Orange Scolymia are in season at Cherry Corals

Posted on August 22nd, 2011 by 12


It seems like orange scolymia were once so rare that they were only seen once or twice a year. Sure we occasionally see scolies with a little bit of an orange streak or an orange mouth but now we’re seeing a lot more orange over a lot more of the coral. The first nearly solid orange scolymia we saw was over two years ago with a specimen from LiveAquaria that was neon orange with a green mouth. Now it seems like Cherry Corals has been buttering up their suppliers and scouts because they’ve got more than their fair share of hyper-orange Scolymia. If you like orange corals as much as we do then you should definitely be on the lookout for orange scolymia in the future.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=555379745 Christopher Jung

    You’ve got to be joking me with the one on the upper right…. Amazing.

  • Benjamin Alldridge

    Ahhh, how it must suck to live on the other side of the Pacific… I get to see Scollys that make these look quaint quite regularly. These aren’t bad… but, they’re not that “wow” either, really.

  • Benjamin Alldridge

    Ahhh, how it must suck to live on the other side of the Pacific… I get to see Scollys that make these look quaint quite regularly. These aren’t bad… but, they’re not that “wow” either, really.

  • Anonymous

    Ahhh, how it must suck to live on the other side of the pacific . . . where you get to see so many Scolies that you are jaded and have lost appreciation for simple beautiful corals ;)

  • Anonymous

    Ahhh, how it must suck to live on the other side of the pacific . . . where you get to see so many Scolies that you are jaded and have lost appreciation for simple beautiful corals ;)

  • Anonymous

    Jake +1, Ben 0

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=25302290 Heath Derossett

    To each their own, but I’m always afraid that orange will translate to brown.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=25302290 Heath Derossett

    To each their own, but I’m always afraid that orange will translate to brown.

  • Anonymous

    I’d love to see some of these, you have any photos?

  • Benjamin Alldridge

    Who said I’d lost appreciation for them? :) I said in my comment that they’re not bad… but I still don’t quite get why things work the way they do on the other side of the pond where things that aren’t particularly scarce or special in the real world drive such drooling and fascination.

    Yes, they’re nice, we know this. And yes, I am sort of jaded I will admit… because the fandom there drives the prices up here by insane amounts. But really… there’s only one out of that lot which is amongst “the best”.

  • Benjamin Alldridge

    Who said I’d lost appreciation for them? :) I said in my comment that they’re not bad… but I still don’t quite get why things work the way they do on the other side of the pond where things that aren’t particularly scarce or special in the real world drive such drooling and fascination.

    Yes, they’re nice, we know this. And yes, I am sort of jaded I will admit… because the fandom there drives the prices up here by insane amounts. But really… there’s only one out of that lot which is amongst “the best”.

  • Kevin K

    I’ve seen a  lot of scolies from direct shipment and these are nucking futz!!