Acropora Digifera, easy or difficult?

Anyone with experience with this Acropora please chime in. I am looking at a piece that a vendor has. It's green and a small colony.

This is what a piece looks like, and the piece I am thinking of is maricultured.
Slow grower? Maintains it coloration?






Thank you in advance.

 

well i had this coral for about 2 years it died on me for and unknown reason, it is the oldest acro known to be about 500 million years so, it must have the ability to survive, being it is aquacultured it stands a better chance to adapt to your aquarium so i would say go for it, i'm sure you will have success with it

 

Thanks proreefer,

In doing the research I saw where researchers mapped out the genetics based on this particular acropora. It seems to be found in may places geographically and high up on the reef crest.

With all that said it's pretty hard to find any good info on it, so I really appreciate your contribution.

This coral looks very much like a Humilis, almost identical.

 

it may be my pet pea and not to everybodys liken but i believe in iodine when it comes to acros acclamation to the aquarium, to help it adjust to the new lighting, i've had less lost by bringing it up to sea level before placement in the old tank along with trace eliments stronium and amino acids

 

This seems logical to me.

I do enough water changes on a 28 gallon I thought to keep trace elements present at adequate levels. With the larger colonies I find they suck up everything much more quickly than I ever thought possible secondary to such a small volume of water.

So I was actually thinking about trying supplementing some trace such as Iodine and Strontium, but carefully.

 

yea it must be done slowly i place mine in a gallon container mixed with water and drip it very slow about one drip every 3 or 4 sec. the iodine and stronium can have a negative effect if raised to fast for sure.