Original Rainbow vs newer Rainbow Acan

[Tigahboy]

yeah the one in tony's avatar is different than the other one we had.

but it definitely looks sweet too.

[mschriskim]

See there is few different color pattern rainbow out there.

Come on let's more of them.

I just love so much color in one single polyp.

[downset]

This piece came through a few reefers, but it's origin is from Mike at The Captive Reef.
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That piece got huge, my piece is back up to prefragging size this coral grows soo fast for me

[mschriskim]

Hmmm, after as time goes by I keep thinking my piece that colored up might be OC Acan than Rainbow...

Check Randy's OC and mine next to each other.




This one is rainbow for sure I think


Well, after all I might have both Rainbow and OC colony : ) and 3 polyps Tigahboy's rainbow is growing fast as well.

When I got that piece (Rainbow or OC???) it had bright green at the edge where it got cut but as time goes by some of those area turn orange...

All rainbow and OC owners, do both Rainbow & OC show bright green edge where they got cut right after frag?

[bugsy714]

Hey Tony, welcome to the wonderful world of the professionally unemployed. The pay sucks but you can't beat the hours =)

I got a weird "rainbow" today, it's like a greenish color

[AtlanticReef]

Hey Charles,
I'm free right now, so I have more time to search corals as specially Micromusa and Acan.. please let me know if you have some frags available so i can swing by to check...

[Jus Reefin]

Originally posted by bugsy714
Hey Tony, welcome to the wonderful world of the professionally unemployed. The pay sucks but you can't beat the hours =)

I got a weird "rainbow" today, it's like a greenish color

What's the secret to your success?

[danano]

Would this be considered a rainbow acan or a variation of it?

[bugsy714]

Originally posted by Jus Reefin
What's the secret to your success?

Hehe, to being prof unemploy'd or to finding rainbows here and there?

I guess they go hand in hand ;D

[Jus Reefin]

The unemployed part! I want to be prof. unemployed and still be able to afford Acan's and Micro's

[RandyO]

Originally posted by mschriskim
Hmmm, after as time goes by I keep thinking my piece that colored up might be OC Acan than Rainbow...

Check Randy's OC and mine next to each other.




This one is rainbow for sure I think



When I got that piece (Rainbow or OC???) it had bright green at the edge where it got cut but as time goes by some of those area turn orange...

All rainbow and OC owners, do both Rainbow & OC show bright green edge where they got cut right after frag?

The piece of my OC in the picture was cut along the backside. The new growth has green along the edge where it was cut. I've tried to get good pictures of the green in these corals, but it never comes out good enough.

Thanks for Chiming in Jeremy.

[RandyO]

Originally posted by mschriskim
Hmmm, after as time goes by I keep thinking my piece that colored up might be OC Acan than Rainbow...

They are different color morphs of the same coral. Under different lighting, the color morphs can change, as you've shown already. The name "Rainbow was given to one color morph that Tigahboy got in. The name Orange Crush was given to a color morph Mike from Captive Reef got in. But IMO, these are all the same species of coral. Acanthastrea echinata
Lately, we have seen more of these color morphs come in, and they are just as nice, if not nicer than the original Rainbow and OC. It makes it harder to keep track of the original lineage of these corals, which is why it would be nice if each person named their own coral.
I'm sorry I didn't give a nifty name to the Red and Gray Acan that probably 500 different people now have. It's kinda nice to know years from now that the line of these corals was kept updated, so people know what corals they have.
Though, I know some people hate that whole "coral naming"

[Maximus]

"Randy's Red"?

[AtlanticReef]

Look at my rainbow colony I just got this morning. The color looks a little dark orange when I took it out from the shipping bag and I took a picture right away...now the color has light orange with some light green around.

[mschriskim]

That looks nice AtlanticReef

Thanks for info Randy.

So OC when it gets cut there is green color where it got cut. What about Rainbow? Tigahboy?...

See there is more than few color pattern on rainbow.

I am happy to see them all here...

Chris

[Jus Reefin]

Sweet Piece Tony. I wish our trade would have went through last time

[Tigahboy]

Tony, that doesnt look like rainbow or orange crush. It looks like a beautiful piece, so you should call it something new. like, orange fanta acan! lol.

[marillion]

Where the BLEEP did you get THAT???

DAYUM!!!

That's an amazing coral!

Peace,

Chip, amazed...

[Tigahboy]

it looks pretty hot. I think it deserves a new and improved name.

[Tigahboy]

Originally posted by danano
Would this be considered a rainbow acan or a variation of it?

hard to say. if you let it grow out more and start to notice more orange and yellow coloration in roughly equal percentage of coverage as that green w/ baby blue patches on the green, then likely it would be the same as the original Rainbow morph.

If it maintains the same proportion of green to orange as shown in that pic, I think it's probably deserves a new name as well (neither orange crush or rainbow).

always harder to determine if rainbow if you only have a small frag to ID. do you have pic of the mother colony?

[lightningstrike]

how abt this piece of acan subechinata that i have? which classification does it comes under?

[Tigahboy]

are you sure that's subechinata instead of echinata? it looks VERY similar (if not the same) as Atlantic Reef's new colony.

So neither rainbow or OC, but seems like there's enuf of that color pattern to refer to it by a new color morph name.


RandyO where are you? haha. I'm interested in hearing your thoughts as well.

[lightningstrike]

Originally posted by Tigahboy
are you sure that's subechinata instead of echinata? it looks VERY similar (if not the same) as Atlantic Reef's new colony.

So neither rainbow or OC, but seems like there's enuf of that color pattern to refer to it by a new color morph name.


RandyO where are you? haha. I'm interested in hearing your thoughts as well.

well tigahboy,

since both echinata and sunechinata species r often mistaken for each other, i wun be surprised if i do belong to one of those that does.

but judging from the below-mentioned links from CoralSearch, my best guess is that it's a subechinata. cheers.

Acanthastrea subechinata

Acanthastrea echinata

[Tigahboy]

hehe. yeah, I've already seen those. if it is an acan echinata, I'm sure it's the same as atlantic reef's.

generally what we see advertised as echinatas sold by vendors or even wholesalers tend to be subechinata.

[RandyO]

Originally posted by Tigahboy
are you sure that's subechinata instead of echinata? it looks VERY similar (if not the same) as Atlantic Reef's new colony.

So neither rainbow or OC, but seems like there's enuf of that color pattern to refer to it by a new color morph name.


RandyO where are you? haha. I'm interested in hearing your thoughts as well.

Your doing pretty good without me.

I'd agree that lightning's piece looks like Atlantic's Acan. I can't tell for sure from the pic if it's a echinata or subechinata.

The main difference between the two is the presence of concentric folds in the flesh. Echinatas are more fleshy. Give them a little more time to settle in for a better ID.