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08/19/2007, 07:38 PM
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SPS that table out
Question for the SPS experts.
I know growth form of Acro vary greatly due to light and flow. However which Acros in general form table shape beside efflos.. I am trying to find one that will table out the side of my rock formation and would like to know which ones to look out for at the LFS. Thanks. |
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08/19/2007, 07:45 PM
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AIMS Coral Research has a wonderful ID page that might help you out. But I forget the page...
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08/19/2007, 08:22 PM
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This is a table species, Acropora Hyancinthus. If you do get it, try to get one that is aquacultured, they have a much better survival rate. They also require high light and a strong turbulent flow that moves all around the coral, especially underneath. The polyps should whip around.
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08/19/2007, 08:39 PM
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That is nice ..... Just got myself a piece as well.... How long have you have it?
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08/19/2007, 09:39 PM
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08/19/2007, 09:52 PM
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All the coral doing well (lots of PE) but the brown algea kinda kill it....
 . BTW, just got myself a huge colony of efflo, and Palmer blue milli from my friend er1c-the-reefer....It was nice to meet you too Mark. What time did you guy get back to Sac?
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08/20/2007, 07:03 AM
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menard - sweet tank! Have a thread around on your set-up - would love to take a closer look.
Duce - Consider getting a frag off someone as many of these true tabling species are historically known to be difficult to maintain/keep alive once you get them home, specially the wild colonies. With aquaculture it is often hard to identify if it will be a true table IMO. By getting a frag you also get to see it's true shape, a good idea that it's hardy, and hopefully an idea of it's true colour. Otherwise have an eye out when a Fiji or Tonga shipment comes in. If you go the frag route see if you can track down a piece of Dayne's pink with blue tip table, or a piece of KevinFJB's red table. Don't think I have a pic of either, and photobucket seems to be unavailable for me to check.
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08/20/2007, 10:00 AM
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i have a nana thats begining to table but they are hard when it coms to keeping there coler, they tend to go and come when it comes to there purple tips but when there tips are nice and colerful its deff. one of my favorits. they need to be like aninch from the serface of your water and they have to have extreamly good flow or they will get more branch and mangey lookin.
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08/20/2007, 11:49 AM
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08/20/2007, 11:54 AM
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I've found that it's important to have sufficient space for a tabling Acro to grow to it's normal form. When I moved my 'Aqua Delight' (sorry no scientific names here) Acropora from my 110 to my 400, it formed a nice, wide open table. Previously it had a pretty funky stag type structure.
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08/20/2007, 02:05 PM
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My unidentified table species acro.
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08/20/2007, 02:24 PM
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No one has mentioned A. Efflorescens...IMHO the nicest of all of them.
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08/20/2007, 02:36 PM
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08/20/2007, 05:35 PM
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Thanks all....
I tend to go AquaCulture SPS .... The only wild ones I will go for these days are the Aussies.... mine is growing like a weed...funny thing is it is encrusting the base and not growing tip wise... I have a Planar (I just remembered) but the colony is growing more an inverted cone vs a table shape. How can you tell the difference between a Soli and Efflo? Seeing the pic of the Hyacinthus makes me sad..... I had one of those and lost it due to RB way back... That's a nice colony you got BTW.... I heard Kevin got really nice SPS but have never seen his tank in person. I meant to stop by Dayne's place to check out his new tank but haven't found the time - mind you I have ran into him at several LFS numerous time  the irony....
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08/20/2007, 06:32 PM
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08/20/2007, 09:58 PM
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Eflo my favorite this is an old pic from 10 months ago grows fast will try to get a new pic posted tomorrow when the light come on.
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08/20/2007, 11:50 PM
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nice tables ... one of my fav corals for sure
this is my hycanthus sp acro... got it as a lil small wild coral didnt know what it was guna do and its turned into this now  i have a pink milli thats tabling out as well one main branch then table on top
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08/21/2007, 01:24 AM
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Corals that tables for me has been sarmentosa, most millipora, thick branching tricolor, efflo, and hyacythus. I think the key is having your coral grow out over an open ledge or drop off. The problem with tables are that they eventually shade themself to death. Every tank is different but the limit of growth for me has been about 12" in my tank. That is when I start seeing signs of stress from shading like the base slowly rtn or an area on the colony not doing well from lack of flow.
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08/21/2007, 09:25 AM
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