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Loading ...For those who are really into acros, or as we like to call those hobbyists acrofreaks, we want to show you some unusual, uncommon species that you may not have seen. A lot of people know of milleporas, loripes, tortuosas. But what about those deep watered species? Let us show you some that really stand out.
The characteristics of these species are unique compared to their counterparts. They have very elongated branchlets, spaced out corallites, and ultra smooth coenosteum. In the wild, these species are typically brown to tan in color. But, we have been noticing the changes these corals go through in home aquaria. Some of them turn yellow, green, even blue. It is something that we find very intriguing.
The common of these uncommon species are Acropora caroliniana, Acropora multiacuta, Acropora granulosa, Acropora lokani, and Acropora suharsonoi.
Acropora caroliniana picture from Eddie Hanson
Acropora multiacuta picture from AIMS
Acropora granulosa picture from picasaweb.google.com
Acropora lokani picture from Zeovit.com
Acropora suharsonoi picture from AIMS
Tomorrow, we will look at some very unusual and rare deep water species.
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Not all of these are deep water per se, no? AIMS lists A. lokani as a shallow water species.
Morphologically these corals appear similar, but I don’t think you should perpetuate their rough grouping together as “deepwater” based purely on morphological similarity.
All of them are. A.lokani can be found in the deeper areas in the ocean, but is normally seen in shallower reefs. It is the only species on that list that I wanted to use, that can be also a shallow water coral. There is no perpetuating. Look them up for yourself.
First Acropora pictured is A. lokani, caroliniana has much much shorter branching nodes. And your A. lokani is incorrect. I don’t know what species it is but it comes in as a Bali aquaculture and it most closely resembles a thin branching A. loripes. I had a big deepwater acropora section in my old Acro tank, you can really see the distinction when you are growing several specimens of each species.