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after I got home; I'd say the piece
had been in the tank about 10 days,
it began to bleach just a little at
the tips, somewhat symptomatic of 'light
shock'. Not only was this perplexing
because it had already been exposed
to fairly intense
lighting at the LFS but I (well, Ray
actually)placed it about midway the
tank where the levels were probably
LESS than before. Fortunately, as of
this writing, the color is finally
coming back and there was no die off
so apparently, things are going okay.
I certainly do hope so as this appears
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Acropora
#43  Another Reefer
Madness purchase, this colony was
advertised as a “Yellow with
purple polyped A.austera.” What
I got was a colony that indeed
had blueish purple polyps, but
it came in so bleached I didn't
hold out much hope of survival.
Amazingly, it has survived and
has even shown a little growth,
but it's
obviously still slow in regaining
its original color or ANY for that
matter. So we'll just continue
to keep a close watch on it and look
for any other problems.Up until now
there haven't been any, but
as it is firmly entrenched as part
of the 'Staghorn Jungle',
it's probably wise for me to
stay vigilant on it's behalf.
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#44 & #45
What we have here are two aquacultured
colonies of A. horrida although one
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something else; perhaps
A. 'enchinata'. Anyhow, I've
always liked the gnarled, old
oak-like,growth pattern of
this particular species so
I though I'd pickup a couple.
The 'combo platter' came from
Cquarium while the other one
came from Blowfish Aquatics.
This was my first purchase
from either of these vendors
and both did a very good job
in packing. Apparently, the
species itself is NOT the most
hardy of shippers however.
Both came in with several of
their tips broken and a bit
lightened so I gave each of
them extra time in the Lugols
bath before putting them in
the tank. I attribute their
conditions to be from the obviously
rough treatment they got in
transit as,again, both were
packed well and came from completely
different places. It's
still too early to predict
success here but other than
a bit more lightening on the
Cquarium piece,they both seem
fairly stable.
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#46 This
was one of the final pieces I
acquired before the update 'deadline' so
I can't give you much in
the way of a report. I do know
that this particular species
is sometimes available online
as A. loripes. This piece however
came from an LFS. I believe it
to be wild. Right now it is placed
a little higher than midway in
the tank. The light there seems
pretty good but looking at its
structure,I'm a little
concerned that the flow may be
somewhat lacking. Only time will
tell. I literally have no place
else in the tank to put it. |
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