Let's see some A. loripes!

[therman]

Got this maricultured piece about a month ago, and I think it might be my all time favorite acro. Anyone else have some sweet loripes to show off?

I didn't capture the fluorescent green base color in this shot:

-Tim

 

[therman]

I guess not...

Seems like lots of people misidentify loripes as granulosas...like the "ice age" one perhaps?

 

[SDguy]

I just got a wild piece from LADD. Turned brown. Slowly coloring back up. What flow/lightdo you give yours?

 

[Whisperer]

Therman, your coral does not look like a loripes.

 

[RyanTurner]

I thought this was a Acropora Lokani, but now it seems like it's a Loripes. What do you guys think?

 

[therman]

I just got a wild piece from LADD. Turned brown. Slowly coloring back up. What flow/lightdo you give yours?

Mine is under a DIY Cree LED fixture, but I'd describe it as "moderate to high" lighting. I don't have a PAR meter to give you numbers unfortunately.

It's a 156 XR-E fixture, with 20 degree optics, running about 36" from the coral over a 36x36x18 tank. Whites are at 450mA, RB at 600mA. Still trying to find the perfect color balance and intensity settings. Flow is moderate and random, from 2 alternating Koralia evo 1400s on a wavemaker.

Mine lost some of the green initially, but its coming back since I boosted the royal blues. Growth has been great for a maricultured piece straight from the box IMO. It was absolutely stunning when it was still in the bag.

 

[SDguy]

It was absolutely stunning when it was still in the bag.

yeah, mine too.

 

[therman]

Therman, your coral does not look like a loripes.

Why don't you think so? The photo is from a weird angle, because I took it with an underwater housing in the tank. It fits all the characters in Veron, and was ordered from Bali as loripes.

I thought this was a Acropora Lokani, but now it seems like it's a Loripes. What do you guys think?

Probably a loripes. The branching from everywhere growth is more like granulosa, but I think the growth forms tend to get whacky on maricultured pieces as they adjust to captivity.

 

[Whisperer]

I can't tell from your pic, I was looking for some "bare" brances typically seen on loripes. I see it on Ryan's And SDguy's pics. The third pic on the top row on the link below is the one, unquestionably.

Here is a description of loripes accroding to AIMS,
"Colonies have many shapes varying from upright bushes to thick plates. There is a continuous range of shape and size between axial and radial corallites; both may be tubular to nearly spherical, with very thick walls. Tubular axial corallites often have no radial corallites on one side and pocket-like radial corallites on the other. All corallites are smooth and rounded."
http://data.aims.gov.au/coralpages/html/001-100/Species pages/42.htm

 

[therman]

You can see one in the right of the photo. That shot is in the middle of the head, most of the smooth topped branches seem to sprout from the growing margins of my colony.

 

[mr. pluto]

had this in 04 , long gone now :< under 400w 10k ushios

 

[Whisperer]

Now, that's what I'm talkin' about. Notice the flattened/elliptical coralites on that one.
Very nice liropes Mr Pluto. For some odd reason, loripes has been my downfall, I can not keep one alive long term.

 

[therman]

That is a stunning coral Mr. Pluto. Not sure on the ID, since that seems to have majorly nariform corallites, but it's a wicked awesome coral no matter what it is.

 

[SDguy]

Getting slightly less poo colored as time goes on. I'm hoping it gets some purple or blue in there soon.

 

[dieselab]

had this in 04 , long gone now :< under 400w 10k ushios

this has to be the most impressive piece of SPS I have seen

 

[returnofsid]

Picture of my colony.

Frag, from my colony, grown out in another tank, under different lighting.

 

[werdlone]

Loripes and Granulosa look similar to me. I have corals in my tank that I'm not sure which it is....

Whisperer..do you think that Therman's coral is a Granulosa?

 

[Whisperer]

The first pic (Therman's) reminds me of rosaria.

 

[SDguy]

Sort of reminds me of this "granulosa" frag a have...

 

[Whisperer]

SD, that looks like a loripes. The white polyps and ellipse corralites.