cyano

Late last week I put 4 bids on ebay for some millepora which no one carries locally, I bid a low enough amount to where I was willing to take a gamble but I wasn't going to go big I also decided that if i was going to win one I better win at least 2 so I got reduced shipping cost. As of last Sunday I won 4 millepora at an average of 6.00 each plus shipping and they all arrived today alive and the "hair" tentacle things are already showing on most of them (more than I ever saw on any other attempt for me to house these beautiful creatures.)

I have placed all of them in the bottom of the tank and will watch them closely over the next week before attempting to moved any of them higher gradually. I also received to my surprise a orange/punk/red (i can't tell what color it is) montipora setosa that the seller threw in I am assuming for buying so many at once. So now I also get to spend the night tonight at work researching how to care for a setosa. If it is anything like a monti cap it will be hard to kill but I am not taking any chances here. If anyone has any experience with one of these please let me know, as for now it is also acclimating at the bottom of the tank.

I would like to add I am not a big advocate of buying corals or livestock online (not that I am opposed to it either) as I would prefer to see it in a tank happy rather than look at pictures of it. But in this case I couldn't resist the chance to get 4 corals shipped for the price of one locally or off of a larger company website.