This unidentified Acropora species has an incredible coloration
intensity. It is called the 'Bali Tricolor'. The term tricolor was coined
by SDC and generally refers to an Acropora that has bright green polyps
(color 1), purple tips or purple branches (color 2) and a brown base and
or brown lower branch area. There have been quite a few tricolor species
imported from Fiji over the past few years. These generally are thicker
branched Acropora that have tended to be very difficult to maintain coloration
in captivity. We have generally refered to those species as secale or
valida. During the mid to late 1990's, we saw some very exotic tricolored
thin branched Acropora species imported from the Solomons that were
generally referred to as true Acropora nana. They tended to develop
purple coloration over most of their surface area. Those 'True' Acropora nana
tricolor corals maintained their pigmentation quite well in captivity. The Bali
tricolor we are selling fragments of is very similar to the old Solomons True
Acropora nana tricolors. The Solomon Islands has not shipped Acropora colonies
for quite awhile. This Bali tricolor can actually develop an intense purple
coloration over its entire body surface. Perhaps it should be called a bicolor
(purple with green polyps). The coral needs moderate to intense light to
develop the purple over its entire surface. Purple branches can be maintained
in weak to moderate lighting. This coral was originally imported within a 1999
tranship for the retail reef shop 'Piece of the Reef'. Bill Schroer sold the entire
colony to Tracy Gray. This was one of the few whole colonies that Tracy placed
within his incredible stony reef. Most corals in his reef were started with
fragments. Tracy coined the name 'Bali Tricolor' to identify this coral. He had a
magnificent colony that was unfortunately lost when his main reef had problems
while he was on a business trip to Japan. Luckily a couple of months before the
accident reeffarmers.com was able to acquire a large fragment of the coral from
Tracy. We have since given a captive grown fragment of this coral back to Tracy.
We wanted to list the Bali Tricolor as a Limited Edition earlier in the year 2003,
but just about every local visitor has wanted a fragment of this intensely colored
coral. We begin listing the coral in October of 2003 and the first three months we
will produce 2 fragments of the coral which have been reserved months ahead by
local reefers. During 2004 and beyond we plan on harvesting one fragment
per month. 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 14 inches from a 400 watt 20,000
K Radium Metal Halide. This reef also has two T5 actinic fluorescent lights.
Water current is moderate. Price is currently $65 per small sized fragment.
The monthly limited edition reservation schedules can be found below.
Please note effective September 2011 we have changed the harvesting and
reservation schedule to bimonthly. This better matches the corals long term
growth rate in captivity.
Bali Tricolor Closeup. Photo by Tracy Gray
Bali Tricolor Year 2010 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
January
Reserved for Z. Moseley
February
Reserved for G. Gadonas
March
Reserved for D. Cheung
April
Reserved for Amer
May
Reserved for D. Skinner
June
Reserved for J. Gagel
July
Reserved for S. Ledin
August
Reserved for G. Brinn
September
Reserved for T. Voislow
October
Reserved for K. Gibbens
November
Reserved for T. Kenny
December
Reserved for C. Green
Bali Tricolor Year 2011 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
January
Reserved for T. Wasden
February
Reserved for B. Woodward
March
Reserved for Y. VanSledright
April
Reserved for A. Eastridge
May
Reserved for L. Louie
June
Reserved for I. Hartwell
July
Reserved for B. Korreck
August
Reserved for W. Burris
September
Reserved for M. Maher
November
Reserved for J. Ruedaflores
Bali Tricolor Year 2012 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
January
Reserved for A. Eastridge
Bali Tricolor Year 2009 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
January
Reserved for S. Rothman
February
Reserved for Clint C.
March
Reserved for Ara D.
April
Reserved for Clint C.
May
Reserved for Jason Y.
June
Reserved for D. Stark
July
Reserved for R. Lin
August
Reserved for R. Adam
September
Reserved for D. DeFrance
October
Reserved for C. Jurrens
November
Reserved for D. Pham
December
Reserved for C. Conway
Bali Tricolor Year 2008 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
January
Reserved for M. Dockery
February
Reserved for S. Ceol
March
Reserved for L. Davidson
April
Reserved for Susan R.
May
Reserved for S. Hansen
June
CFM Auction
July
Reserved for Lawrence L.
August
Reserved for J. Dakan
September
Reserved for Aaron M.
October
Reserved for G. Kaplan
November
Reserved for J. Jacobson
December
Reserved for E. Stenberg
Bali Tricolor Year 2007 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
January
Reserved for John M.
February
Reserved for I. Hartwell
March
Sold as Buy It Now
April
Reserved for Michael H.
May
Reserved for Jerry G.
June
Reserved for B. Blenkhorn
July
Shipped to M. Frost
August
Reserved for Sean C.
September
Reserved for M. Fourticq
October
Reserved for S. Montgomery
November
CFM Auctions
December
CFM Auction
Bali Tricolor Year 2006 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
January
Shipped to S. Yonkers
February
2006 BA-CFM
March
Sold as Buy It Now
April
Shipped to A. Andrasz
May
Shipped to Robert M.
June
CFM Auction
July
Sold as Buy It Now
August
CFM Auction
September
CFM Auction
October
Sold as Buy It Now
November
Sold as Buy It Now
December
CFM Auction
Bali Tricolor Year 2005 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
January
Shipped to Eve G.
February
CFM Auctions
March
Shipped to S. Sargur
April
Shipped to B. W.
May
Shipped to W. M.
June
Shipped to J. Trinidad
July
CFM Auction
August
CFM Auction
September
CFM Auction
October
Shipped to R. Starling
November
Shipped to C. Owens
December
CFM Auction
Bali Tricolor Year 2004 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
January
Shipped to Tom B.
February
Shipped to Amanda M.
March
Shipped to M. Schwitters
April
Picked up by Andy S.
May
Shipped to Charles S.
June
Shipped to David S.
July
Shipped to P. Chung
August
Shipped to Kelly H.
September
Shipped to Clint C.
October
Shipped to Y. K. C.
November
Sold at 2006 SW-CFM
December
Shipped to Clint C.
Bali Tricolor Year 2003 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
October Fragment 1
Picked up by Andy
October Fragment 2
Picked up by Art
November Fragment 1
Picked up by Steven
November Fragment 2
Shipped to Mark K.
December Fragment 1
Picked up by E. C.
December Fragment 2
Shipped to R. R.
To inquire about reserving a limited edition farmed
fragment of this coral please send email to
reeffarmers@aceweb.com.
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