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Acropora
cytherea (blue tip table) Table Acropora, fine branches with light blue tips. Another potentially fast grower, it will create multiple plating tables with very fine branches. Extensive encrusting is normal and usually will lead to a lower table forming.
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Acropora hyacinthus
This is a true table coral, I salvaged it from a local store back in 2001 it was originally solid baby blue, polyps always seem to be out. This species needs strong flow and medium to strong light, it should be secured to the rocks in one spot for it to best grow and color up. New growth has many colors ranging from pinks to blues to purple and even green. The areas of fastest growth are usually light blue. Click on the picture or hyperlink above to see
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Acropora latistella Another beautiful tabling species, the areas of fastest growth are blue color. |
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Acropora
solitaryensis This is a current Steve Tyree LE. From Bali this one has started to form small branches that only grow horizontal. the tips have a purple/blue hue and the polyps become progressively greener towards the growing tips. Click on the picture or hyperlink above to see
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Acropora
simplex Acquired sometime in 2008 as an aqua cultured mini colony. Click on the picture or hyperlink above to see
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Acropora
elegans This one is in it's evaluation period. |
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Acropora florida
This is one of my personal favorites, It may not be the most colorful but the growth form is very unique. Similar in base color to Acropora yongei but with smooth corallites and orange/golden branch tips. Large colonies will exhibit flattened branches gracefully curving and tabling. This one is a fast grower that can occasionally have growth spurts of up to 1/2" a month. A good SPS starter coral it can handle a wide range of light and current environments. |
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Acropora lokani
(30,000 leagues)
Similar to Acropora loripes in that new horizontal branches are void of polyps on upper surface. This species is more table like with new growth occurring at the base of the previous branch. The growing tips have a blue/purple like coloration and most corallites have a darker coloration to them.
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Acropora batunai This coral grows like a bushy table, is a Bali deep water coral. Under captive lighting it develops a yellow green coloration. It grows like a bushy table with growing margins being bright green. Under intense lighting a pinkish hues will develop.
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Acropora paniculata
This is a Bali deep water coral. Under captive lighting it develops a turquoise coloration. It grows similar to Acropora jacqelineae but the corallites are more elongated. Click on the picture or hyperlink above to see
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Acropora prostrata
(green with pink/orange coralites and tips)
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Acropora prostrata
(green) From Bali, originally growing in a table form but now growing randomly. It is similar to a Acropora millepora but the branches are somewhat thinner. Click on the picture or hyperlink above to see more
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Acropora prostrata
(green with blue tips)
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Acropora prostrata
(pink coralites blue tips and green polyps) also called the Rainbow prostrata
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Acropora prostrata
(pink with blue tips) similar to "Snowcone porstrata" this is a very colorful species with pink coralites and blue growing margins.
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Acropora austera Originating from one of Steve Tyree's tanks this coral has morphed into a solid plate. The new growth occurs in the form of branches with blue/gray polyps. Here it is seen under 20k lighting.
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Acropora subulata
Similar in color and appearance to Acropora tenuis but with thinner branches and smaller corallites. The main distinguishable character of this coral is that the blue is not only on the tips but it carries down the branch on the tips of the corallites as far as an inch or more. Click on the picture or hyperlink above to see
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Acropora schmitti
This coral has blue tips and encrusting edges, there is a green glow coming from each of the barrel shaped corallites, as well as from the corallites edges away from the growing tips Click on the picture or hyperlink above to see
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Acropora tenuis
This coral is unique to my system, in that it had completely bleached back in 2006 due to stresses in the new system, The base color and polyps have developed a brilliant green pigment. Picture taken under 20k halide lighting. Click on the picture or
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Over the course of the last 3 years I have received 3 interesting frags
from Hugo (SniperSPS)
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Acropora
nasuta (Hugo frag1) I think I got this one at an event at the O.C. fair grounds in March or April of 2008. It has mostly purple polyps and purple coralites and green base color and the polyps are green toward the tips. Click on the picture or hyperlink above to see
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Acropora
nasuta (Hugo frag2) Originating from Our SCMAS Swap in January of 2009 this species as all purple polyps, and a white background color. Click on the picture or hyperlink above to see
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Acropora
nasuta (Hugo frag3) I am not exactly certain but I think I got this one when Hugo came buy to visit the farm and trade some corals. It is very similar to the one above except the branches are thinner and the coralites are more rasp like. There is also a hint of green/yellow to the background color. Click on the picture or hyperlink above to see
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Acropora digitfera
Greg C "Acroberry" I received this one back in 2007 at the SCMAS frag swap in January. Click on the picture or hyperlink above to see
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Acropora suharsonoi
From Bali, this deep water species has extremely long tapering corallites. This specimen has a bright yellow green and seems easy to maintain using 20K lights. Click on the picture or
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Acropora
aculeus This species has a nice bottlebrush like growth. The tips become green and branch lets get progressively longer the further they are from the tip giving it a Christmas tree like appearance. The flow should be moderate and it will do well in moderate to strong light.
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Acropora caroliniana This piece has a yelow/green coloration and grows like a table.
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Acropora millepora
blue
Here is a coral that loves to be blasted with strong light, it seems to just get bluer and bluer. Click on the picture or hyperlink above to
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Acropora millepora pink (Green graft) This coral requires more light to keep the coloration than the blue millepora and seems to maintain better color under 14K lighting. I recommend 250W Double Ended within 12" - 16". This coral also had a green pigment grafted into a section, Click on the picture or hyperlink above to
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Acropora millepora
pink
This coral requires more light to keep the coloration than the blue millepora and seems to maintain better color under 14K lighting. I recommend 250W Double Ended within 14" - 18" Click on the picture or hyperlink above to
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Acropora millepora
(rouge mille) I received a frag of this from Steve Tyree back in March of 2008. I hope to have frags from this coral available by spring 2010 Click on the picture or hyperlink above to
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Acropora nana Originating from Lighthouse Aquatics , this coral has a strong purple base color, that will become more intense under highlight. 2 frags available $25 - 35 |
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Acropora valida
Originating as a fragment from Greg Ho's tank back in 2007 this coral has a strong purple base color with cream-yellow growing tips. Picture shown under 14K lighting. The purple color is what I would consider unstable, it only takes a slight stress for it to fade, however under proper lighting and nutrient levels it will return. Click on the picture or hyperlink above to
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Acropora valida
sp (Garf purple bonsai)
This coral has a strong purple base color with bright green polyps. Picture shown under 20K lighting. Click on the picture or hyperlink above to
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Acropora kimbeensis
Grows like a fine branching stag horn, this coral has developed fantastic green tips with a base color ether purple or blue depending on the direction you look at it from. Picture taken under 14K lighting. Click on the picture or hyperlink above to
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Acropora divaricata This is an unusual species, the mother colony has grown to form a table. Growing branch tips develop a blue-purple coloration, best placed in a medium flow area with moderate lighting. Click on the picture or hyperlink above to
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Green Jacket divaricata This is soon to be listed as a Steve Tyree LE. This is the same coral as listed above except for one big difference, In late 2007 it must have come in contact with the green pigment form another coral, Steve Tyree calls it a "Grafted" coral. It started in one localized area and is quite stunning, it has a sharp edge between the regular blue-purple base coloration and the green grafted section giving it the appearance of a green jacket. There is an article in the November / December issue of ReefLife magazine explaining more. You can also check out a HD video of this coral. Click on the picture or hyperlink above to
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Acropora insignis
Originally split three ways with Steve Tyree and Tracy Grey back in 2005, this coral has a unique look with reddish blue tips and very light background color. It is a more difficult to keep species requiring low phosphate (>.03ppm) and nitrate (>.6ppm) levels to keep happy and thriving. It can develop green polyps and base color under halide lighting. Click on the picture or hyperlink above to
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Acropora
abrolhosensis
(the Shaggy Dog) This medium branching stag horn coral has blue growing tips and polyp tentacles, during the day all polyps are usually extended quite far and completely mask the underlying branches giving it the look of a "Shaggy Dog" Click on the picture or hyperlink above to
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Acropora
sp. Greg C "Lime in the Sky" This is a current Steve Tyree LE. Small branching stag horn. The area in between the coralites is blue as well as the growing edges and branch tips, the branches are of a small to medium scale approx 3/8" in diameter and get thicker toward the base. The coralites and polyps are of a vivid lime green color. Click on the picture or hyperlink above to see
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Acropora microphalma
Small branching stag horn with 1/4 - 3/8" thick branches. This is a good beginner SPS, it will grow fairly fast. This particular one has green polyps and pale growing tips. Click on the picture or hyperlink above to see
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Acropora parilis This is a small to medium scale stag-horn species. Click on the picture or hyperlink above to see
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Acropora variabilis This one confuses me, originally it had a digitate looking growth like that similar to a humilis but now it is a small branching stag horn like coral. The growing edges and branches are a blue. Growth rate on the tips can exceed 3/8" of an inch a month. Click on the picture or hyperlink above to see more
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Acropora sp. Tracy G light blue
stag
This Medium to fine branching stag horn Originated from Tracy Grey at Reef-a-Palooza 2005. Normal growth will be light blue and under strong lighting (400-500par) the whole colony will turn a light blue. Under strong actinic lighting the polyps may glow green. Click on the picture or hyperlink above to see
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Acropora exquisita
Greg C "Ultimate blue stag" This is a current Steve Tyree LE coral. Originally received from Greg C. at a SCMAS frag swap back in 2004 or 2005. This Medium branching stag horn has a blue inner branch color with green coralite tips. Click on the picture or hyperlink above to see
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Acropora exquisita
version2 This is just like the original "Ultimate blue stag" but the coralite color is a lighter brown and the inner branch color shows more of the blue base color. Click on the picture or hyperlink above to see
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Acropora vaughani This coral grows very similar to the A tortuosa, a semi slow grower, the growing tips are light blue with blue/purple polyps. Under strong light entire coral can also become solid blue. Click on the picture or hyperlink above to see
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Acropora
loripes
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Acropora
loripes_version2
Originally acquired as an aqua cultured coral back in 2004 this was imported under the name Acropora gomesi. It has since taken on the appearance of an Acropora granulosa. Click on the picture or hyperlink
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Acropora sp 2
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Acropora
nobilis A medium thickness stag horn coral with the typical branch being 1/2" in diameter. This one doesn't encrust much, can grow up to 3/8" a month and in my system has always shown huge polyp extension.
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Acropora
hoeksemai Large branching stag with deep blue corallites and growing margins, Very sensitive to changes in light intensity, this one was acquired from Richard who got a frag of the original from Greg C Click on the picture or hyperlink above to see
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Acropora yongei
(blue tips)
Just like the Green Slimmer except it has blue tips and blue growing margins. Originally acquired from Richard of mobileaquatic.com this is a great beginner SPS. Growth can be as fast as 1/2" a month and branching is very dependant on flow, in that the more current this coral gets the more branches will form. This is a medium thickness branching stag horn coral with the average branch being 1/2" thick. |
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Acropora yongei
Also known as the "Green slimmer" due to the copious amounts of slime it produces when handled. A great beginner SPS. Growth is very dependant on flow, in that the more current this coral gets the more branches will form. This is a medium thickness branching stag horn coral. Click on the picture or hyperlink above to
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Acropora tortuosa (version2) Growing tips are more blunt and corallites are more globe shaped then the typical tortuosa. Color seems to have more light blues and greens in it and it grows a little slower.
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Originating as a frag of the Shawn Bennit tort I have grown this out since 2004, it is the typical Acropora tortuosa with solid purple/blue coloration with hints of green and blue tips. Click on the picture or hyperlink above
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Acropora Tortuosa (Oregon tort) I received the original frag back in 2008 from Richard of mobileaquatic.com . This coral has very uniform sized Corallites and a bluer pigment which makes it easy to distinguish from the other tortuosa species. Also the growing branch tips have purple centers where as the tortuosa have green centers. The growth rate is very slow probably about 1/8" a month at best. Click on the picture or hyperlink above
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Acropora
sp (miyagi tort)
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Acropora Tortuosa
"Becker Tort" This is a current Steve Tyree LE Click on the picture or hyperlink above
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Acropora sp.
ORA "Miami orchid" A medium thickness stag horn coral with blue tips. Good beginner stag that grows very fast so adequate space must be given to avoid crowding. Click on the picture or hyperlink above
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Acropora formosa
A medium thickness stag horn coral with a brown base color and blue tips. Good beginner stag that grows up to 1/2" month, so adequate space must be given to avoid crowding. Click on the picture or hyperlink above to
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Acropora
sp. "Ponape Torch Staghorn" This is a current Steve Tyree LE Click on the picture or hyperlink above to
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Acropora grandis Large branching Stag average branch is 1" thick Click on the picture or hyperlink above to see
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Acropora awi
Greenish with pale cream colored tips and bottlebrush-like growth.
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Acropora navini
Bottlebrush-like branches, the base color is a nice green color and the coralite tips and growing margins are blue. Click on the picture or hyperlink above to see more
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Acropora
turaki (ORA Hawkings echinata)
Picture taken Under 20k lighting. This coral has blue tips and a semi bottle brush like growth. Click on the picture or hyperlink above
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Acropora turaki
Picture taken Under 20k lighting. This coral has a greenish blue base with blue growing tips and bottle brush like growth. Click on the picture or hyperlink above
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Acropora
echinata(Tubs echinata) Aquired from Steve Tyree in 2008 as a small 1/2" fragment. it is probably still a year or so from being able to frag,. It has a greenish base with purple polyps. Click on the picture or hyperlink above to see more
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Acropora
echinata This was a spectaluar find, It is a true blue tip echinata Click on the picture or hyperlink above to see more
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Acropora carduus This unusual coral originated as an unknown
bright green tipped frag from a trade with Steve Tyree. It has acquired a purple base with green
tips and is growing in a bottlebrush fashion. This is one of the corals
pictured on my business cards and at the top of the home page. Click on the picture or hyperlink above to see more
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