Chalice style Watermelon.....ACRO

[ryshark]

I picked this piece up today, the bright ring around the base really caught my eye. I wish I had a macro lens for my camera, the ring around the base is green but the corallites in that green ring are a turquoise/sky blue. I can't capture all the colors with my standard lens. I've seen plenty of chalices out there with a green ring, but not too many acros. I'm excited to see what this turns into as it grows up. I don't think it is done coloring up yet.
The pictures are from after being in the tank for only a few mintues.

 

[9thwonder]

nice. where did you get it?

 

[MeVsTheWorld]

Looks like it has some very nice potential. Good score!

 

[Dustin1300]

I also wish I had more options like in SoCal Good looking shot and hopefully it keeps the two color variations in your tank.

 

[ryshark]

looks awsome.. i wish i could find some nice color sps frags localy

Thanks

nice. where did you get it?

Coral Island, they have a very nice selection nowdays.

Looks like it has some very nice potential. Good score!

Thanks, I think it has potential to be pretty sweet too.

I also wish I had more options like in SoCal Good looking shot and hopefully it keeps the two color variations in your tank.

We are pretty spoiled in SoCal, lots of LFS and lots of tradeshows, coral farmers markets, frag swaps, etc.
I hope it keeps the color variations in my tank too, I'm hoping for 3 colors.

 

[Dustin1300]

ryshark, you happen to get a name on this? When I posted last night I was looking on my laptop and now am on my desktop seeing it on my good screen and I'm in love

 

[ryshark]

ryshark, you happen to get a name on this? When I posted last night I was looking on my laptop and now am on my desktop seeing it on my good screen and I'm in love

No name. It is the only acro I have seen with such a contrasting rim. The Rouge Mille has a little bit of a green rim, but nowhere near as vivid or contrasting.
I have 20k lights, in the store, it had a little bit of an orange hue on the branch/stick part. Here is a picture of it in the bag in sunlight...you can see how I am pulling for 3+ colors out of it.

 

[Dustin1300]

Thanks for the response...Hopefully I come by one but if not maybe you'll have a beautiful colony soon to frag

 

[ryshark]

Thanks for the response...Hopefully I come by one but if not maybe you'll have a beautiful colony soon to frag

I hope so too, one thing he said about it is that it is a slow grower.

 

[Dustin1300]

Can't be any slower than a chalice The slower they grow the more I appreciate them and don't want to frag. Thanks a lot for sharing this one. I've subscribed to this thread so please update us every month or so with some progression shots. I'm sure it will be encrusting for a month or two and then will sprout vertically. Good Luck!

 

[ryshark]

Can't be any slower than a chalice The slower they grow the more I appreciate them and don't want to frag. Thanks a lot for sharing this one. I've subscribed to this thread so please update us every month or so with some progression shots. I'm sure it will be encrusting for a month or two and then will sprout vertically. Good Luck!

I will do that. So far it is holding color nicely after the standard revive bath I give all new coral, and looking very healthy.

 

[seapug]

I have an A. specifera that has that cool "watermelon" type coloration with the green base and red tips (notice the real watermelon chalice growing below it on the left). One of my favorite SPS. It was started as a frag about the size of yours 3 years ago, so the growth rate might surprise you.

 

[Dustin1300]

Nice looking coral seapug

 

[seapug]

thanks. I just took that photo and realize I need to clean off those tips on the right where it got attacked by sweepers from the war coral growing below it on the other side (no irony there). Tank is getting crowded.

 

[ryshark]

Seapug- very nice coral, it reminds me of a Red Planet in low light(on my small blackberry screen at least). What I find unique about the frag above in my original post, is that it only has green around the outside rim like the way a watermelon chalice does. There is no green in the branch part at all and none in the base, except the outer rim.

 

[mayjong]

tyree pink lemonade has a blue rim (only where it is encrusting)
really cool, that is only the second i've ever seen

 

[seapug]

Seapug- very nice coral, it reminds me of a Red Planet in low light(on my small blackberry screen at least). What I find unique about the frag above in my original post, is that it only has green around the outside rim like the way a watermelon chalice does. There is no green in the branch part at all and none in the base, except the outer rim.

Yeah I noticed that. It is a nice piece. Hopefully it'll keep that pattern as it grows into a larger colony. I've never had a frag stay the same color for me as it grows. The green on my specifera didn't show up until I'd had it about a year. The store I bought it from lost their mother colony so I gave them a piece of mine. It has no green at all in their tank. Go figure....

 

[Dustin1300]

That's why I said I hope the OP's stays the same color in his tank

 

[ryshark]

Yeah I noticed that. It is a nice piece. Hopefully it'll keep that pattern as it grows into a larger colony. I've never had a frag stay the same color for me as it grows. The green on my specifera didn't show up until I'd had it about a year. The store I bought it from lost their mother colony so I gave them a piece of mine. It has no green at all in their tank. Go figure....

I hope so too, only time will tell.
Now that I can see the picture of your coral on normal sized screen, I can see how nice your coral is. That looks even more to be blueish hue instead of green, which is awesome. Green, is more like the rim on the chalice in your picture, whatever color that acro has is SWEET.