Subject Of The Month (March)

[Lisa Page]

March's Coral subject is Acropora sp. so I'm expecting to see a huge reponse here. Seems to be a popular choice for reefers these days :D

Here's a few of my favourites to get us going.

http://reefgarden.homestead.com/files/Acro_5_Top_down_250102.jpg

http://reefgarden.homestead.com/files/Acro_6_close_170902.jpg

TIA for posting

Regards

Lisa

[ziggy]

Blimey Lisa,

No-one's going to want to post now after seeing the quality of those shots :o ;)

They are absolutely superb :wub:

Here's a couple of mine:

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/acrofrag2.jpg


http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/brwn acro.JPG


http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/green3.jpg


http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/steve3.jpg

[sparky]

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/purple acro.jpg


One off my acroporas that i got from martyn hulyer.

Cheers
Andrew

[buzz]

My Acropora frag from STM.
I am hoping to get up to martin soon to get some of his frags

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/acro.JPG

[Preds]

Just a preliminary pic of a few of my acros:

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/000_0381.jpg

[Preds]

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/000_0386.jpg

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/000_0389.jpg

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/000_0390.jpg

[secretsquirrel]

Nice ones Preds.

I'll try to get a picture of my Acros. Unfortunately, I only have a few frags as yet. Still it beats last month where I couldn't participate at all :D

[Preds]

Thanks Steve, pictures not quite up to your standards, but the corals are nice. ;) :)

[reefclown]

Rock Beauty evicted, so first acro


http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/1ac.jpg


one of 3, Hopefully get in before lightsout one night this week to get a shot of it's companion ;)

[tuan]

Another green acro (+plus 2 months growth)
http://www.reefhaven.co.uk/gallery/images/greenacro/27may.jpg
http://www.reefhaven.co.uk/gallery/images/greenacro/21july.jpg

[druid5303]

So Lisa what was it like having Jaque Costeua as a step dad only to find out your real farther was David Bailey.... LOL

[DemLotCrew]

thought i would add one,


http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/purpleacro1.jpg


http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/blueredacro1.jpg

[craigg]

Well pleased with this picture:-

My new addition sometime in mid February!

http://www.tauntonaquariumcentre.co.uk/images/Forumpictures/acro04032003.jpg

Craig

[craigg]

Just a little bit closer but same acro.

http://www.tauntonaquariumcentre.co.uk/images/Forumpictures/acro04032003close.jpg

Craig

[secretsquirrel]

I'm not really happy with this shot but at the moment, my frags are just that, frags.

Maybe we can revisit this topic in six months when they have grown a bit more.

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/Img_1991.jpg

[Steve Parkes]

Here's a couple of recent shots of some of my acros.

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/acro0.jpg

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/acr01.jpg

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/acr02.jpg


cheers

Steve

[ziggy]

Great shots everyone,

Steve, are they wild specimins or grown on from frags ? looks like you've got some more hiding in the background too B)

Craig, that's a nice coral too :)

Tuan, great growth there :o

DML, you're first pic looks very similar to the purple tipped in my last pic posted, unfortunately that coral is no longer with me, but the good news is that there are several frags of it in people's tanks :) that's the great thing about sharing frags the coral lives on if something happens to the mother colony.

[Steve Parkes]

Hi Ziggy,

These particular Acro's are a bit of a mix.

The green 'Bali' type was a 1 inch brown frag rescued from the sand of a friends tank which is no more. :(

The sencond 'purple job' (note the techie name as I don't believe in trying to identify them from books etc.) looked exactly like a 2 inch length of Twix when I got it from my LFS. There were no branches on it at all and it was brown.

I'm pretty sure that the 'minty green with pink tips' model was a farmed coral as the base rock was far too regular (circular). It's also grown really quickly.

And yes, your keen eyes have spotted more dotted around. I think I'm upto about 20 different species at the mo. :) Just call me Acro mad - I suppose.

[ziggy]

Hi Steve,

Nice one.

Any chance of some info on your set up, not sure if this thread is the right place but maybe in members tanks :)

[simonh]

Here's a couple of top down shots I took. Darn difficult with the reflections of the 400wers and the heat burning my arm while trying to hold the camera.

Here's an Acropora I got as a frag from Martin Lakin around September 2001. It now measures around 17" or so across. Ignore the bit in the middle as I'm experimenting mounting corals within corals to make use of space :)

http://www.wymag.org.uk/simon/acro17.jpg

Here's an Acropora millepora? I got as a frag from Jonathon Hannon via UK Marines in October 2000. It now measures around 13" accross. Eeveryone who has a frag of this from me seems to be able to turn their frag bright blue but in my tank it always remains somwhat inbetween, but makes up for it due to the great growth form:

http://www.wymag.org.uk/simon/acro14.jpg

[ziggy]

OMG :o :blink: :wacko: 17" & 13" across :wub:


We're not worthy, we're not worthy :lol: B)

So you're going to need to upgrade that tank again soon :P

Fantastic Si :)

[tuan]

Jeez Simon! You need a few streams just to blow past that acro jungle! Wowee!

[Andy Hipkiss]

Only 15" in this photo from just over a month ago.

http://www.andy-hipkiss.co.uk/ReefImages/images/bmille030201.jpg

[DemLotCrew]

:o :o :o :o and :o


Andy wow thats is really neat.

Is it yours?



:ph34r:

[DemLotCrew]

Originally posted by ziggy@Mar 5 2003, 16:07
DML, you're first pic looks very similar to the purple tipped in my last pic posted, unfortunately that coral is no longer with me, but the good news is that there are several frags of it in people's tanks :) that's the great thing about sharing frags the coral lives on if something happens to the mother colony.
Ziggy do you mean me? (DLC?)


Yeah you are right there its like having a failover system grow your frag, split it and give it away then if thigs go wrong split the one you gave away and start all over!!!



Great idea Ziggy, on the note of great ideas would any one like to give me frags for safe keeping? ;)




:ph34r:

[ziggy]

DLC,

LOL you can but try, no frags available atm though, sorry


Andy,

We're still not worthy :D :wub: :wacko:

[Lisa Page]

Great stuff guys, some lovely Acros there with great colouration too.

Keep posting those pics :D

Druid.... and to think I always thought that my dad was the milkman ;) :lol: :P

Regards

Lisa

[Steve Parkes]

Lisa,

It seems to have gone a bit quiet on the acro front, so here's a few more.

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/acro003.jpg

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/acro004.jpg

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/acro005.jpg

cheers


Steve

[dwindle69]

Hi all,

A few pics of some of mine. Not very grown on yet !

http://www.marinefishuk.co.uk/portal/forum/albums/64.jpg

http://www.marinefishuk.co.uk/portal/forum/albums/74.jpg

http://www.marinefishuk.co.uk/portal/forum/albums/100.jpg

http://www.marinefishuk.co.uk/portal/forum/albums/112.jpg

http://www.marinefishuk.co.uk/portal/forum/albums/113.jpg


Ta James :)

[kosh42]

My prize Acro. Thought I'd show its growth in the time I've had it...

11th Nov 2002
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/kosh42/URPics/20021111%20Top%20Acro%20just%20Milliputed%20in%20p lace.jpg

12th Dec 2002
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/kosh42/URPics/20021212%20Top%20Acro.jpg

13th Feb 2003
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/kosh42/URPics/20030213/20030213%20Centre%20Acro.jpg

13th Mar 2003
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/kosh42/URPics/20030312%20Acro.jpg

Cheers,

Tim

[Martyn]

All very nice Acropora's Shame I have no dig cam.
I would like to swap frags with
Lisa
ziggy
buzz
preds
Nav
Tuan
DLC
craig
secretsquirrel
Steve
Simon
Andy
James
Tim

http://www.reefland.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Regards
Martyn

[cyclops]

Hi All,

Heres some pics from my tank.

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/DSC00012.jpg

Low Tide
http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/DSC00018.jpg

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/DSC5.jpg

Enjoy

John :)

[Lisa Page]

Some nice Acros there guys. Thanks for posting B)

Regards

Lisa