Acropora microclados Multicolored
Colony Base Photo by Tracy Gray
Acropora microclados Multicolored
Colony Branch Photo by Tracy Gray
They were some very exotic Pink and Blue colored Acropora colonies
occasionally imported from Fiji during the spring of 2003. These coral colonies
had thick upright branches that were in plate-like arrangements. Unfortunately
these corals did not ship very well. They had a tendancy to die from shipping
stress within the first few weeks in captivity. Their initial coloration was brilliant
pink and blue hues. What typically happened was that a few branches
were salvaged from the damaged colonies. These branches had a tendancy
to quickly lose their brilliant coloration and fade to brown. Reeffarmers.com
kept one of these salvaged branches which eventually turned brown and remained
brown for 3 to 5 months. The fragment did survive long term and then a brilliant
pink coloration began to redevelop. The coral also began to grow and encrust
within its base area. The polyps on the coral have developed a pink coloration to
their tentacles. The very center of the polyp however is colored green. This gives
this coral a unique multicolored polyp which can be seen in the image below.
There are also traces of the corals original blue coloration seen in various parts
of the coral colony. This particular coral was another one of those corals that every
visitor to our facility wanted to get a fragment of. So we initially list it with its first 6
monthly reservations already taken. The coral has shown a slow growth rate to
date. We still see occasional pink and blue Acropora microclados colonies imported
from Fiji, but they all show heavy signs of stress. Steve Tyree is maintaining this
coral for reeffarmers.com in one of his 125 gallon naturally filtered Tri-Zonal EG
Reef Aquariums. In Steve's captive reef the coral is positoned at about 16 inches
from a 400 watt 20,000 K Radium Metal Halide. The coloration of the coral is easily
maintained within this reef. Water current is moderate to strong. Price is currently
$80 per small sized fragment. Note - In Late February 2004 Reeffarmers.com managed to
acquire two new small colonies of Acropora microclados from Fiji. They are very healthy
and we have now decided to farm this coral at a monthly rate starting in July 2004. The
monthly limited edition reservation schedules can be found below.
Please note effective July 2009 we have changed the
harvesting and reservation schedule to bimonthly. This better matches the corals
long term growth rate in captivity.
Acropora microclados Multicolored
Polyp Closeup Photo by Tracy Gray
Acropora microclados Multicolored Year 2008 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
January
Reserved for J. Carroll
February
Reserved for R. Rhode
March
Reserved for E. Bermudez
April
Reserved for S. Merill
May
Reserved for R. Adam
June
Reserved for Yikan
July
Reserved for M. Ward
August
Reserved for U. Kemp
September
Reserved for B. Wrightsman
October
Reserved for D. Pham
November
Reserved for C. Wong
December
Reserved for S. Bauer
Acropora microclados Multicolored Year 2009 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
January
Reserved for D. Simms
February
Reserved for M. Schwitters
March
Reserved for T. Wasden
April
Reserved for G. Kaplan
May
Reserved for D. Beary
June
Reserved for M. Martinez
July
Reserved for M. Juner
September
Available
December
Reserved for M. Maher
Acropora microclados Multicolored Year 2007 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
January
Reserved for R. Tarnoff
February
Reserved for R. Brewster
March
Reserved for S. Todoverto
April
Reserved for C. Owens
May
Reserved for M. Davis
June
Reserved for M. Downs
July
Sold as Buy It Now
August
Reserved for P. Chung
September
Reserved for S. Carmichael
October
Reserved for M. Iezza
November
Reserved for Jorge S.
December
Reserved for M. Holland
Acropora microclados Multicolored Year 2006 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
January
Shipped to D. Schultz
February
Reserved for Amanda M.
March
Reserved for Clint C.
April
CFM Auctions
May
Reserved for Ray S.
June
Sold as Buy It Now
July
Delivered to M. Hopper
August
Reserved for W. Soper
September
Reserved for Aaron M.
October
CFM Auction
November
Reserved for M. Frost
December
Reserved for Scott W.
Acropora microclados Multicolored Year 2005 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
January
Cancelled
February
Shipped to Gordon L.
March
Sold as Buy It Now
April
Shipped to Gunter A.
May
Sold as Buy It Now
June
CFM Auctions
July
Shipped to T. Heidbrinks
August
Reserved for Albert A.
September
Shipped to Ray T.
October
CFM Auctions
November
CFM Auction
December
Shipped to Richard C.
Acropora microclados Multicolored Year 2004 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
March
Shipped to R. Bash
May
Shipped to C. Owens
June
Shipped to J. Gallaway
July
Shipped to L. Lau
August
Shipped to M. Harrington
September
Shipped to Ed B.
October
Shipped to Sue R.
November
Shipped to T. Berry
December
CFM Auction
To inquire about reserving a limited edition farmed
fragment of this coral please send an email to
reeffarmers@aceweb.com.
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