Comments on: Deep Water Acropora, part 1 http://blog.fragd.it/2009/10/14/deep-water-acropora-part-1/ Reefs, coral, fish and aquariums. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:07:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Jake Adams http://blog.fragd.it/2009/10/14/deep-water-acropora-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-3397 Jake Adams Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:50:57 +0000 http://blog.fragd.it/?p=2279#comment-3397 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. 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.

]]> By: vlad http://blog.fragd.it/2009/10/14/deep-water-acropora-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-3380 vlad Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:08:12 +0000 http://blog.fragd.it/?p=2279#comment-3380 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. :) 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. :)

]]> By: Shrimpchips http://blog.fragd.it/2009/10/14/deep-water-acropora-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-3379 Shrimpchips Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:37:50 +0000 http://blog.fragd.it/?p=2279#comment-3379 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. 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.

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