Whats your old favorite classics ?

Regards,
Abhishek

codydemmel4 · 01/17/2017, 12:07 PM

Red Planet I like a lot, I also like the Green Slimer

steallife904 · 01/17/2017, 12:11 PM

every tank needs a green slimmer

abhishek@1985 · 01/17/2017, 12:13 PM

Green skimmer - that's the first one to have gone into the tank to test for acros ��

Regards,
Abhishek

crawlerman · 01/17/2017, 12:18 PM

Chips acro has always been a favorite, great PE. Cali tort is also one of my favorites, would say Oregon, but I like the faster growth. Even though it's extremely common, I too like the green slimmer. I think it looks good in the back towering above everything else. Never had one, but I've always wanted a palmers blue millepora.

abhishek@1985 · 01/17/2017, 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crawlerman

Chips acro has always been a favorite, great PE. Cali tort is also one of my favorites, would say Oregon, but I like the faster growth. Even though it's extremely common, I too like the green slimmer. I think it looks good in the back towering above everything else. Never had one, but I've always wanted a palmers blue millepora.

I like your list but don't think I see much of chips acro anywhere ..

Regards,
Abhishek

robthorn · 01/17/2017, 12:25 PM

I have everything listed here so far except I have never heard of the Saphire milli. I will be looking that up.

My favorite old school coral of all time is the baby blue abrolhosensis. It was very common in the Tampa area 15 years ago. Now its gone.
Pearlberry is fairly old school and I have that too. :-)

ClownMan727 · 01/17/2017, 12:25 PM

All SPS tanks should have Red Planet. Sunset Millie is nice too.

robthorn · 01/17/2017, 12:29 PM

I looked up that milli and there seems to be thought that ora blue milli may be the same coral or close enough to not matter. I do have a nicely colored blue milli. :-)

abhishek@1985 · 01/17/2017, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by robthorn

I have everything listed here so far except I have never heard of the Saphire milli. I will be looking that up.

My favorite old school coral of all time is the baby blue abrolhosensis. It was very common in the Tampa area 15 years ago. Now its gone.
Pearlberry is fairly old school and I have that too. :-)

Sapphire is a pretty old one and I only saw it once in my friend's tank in UK .

ORA Pearlberry - Yes , how could I miss that ... thanks for bringing it up .

You have purple monster !!! If so ,pm coming your way

Regards,
Abhishek

abhishek@1985 · 01/17/2017, 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ClownMan727

All SPS tanks should have Red Planet. Sunset Millie is nice too.

As you say - it's gonna be included in my list since it's a must

Regards,
Abhishek

crawlerman · 01/17/2017, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by abhishek@1985

I like your list but don't think I see much of chips acro anywhere ..

Regards,
Abhishek

I got mine on here from jdm1114

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2597967

Also forgot about the German Blue Acropora, I only had it for a few months before a 3 day power outage wiped out my tank, but I really like the blue polyps on the green. Cool look

vhuang168 · 01/17/2017, 12:52 PM

Purple Monster
Paletta Pink Tip
Leng Sy Monti
Tyree Pink Lemonade
Tyree Soli

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abhishek@1985 · 01/17/2017, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vhuang168

Purple Monster
Paletta Pink Tip
Leng Sy Monti
Tyree Pink Lemonade
Tyree Soli

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sweet list ... I have never seen a Leng Sy monti .
Kindly post a pic if you have any ..

Also ,is your purple monster ready for frag ?

Regards,
Abhishek

karimwassef · 01/17/2017, 01:19 PM

Post pics please

karimwassef · 01/17/2017, 01:24 PM

I like my purple milka stylo

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And this little red/pink coral with white tips.. what's that called?

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vhuang168 · 01/17/2017, 01:38 PM

Leng Sy montipora

Picture is from Reef Farmer's site.

My pm is not ready for fragging. I've been looking for 1 for about a year and finally scored a frag earlier last year. Also just picked up an SI PM last week.

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xanthurum · 01/17/2017, 01:53 PM

Hawkins and Red Dragon are always good. Slimer is a must and I also like SSC

moga · 01/17/2017, 01:56 PM

Purple Bonsai..

i have kept this one for such a long time around 14 years.~

i had it big colony once but it just survived over that long years in small mini-colony.

robthorn · 01/17/2017, 02:03 PM

Hahaha, I must be really old school. Nevermind, I know I am. I have almost everything listed here so far.
My Purple Monster isn't even a full size frag yet so no I can't frag it. The person I got it from was losing a lot of it so I have a tiny nub to try to keep it alive. 4 or 5 months but no new growth that I can see.

abhishek@1985 · 01/17/2017, 02:18 PM

Amazing stories guys ...

There must be a quite a few with big colony of purple monster and Oregon tort .
If so , please share pics for us to enjoy ��

Regards,
Abhishek

crawlerman · 01/17/2017, 03:34 PM

When I did a search to see what the sapphire millepora was the search brought up an article about 3 corals that are in danger of becoming extinct. Purple monster, Oregon tort and sapphire millepora were the three. Seems people aren't growing them out and fragging them due to slow growth and they are sensitive to any change in water parameters. According to the article anyway.

abhishek@1985 · 01/17/2017, 03:40 PM

Well that might explain why you can't find a purple monster and a sapphire Millie any more .
Thought Oregon Tort was not that rare though .
Surely slow growers but worth the wait

Regards,
Abhishek

jda · 01/17/2017, 03:50 PM

Real Garf Bonsai
Purple Monster
ATL Christmas Miribilis - like red planet but keeps the green for those of us who have red planets go all red
Palmers Blue Mille
Lime in the Sky

Joche · 01/17/2017, 04:14 PM

To my newbie to SPS eyes, wouldn't the ORA Stubber Staghorn, Mylka Stylo, Purple Monster and maybe the Red Monti Cap be the some of the ultimate Classic SPS? I mean the Stubber is one of the earliest Acros kept in captivity! And the history of the Mylka with the Monaco Aquarium is fascinating.

Not necessarily my favorites, but their histories within the the hobby are very interesting.

Now I 'd be pretty happy with a Red Planet, Red monti Cap, any milliepora and any blue staghorn(i like The blue Vermiculata) or Blue Tort if the were the only SPS

01/17/2017, 12:02 PM	#1
abhishek@1985 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 525	Tell me your favorite old classic sps Hi friends, Just started my sps jpourney and in a short time, have got attached to the old world classic acros even though i thought - NO ACROS !!!! There's something of a beauty about the classics ... Planning to slowly stock my tank only on classic old acros. So list down your favorite classics and generally how fast have you observed them to go . My dream list is very simple :- Purple Monster (If I ever find one ), Red Dragon, Oregon Tort , Strawberry Shortcake and Sapphire Milleapora (If I ever find one).. Whats your old favorite classics ? Regards, Abhishek

01/17/2017, 12:07 PM	#2
codydemmel4 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Center Valley PA Posts: 1,479	Red Planet I like a lot, I also like the Green Slimer __________________ -Cody SPS Dominant 180 gallon. Link to my tank: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2618245

01/17/2017, 12:25 PM	#8
ClownMan727 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: New Port Richey, FL Posts: 776	All SPS tanks should have Red Planet. Sunset Millie is nice too. __________________ "A flute with no holes is not a flute ...and a doughnut with no hole...is a Danish." - Ty Webb (Caddyshack, 1980) Current Tank Info: 125gallon, 3 T247 led's and 2 80w T5's. 2 MP 40's,2 MP 10's. and a 40 breeder, ATI 4 bulb 39w light with 2 blue led strips. 1 MP 10. All plumbed to 40 gallon homemade acrylic sump. with APEX controller.

01/17/2017, 12:52 PM	#13
vhuang168 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 2,136	Purple Monster Paletta Pink Tip Leng Sy Monti Tyree Pink Lemonade Tyree Soli Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Vincent 40g custom AIO --> DSA190Pro

01/17/2017, 01:19 PM	#15
karimwassef Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 11,033	Post pics please __________________ Failure isn't an option It's a requirement. 660g 380inwall+280smp/surge S/L/Soft/Maxima/RBTA/Clown/Chromis/Anthias/Tang/Mandarin/Jawfish/Goby/Wrasse/D'back. DIY 12' Skimmer ActuatedSurge ConcreteScape

01/17/2017, 12:11 PM	#3
steallife904 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 944	every tank needs a green slimmer

01/17/2017, 12:13 PM	#4
abhishek@1985 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 525	Green skimmer - that's the first one to have gone into the tank to test for acros �� Regards, Abhishek

01/17/2017, 12:18 PM	#5
crawlerman Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 503	Chips acro has always been a favorite, great PE. Cali tort is also one of my favorites, would say Oregon, but I like the faster growth. Even though it's extremely common, I too like the green slimmer. I think it looks good in the back towering above everything else. Never had one, but I've always wanted a palmers blue millepora.

01/17/2017, 12:25 PM	#7
robthorn Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: largo florida Posts: 5,089	I have everything listed here so far except I have never heard of the Saphire milli. I will be looking that up. My favorite old school coral of all time is the baby blue abrolhosensis. It was very common in the Tampa area 15 years ago. Now its gone. Pearlberry is fairly old school and I have that too. :-)

01/17/2017, 12:29 PM	#9
robthorn Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: largo florida Posts: 5,089	I looked up that milli and there seems to be thought that ora blue milli may be the same coral or close enough to not matter. I do have a nicely colored blue milli. :-)

01/17/2017, 01:24 PM	#16
karimwassef Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 11,033	I like my purple milka stylo And this little red/pink coral with white tips.. what's that called? __________________ Failure isn't an option It's a requirement. 660g 380inwall+280smp/surge S/L/Soft/Maxima/RBTA/Clown/Chromis/Anthias/Tang/Mandarin/Jawfish/Goby/Wrasse/D'back. DIY 12' Skimmer ActuatedSurge ConcreteScape

01/17/2017, 01:38 PM	#17
vhuang168 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 2,136	Leng Sy montipora Picture is from Reef Farmer's site. My pm is not ready for fragging. I've been looking for 1 for about a year and finally scored a frag earlier last year. Also just picked up an SI PM last week. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Vincent 40g custom AIO --> DSA190Pro

01/17/2017, 01:53 PM	#18
xanthurum Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Surprise Arizona Posts: 915	Hawkins and Red Dragon are always good. Slimer is a must and I also like SSC __________________ Why is this so addictive. Current Tank Info: You want to know just ask

01/17/2017, 01:56 PM	#19
moga Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,223	Purple Bonsai.. i have kept this one for such a long time around 14 years.~ i had it big colony once but it just survived over that long years in small mini-colony. __________________ Since 2001, 30x30x20 cube with GHL LED Mitras LED lighting tank. No sump is good tank~

01/17/2017, 02:03 PM	#20
robthorn Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: largo florida Posts: 5,089	Hahaha, I must be really old school. Nevermind, I know I am. I have almost everything listed here so far. My Purple Monster isn't even a full size frag yet so no I can't frag it. The person I got it from was losing a lot of it so I have a tiny nub to try to keep it alive. 4 or 5 months but no new growth that I can see.

01/17/2017, 02:18 PM	#21
abhishek@1985 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 525	Amazing stories guys ... There must be a quite a few with big colony of purple monster and Oregon tort . If so , please share pics for us to enjoy �� Regards, Abhishek

01/17/2017, 03:34 PM	#22
crawlerman Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 503	When I did a search to see what the sapphire millepora was the search brought up an article about 3 corals that are in danger of becoming extinct. Purple monster, Oregon tort and sapphire millepora were the three. Seems people aren't growing them out and fragging them due to slow growth and they are sensitive to any change in water parameters. According to the article anyway.

01/17/2017, 03:40 PM	#23
abhishek@1985 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 525	Well that might explain why you can't find a purple monster and a sapphire Millie any more . Thought Oregon Tort was not that rare though . Surely slow growers but worth the wait Regards, Abhishek

01/17/2017, 03:50 PM	#24
jda Dogmatic Dinosaur Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 6,256	Real Garf Bonsai Purple Monster ATL Christmas Miribilis - like red planet but keeps the green for those of us who have red planets go all red Palmers Blue Mille Lime in the Sky

01/17/2017, 04:14 PM	#25
Joche Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 72	To my newbie to SPS eyes, wouldn't the ORA Stubber Staghorn, Mylka Stylo, Purple Monster and maybe the Red Monti Cap be the some of the ultimate Classic SPS? I mean the Stubber is one of the earliest Acros kept in captivity! And the history of the Mylka with the Monaco Aquarium is fascinating. Not necessarily my favorites, but their histories within the the hobby are very interesting. Now I 'd be pretty happy with a Red Planet, Red monti Cap, any milliepora and any blue staghorn(i like The blue Vermiculata) or Blue Tort if the were the only SPS