Brianemone Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 I was just checking out some posts on RC and came across this link in the SPS forum http://members.cox.net/rollinge/ i thought it was great, i do have one query, what tare the two sps in the fifth pic down (the furry pink and furry green?)???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calvin Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Obviously something we are not really able to get here. (yet?) Think pink might be acro and green maybe monti? Just my guesses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 All of those acros (well not sure excatly about those acros but good coloured ones) are available here. I am a few stunners at the moment, pure purple with white polyps, several tricolours, 2 blues, several greens. Also got one turning red, but not sure what its up to Pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Acropora pulchra or maybe prostrata Layton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted April 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 All of those acros (well not sure excatly about those acros but good coloured ones) are available here i've definatly seen some really nice coloured sps in most of your tanks i think the only tank ive seen with comprable growth (at least from what ive seen) was in SteveA's tank do you importers ever get any like this??? (if so put one on hold for me ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 SteveA has some great acros, with various colours. He actually runs several tanks, one of the tanks I have seen has 2 plate acros about twice the size of a large dinner plate, both grown from frags. Brian - Are you more interested in the staghorn like corals and growth patterns more than the colours? There are a few good fast growing staghorns around at the moment, the fastest growing one I have seen is a brown coral with blue/silver tips. I have 2 pieces and both are by far my fastest growing corals. Pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted April 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 actually with those two particular corals it was a combination of both texture form and colour alot like reefs furry brown/blue one but alot bigger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 I have what I think is a formosa. Not the best colour at the moment, but looks to be a bit of purple coming through. I don't think the stag acros come in too often, maybe more will come through with the aquacultured stuff coming in more recently. There are plenty of really colourful acros around. Would be nice to see some nobilis or abrolhosensis I'm a fan of some of the "deep water" acro's like batunai, granulosa, suharsonoi, and jacquelineae at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted April 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 yeah the deep water acros that ive seen do look really nice, i love the shape one thing i need to get used to is that you dont get what you buy cause the change colour quite alot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 Yeah. This is probably 50/50 for wild colonies in the past, most would brown out at least little in the first month. But the aquacultures that have come in recently hold colour perfectly, they maybe small, and relatively expensive compared to "wild" colonies, but the variety of species, and colours is very good, and I think worth the money. Layton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmatix Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 That last stag is da shiznit. I've got a frag of the fifth pic down right hand green acro (doing well) Cant wait for more :lol: Are his tank specs any where ? Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted April 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 ben im going to have to ask you to tell me where you got it from (pm me so i get to the person first ) i think he went into his specs in the sps forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveA Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 ...........great, i do have one query, what tare the two sps in the fifth pic down (the furry pink and furry green?)???? Furry pink is an acro with its polyps open. Furry green is hydnophora, also fully open. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveA Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 SteveA has some great acros, with various colours. He actually runs several tanks, one of the tanks I have seen has 2 plate acros about twice the size of a large dinner plate, both grown from frags. Pie Not quite. The largest one measured at 31.5cm across about 10 days ago. The smaller would be about 28cm. I have recently put a bit on that green Stylophora in the same tank and it has nearly doubled in size in about 2 months. That tank took a long time to mature (for ages it was really hard to get corals to take) but now it has, and I have put cuttings of most of my favourites in there. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted April 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 the hydnophora the one on the left??? the one on the right of the pink acro is a green acro right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveA Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 Hydnophora, bottom left corner of picture. I have several of them, 2 in bright metallic green, 2 light brown and one large light brown with a lime green tint (best looking of them). The latter actually grew from a 3rd light brown one and has grown extremely fast and changed colour after moving to different, and a lot less crowded, tank (same tank as has large acro plates). This one often puffs up and sticks out its tentacles and then looks looks just like the one in the pic except for having a more open structure. The acro I was referring to was the one in the dead centre of the pic, probably actually purple more than pink. From what I can tell, apart from a Mintipora at the bottom and the Hydnophora, all the rest of the corals in that picture are Acropora. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 The largest one measured at 31.5cm across about 10 days ago. The smaller would be about 28cm that still aint small!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveA Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 that still aint small!!! They have tought me the benefit of having a large tank and then NOT filling it up with a lot of small colonies with no room to grow. That tank is just over 2000L and has less than 20 hard corals in it, and 5 of those are still frags. The other thing I have learnt from this, is just how impressive a big plate can look from above. Based on this experience, my new tank, while being about the same volume as the old one will be shallower, but wider to give the corals more room and low down so I can crank the lights up (hanging on block and tackle arangement from the ceiling) and admire from above. I am even considering the idea of, at some future time, replacing the 4 x 400s with two 1000s or 1500s mounted high up, and possibly moving through the day. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted April 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 while i dont think my new tank will be running 1000w MH i agree with the idea of the shallower tank. i think patience is key in waiting for said corals to mature and grow into the tank. now if i could just get my mits on a furry blue millepora Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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