We picked up a few new Acropora frags this week, all of which have been on our list to acquire. The largest being a beige/green with blue tip A. turaki. We also picked up A. rambleri and A. caroliniana. All the fragments are relatively small and not worth sharing right now, but as the settle in we’ll [...]
We picked up a few new Acropora frags this week, all of which have been on our list to acquire. The largest being a beige/green with blue tip A. turaki. We also picked up A. rambleri and A. caroliniana. All the fragments are relatively small and not worth sharing right now, but as the settle in we’ll update with photos.
Acropora turaki is a beautiful bottlebrush coral often mistaken for A. echinata. Both of these corals can take some effort to obtain, but it seems more A. turakis are being aquacultured and maricultured today. The piece we picked up is about the size of a golf ball with good branch development. The coloration is close to the wild specimen below, but with more green in the base and blue in the tips.
Acropora rambleri is a “deep water” tabling coral rarely seen in the trade. The delicate tissue and flat branches make for quite a showpiece. Ours is very small (1/2″) but we hope will someday have the growth of this wild colony. Thankfully in captivity and under Metal Halides, our fragment has developed purple tips.
Acropora caroliniana is another “deep water” tabling coral. A few years back we had a beautiful pink colony, but lost it with a bad batch of salt. Now we have a small 1″ fragment in a different color–highlighter yellow. We’re excited to grow this little guy out and watch the table form. Here’s a nice close up from the ocean. This piece would most likely develop solid pink under Metal Halides.
That’s all for now. As they settle in and grow we’ll put up photos, right now there isn’t much to see. Even so, we’re happy to add these to the glassbox.
