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Limited Edition
Green Jacketed Divaricata
Acropora divaricata
Limited Edition Green Jacketed Divaricata Reeffarmers seed. This Acropora divaricata coral originally contained dark blue colored corallites and polyps.
A bright fluorescent green pigment has been grafted or fused onto the coral within Steve Garrett's outdoor captive reef system.
This pigment slowly spreads across the surface of the coral and can make interesting patterns along branch tips as the pigment appears to jacket the branch.
Image Copyright © 2010 by Reeffarmers All Rights Reserved.
Another grafted Acropora coral that has gained or fused a new pigment while growing within a captive reef system. This normally purple blue colored Acropora divaricata initially developed a bright green fluorescent pigment on one of its lower branches. This bright green pigment is believed to have come from a Fluorescent green Pocillopora damicornis coral. From its initial contact point the pigment slowly expanded across the surface of the coral. This Green Jacketed Divaricata Acropora was created in Steve Garretts outdoor reef system. He believes that the green pigment became attached to the original non-green Acropora divaricata coral within his system. Steve thinks this could have been done by a Pocillopora damicornis coral larvae that settled onto a branch of the coral. Since that original pigment grafting, Steve has perfected a method to manually transplant green branch tips to the ends of non-green branch tips of the original Acropora divaricata. Steve Tyree is maintaining a seed section of this coral for Reeffarmers.com in an 85 gallon naturally filtered BiZonal system. This system is naturally filtered with a semi-cryptic zone and a reef flat exposed zone. In Steve's captive reef the coral is positioned to receive moderate light levels from a 400 watt 20,000 K Radium metal halide. The price of this coral per small fragment consisting of a single branch witrh grafted tip is $85. The monthly limited edition reservation schedules can be found below.
Limited Edition Green Jacketed Divaricata Garrett's Acropolis Closeup.
Notice the jacketing of the green pigment that has occurred on many of the banch tips.
Image Copyright © 2010 by Garrett's Acropolis All Rights Reserved.
Green Jacketed Divaricata Year 2010 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
January
 Sold as Buy It Now
February
 Sold as Buy It Now
March
 Sold as Buy It Now
April
 Sold as Buy It Now
May
 Shipped to V. Hunt
June
 Sold as Buy It Now
July
 Sold as Buy It Now
August
 Reserved for S. Craig
September
 Reserved for D. Crowe
October
 Reserved for J. Buenaventure
November
 Reserved for M. Schwitters
December
 Reserved for N. Laplante

To inquire about reserving a limited edition farmed fragment of this coral please send an email to reeffarmers@aceweb.com.
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