Delicate in terms of actual physical structure or in terms of care? I have always found them to be rock solid in terms of hardiness--almost as much as their Pocillopora cousins.
Anyone for coral pics?
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I love the first acro. A LOT of potential there? And are you sure that's a prostrata? If so, one of the strangest i've ever seen. But I like it... a lot... 
Well, delicate as far as light sensitivity. I place them both at the bottom in the sand for the first week and then moved then up about 8in the second week and they bleached out. Since putting them over on the right side which is somewhat shaded, the Hystrix has got color back and started growing new tips.
The tank they were in has a good number of individual reflected T5's and my Reeflux's 12's were pretty weak at about 42 PPFD shielded.
The tank they were in has a good number of individual reflected T5's and my Reeflux's 12's were pretty weak at about 42 PPFD shielded.
Not sure at all actually. Thought it was a Mille when I first got it but most in the club who have seen guess at Prostrata. They aren't even sure. I'm not really too big on knowing exactly what something is.
I love the first acro. A LOT of potential there? And are you sure that's a prostrata? If so, one of the strangest i've ever seen. But I like it... a lot...
Don't feel bad. When it comes to aquarium-raised Acroporids, even the experts throw in the towel. People just plaster a name on something, when in most cases, they aren't even close. One reason I don't even attempt it. I have seen too many corals completely change morphology to say much of anything. I pretty much just generalize by genus, followed by the use of a morphological term, like "ramose" or "digitate," etc.
pics of my corals---thought i would chime in on this thread now that i have a few...
was 2 mouths when i got it now has 4...
frogspawn from a local reef club member for free--7 heads only 4 full ones..others are growing.
first coral
really deep green zoos...completely covers this rock now.
acan freebie on zoos frag
was 2 mouths when i got it now has 4...
frogspawn from a local reef club member for free--7 heads only 4 full ones..others are growing.
first coral
really deep green zoos...completely covers this rock now.
acan freebie on zoos frag
I have only had the Efflo about a month. I was at my LFS and a club member was buying a 4inch Efflo frag and he had the owner of the store break up the plug it was attached to. There were 3x 1/2in chips of encrustment that came off and I snagged em free of charge. What you see in the pic is those 3 tiny pieces that I glued together. Heh, love free coral frags!
Anyway, the pic below is the small colony my frag came from.
Anyway, the pic below is the small colony my frag came from.
