| What we have here are two
aquacultured colonies of A. horrida although one is clearly been 'paired'
with something else; perhaps
A. 'enchinata'. Anyhow, I've
always liked the gnarled, old
oak-like,growth pattern of
this particular species so
I though I'd pickup a couple.
The 'combo platter' came from
Cquarium while the other one came from Blowfish
Aquatics. This was my first
purchase from either of these
vendors and both did a very
good job in packing. Apparently,
the species itself is NOT the
most hardy of shippers however.
Both came in with several of
their tips broken and a bit
lightened so I gave each of
them extra time in the Lugols
bath before putting them in
the tank. I attribute their
conditions to be from the obviously
rough treatment they got in
transit as,again, both were
packed well and came from completely
different places. It's
still too early to predict
success here but other than a bit more lightening on the
Cquarium piece,they both seem fairly stable. |
