judging interest in this acro

Discussion in 'SPS Corals' started by Dingo, Jan 13, 2011.

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  1. Dingo

    Dingo Giant Squid

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    Hello all, I have a piece that was sold to me as "assorted acro" at a frag swap by an importer out of New Jersey. When I bought it, the acro was a creamy brown with white polyps. I thought the white polyps were pretty cool so took a stab at this one-- turns out that it quickly became my favorite acro.
    This piece has white polyps with pretty far PE. A green tissue at the base that transitions into a nice deep blue at the base of the coralites and then finally into purple on the growth tips. I have only had it for about a year now but the growth pattern on my smaller colony seems to be a tiered-tabling form (central piece that grows up, makes a table, then continues upwards to make another table higher up, etc.).

    I am trying to find out if anyone else has any pieces that look similar to it with the same growth pattern and/or similar colors.
    Thank you in advance :)

    here is a picture of a recent frag (polyps are retracted from me touching it)
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  3. aquariaman

    aquariaman Pajama Cardinal

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    first i was like, ahhh just another acro. then i looked at the colors a little more and that thing is BEAUTIFUL!! Congrats!
     
  4. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    Maybe a tort, very pretty piece though.
     
  5. reefmonkey

    reefmonkey Giant Squid

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    This is exactly what I was thinking when I saw the pic. Looks exactly like a blue/green tort I had.
     
  6. theaquapond

    theaquapond Bristle Worm

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    ccscscpc Millepora

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    Nice frag dingo!
    I love torts....i think they are my favorite!
     
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  9. Dingo

    Dingo Giant Squid

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    Nope guys, I can say for sure it is not a tort. I'm just trying to see if anyone has anything like this?

    And thank you all on the compliment, that is why it's my favorite
     
  10. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    Very pretty acro
     
  11. steve wright

    steve wright Super Moderator

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    any chance of an image of the mother colony it came from Dingo?

    Steve
     
  12. Dingo

    Dingo Giant Squid

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    ill see what i can do tomorrow Steve... its hard to get a pic of it thought