acropora millepora question

[twelvejewelz]

I bought a frag about 2 weeks ago and im wondering if some millepora corals have shorter polyps than others or are they usually longer? Mine are really short and im wondering if that means that the coral isnt doing well. It is colored a nice green and has remained that color and i see the polyps coming out and retracting from time to time there just really short, not like some of the pictures ive seen online.Any info on these corals would be appreciated. thanks in advance

 

[twelvejewelz]

heres pics:



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[cccapt]

Millies usually have real long polyps. Just give it more time to acclimate to your system.

Here's my green millie.

 

[smokenax]

give it some strong flow.

 

[twelvejewelz]

Yea see that's exactly what i was talking about. But are there different varieties that have shorter/longer polyps all the time of their life? The tank has allot of flow, its a 2 year old standard 10gallon nano with 2 korilia nano ,1 rio 90, and an aquaclear 110 . How long do you think it usually takes to fully aclimate and be comfortable?

 

[twelvejewelz]

is mine definitely a milli im not to sure now after seeing those with the long polyps 0.o ?

 

[logan 12]

Flow is def. important for polyp extension. Also takes some time to acclimate. Some milli's r refered to as hairy milli's and seem to have longer extension then others. Dont have these, but seen a nice sps tank and the guy had the milli's then what he called the hairy milli, was crazy like the one pictured above.

 

[twelvejewelz]

Flow is def. important for polyp extension. Also takes some time to acclimate. Some milli's r refered to as hairy milli's and seem to have longer extension then others. Dont have these, but seen a nice sps tank and the guy had the milli's then what he called the hairy milli, was crazy like the one pictured above.

The flow is 1065 GPH in a 10 gallon tank i have more than enough flow. I guess it just needs more time . There is 96 watts of T5 on the tank as well so i think i have everything covered. I love the hairy ones though they look amazing!

 

[smokenax]

that beutiful coralline growth on those korilias might be restricting those 1065gph a bit

 

[CorkPullerPHL]

that beutiful coralline growth on those korilias might be restricting those 1065gph a bit

+1. Give those guys a good cleaning. Even if water is flowing well you're asking for a busted impeller. I use a 10:1 mixture of h2o to muriatic acid. It takes less than five minutes to clean them with a pair of rubber gloves and an old tooth brush!

:fun4:

 

[twelvejewelz]

hehe the other one is new so it has 0 coraline on it but i havnt cleaned that one in 2 years of having the tank lol

 

[Antonais1391]

i have one of my millis right in front of a k1 and i still think it needs more. there are different types of polyp extension some are also more finicky with there needs

 

[badger126]

Don't worry if yours doesn't look like the picture posted earlier. I have 3 diff millies that I've had for months and they've never had that long of polyps. Half of what that picture has or less. Don't harass them TOO much with flow, I used to have a k3 pointed at mine and they didn't like it. The guy I got them from has almost no flow in his tank and they grow fine and keep their colors.

 

[twelvejewelz]

The polyps are starting to come out more and more . I put in new bulbs 2 days ago and the acro is really responding wonderfully. im sure itll be even better with time.Is this coral i have 100% an acro millipora?

 

[rogerwilco357]

same here

same here

i have different type mille's too and some look like big foot all hairy and some more manicured lol..

 

[twelvejewelz]

is my coral above definitely an acro millipora?^^

 

[cccapt]

It's either a millie or prostrata. The 2 are very hard to tell apart.

 

[Mattik]

It's either a millie or prostrata. The 2 are very hard to tell apart.

It's either a millie or prostrata. The 2 are very hard to tell apart.

I agree...these look very familiar in some cases.

Also, your "long-hair" is a very long hair. My mille's are more of medium length. I also have a millie that is similar to the one you are questioning - with shorter polyps (but it is a rose color). I personally feel that the rose millie could in fact be a prostrata.

I think mille and prostrata are used interchangeably. Mainly because they are sometimes about impossible to tell apart.

I've seen the two described as being "very similar, exept that: the prostrate has long, thin branches, while the millepora has thick 'uniform' branches". My rose is the former, and my mille's are the latter.

A second definition is "prostrata grow in an "antler-like" pattern, while millepora tend to grow with shorter, more "uniform" branches.

I would call yours a millie based on the above, but it is really a little subjective. This isn't the hair-length, but the shape...my rose has very long, thin branches (but is still a pretty small frag so may change over time).