Incredible Hulk Story

[GeronimoZ]

In 2010 I traded with a friend who gave me a piece of his Incredible Hulk Acropora. Here is a picture of it in 2010; it had grown well under my then 2 x 250W MH lights:


I often made frags of my corals just in case something happen to the Mother Colony or just to get a cool frag that I could later trade. Here is one of the frags from 2010:


Well it happened"¦I lost my original colony but the fragged survived. I took the picture with my new underwater camera. Here is the frag doing very well under my then new LEDs (Feb 10, 2012):


I am pretty sure that this coral started to suffer from low Alkalinity. Here it is on the way to its demise; which is very unfortunate because this is one of my favorite corals.


The story is not over though"¦.last night I was trading with a different friend who also got the Incredible Hulk Acropora from my first friend. He gave me a nice frag which makes me very happy. While I was visiting my friend last night he told me that this coral looks a lot like the ORA Purple Plasma (Staghorn Acro).

So here are my questions to anyone who would like shine some light:
1. Has anyone ever heard of this coral being called "œIncredible Hulk Acro?"
2. Is my coral really an ORA Purple Plasma?

Thanks"¦..

 

[djsmallz]

I'm not sure what that coral is called but it is spectacular none the less

 

[Gumma 1]

Not the ORA plum crazy

 

[reeffreak75]

http://www.orafarm.com/products/hardcoral/acropora/purple-plasma/


http://www.thecoraloasis.com/limited/limitedhulkacro.htm


This 2 websites show different names..but maybe Ora called it purple plasma for marketing purposes...?

 

[reeffreak75]

Heres one more...

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2160887

 

[aandfsoccr04]

I actually just bought a coral called "incredible hulk" acro from the LFS last week. It is much more green than yours so one of ours isn't really incredible hulk. I never get too caught up in the name game though.

 

[reeffreak75]

Pictures would be nice

 

[OneReef]

Purple plasma has yellow greenish polyps, usually so fuzzy that's it's hard to see the purple base. Your first pic looks similar to ORA Verde

 

[tamarindthai]

this Hulk, i got from ATL was from 1/2" frag

 

[tamarindthai]

this Hulk grow well under 14k phoenix

 

[Jamesfirth1]

Its a stunning looking coral.

 

[tamarindthai]

opps!duppp

 

[GeronimoZ]

I'm not sure what that coral is called but it is spectacular none the less

Thanks djsmallz "“ The color of this coral is very cool when it is healthy. You can zoom in on the pictures by clicking on the photos and the underwater shot when this coral was very purple looks like it is worth a 100 bucks. So "œspectacular""¦.thanks.

Not the ORA plum crazy

Right Gumma "“ it is not an ORA plum crazy; I have that coral and it is a purple blue in color"¦.here is a picture of a frag from a couple of years back (12/6/10).

http://www.orafarm.com/products/hardcoral/acropora/purple-plasma/


http://www.thecoraloasis.com/limited/limitedhulkacro.htm


This 2 websites show different names..but maybe Ora called it purple plasma for marketing purposes...?
"¦"¦"¦Heres one more...

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2160887

Reeffreak75 - Thanks for the website comparisons. The Incredible Hulk from "œThe Coral Oasis" site looks really different. The write up even calls it a Tabling Acro and mine definitely grows like a staghorn.

The Incredible Hulk frags for sale from Daimyo68 here at Reef Central look very similar to my Incredible Hulk. Thanks for sending the links.

I actually just bought a coral called "incredible hulk" acro from the LFS last week. It is much more green than yours so one of ours isn't really incredible hulk. I never get too caught up in the name game though.

aandsoccr04 "“ I agree with you about the name thing"¦.it seems like someone gives a cool name to a coral then everyone wants it. Marketing I guess. You never really know with common names anyway. I wish that ORA would also put scientific names with their corals; they do on some of them, but many do not have them. Does your coral have any purple on it? Is it a staghorn growth form? Thanks for your comment"¦

Pictures would be nice

reeffreak75 "“ I am pretty new here at reef central"¦.I am not sure if you are asking "œaabdfsiccr04" for pictures or me. I am going to assume you are talking about aandsoccr04"¦I can add links if you cannot see my photos"¦please let me know"¦thanks.

Purple plasma has yellow greenish polyps, usually so fuzzy that's it's hard to see the purple base. Your first pic looks similar to ORA Verde

Thanks OneReef "“ All these pictures are from the same coral even though the pretty purple one looks a little different. Not sure"¦but I don't think this coral is the ORA Verde.
Here is the link to the ORA Verde.

I think my Incredible Hulk looks more like the ORA Purple-plasma.

this Hulk, i got from ATL was from 1/2" frag

this Hulk grow well under 14k phoenix

Thanks tamarindthai"¦.are these two corals the same? One looks very blue and one looks green.

Its a stunning looking coral.

I agree Jamesfirth1"¦stunning!

 

[dvanacker]

seems like there are a few acros going by the name "incredible hulk". Confusing. Never heard of any of them myself.

 

[tamarindthai]

the top pic is on VHO actenic only the bottom pic is on 14 k phoenix only.

 

[reeffreak75]

Unless proven otherwise ima say its the same coral.