is this acropora healthy...? *pic*...

[flipteg]

i bought this acropora about 4 days ago... i've been wanting to keep acroporas for a while now but too scared to spend money on it only to find out my tank is not ready... i finally was able to find this small piece at a reasonable price at a local fish store and decided to give it a try...

this picture shows pretty much the fullest extension i have seen for this coral, but my father thinks it should extend more... since i only have limited exposure to SPS's, i don't know what different species are supposed to look like fully extended... what do you all think...?

 

[Sk8r]

Looks healthy to me. High light, good flow. Its polyps are fully extended, or close to it. Can't tell you what it is, but it looks happy.

 

[kahunakatz]

From what I can tell the Acro looks healthy, but ...

I would be worried if you plan on keeping it near that Euphyllia. It will probably get stung badly.

Best Wishes,
Barry

 

[flipteg]

that euphyllia is like the odd coral ever since i bought it... i just don't know where to put it... and it always falls down, so when this acropora does good, and i end up getting more later, that hammer coral is going to be transfered somewhere else...

my initial plan for the tank when i first set it up was an LPS dominant tank but i also want a few SPS's on the top part ledge of my rocks...

 

[dots]

Looks good, some Acros dont extend during the daylight at all....especially after 4 days.....I say cool beans.

The hammer is going to mess with it......I suggest creating an area just for your SPS and moving the others elsewhere.

 

[tonyscoots84]

looks like a yellow tenuis to me......

 

[marine_freak]

Corallite structure looks like a tenius... looks very happy to me nice PE...... I would say you got a very healthy specimen... I would second moving it away from the euphillia though....

 

[mikekman]

No tissue recession and the polyps are out, looks good!

Definately move it away from the hammer coral. It'll sting and kill your pretty acro.

 

[FastFish720]

Agreed, it looks like it might turn into a very nice acro. Reminds me of this yellow with purple/blue tips table I had.