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Posted: September 22 2006 at 12:43pm |
My new aquacultured acropora collection
#1 A. delsawii. My favorite.
#2 A. insignis. The camera doesn't do the blue tips justice. Very pretty in person.
#3 A. horrida
#4 A. florida. Notice the acro crab peeking out. They're so tiny. I got at least 3 of them.
#5 A. florida. A little blurry.
#6 A. vermiculata. My other favorite.
#7 Continued below
Edited by faviasteve - September 23 2006 at 11:19am
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Posted: September 22 2006 at 1:06pm |
#7 A. loripes
#8 A. nasuta. It's grey-green but it's developing pale branch tips.
#9 A. insignis. The camera doesn't capture the blue very well. Very beautiful in person.
#10 A. nana
#11 A. delsawii
#12 I was supposed to get 12 and they only sent me 11. 
Edited by faviasteve - September 23 2006 at 11:07am
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Posted: September 22 2006 at 9:08pm |
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#1 is A.delsawii; fairly similar to A.plana
#2 and #9 is A.insignis. But A.parilis and A.loisetteae look very similar as well.
#4,5 do look like A.florida to me
#6 looks more like A.vermiculata to me. It is very similar to A.tenuis; but the axial corallites are much shorter.
#7 is A.loripes
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Posted: September 23 2006 at 10:45am |
Dinhkim,
I was hoping you'd reply. I agree with all your suggestions- at least I can't see any evidence to disagree. I have a list of possible species I could have/should have received from the supplier and I picked my IDs only from that list. However, I think your ID skills may be better than the person who made the list. The list includes:
caroliniana
divaricata
echinata
efflorescens
florida
formosa
horrida
jacquelinae
longicyathus
loripes
millepora
nana
nasuta
parilis
plana
selago
simplex
suharsonoi
tenuis
valida
yongei
#11 looks like delsawii too, or something similar. I think #8 is A. nasuta- maybe it'll look like this when it grows up and colors up
Photo from AIMS website
Thanks for your help,
Steve
Edited by faviasteve - September 23 2006 at 11:20am
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Posted: September 24 2006 at 10:29am |
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Hey Steve,
Very nice corals overall. I would love to get my hands on some A.simplex, suharsonoi and caroliniana.
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Posted: September 24 2006 at 1:12pm |
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Next time I order I'll try and get one for you. It seems like my supplier only receives one or two of those species each week and more than a dozen of the common varieties.
Edited by faviasteve - September 24 2006 at 1:13pm
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Posted: September 26 2006 at 12:34pm |
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Very nice corals! Why is A. nana named like that. Is it because the colony stays small, or the corallites are small?
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Posted: October 10 2006 at 2:32pm |
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Hey everyone if you are interested in these steve is selling them! There are a few left. I have seen them (as they are in my tank at the moment ;) ) and they are sweet. Believe me if I was loaded I would take them all. But they are nice if you are interested go to Burtonmarine.com or talk to steve. Just thought I would say ;) Thanks everyone.
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