Red acanthastrea

Tomoko Schum

Tomoko Schum

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Hi y'all,

I just got home from Lucy's Lagoon with a red acanthastrea frag. Yes, it's that blood red acanthastrea! I know some of you remember the story behind it.

Darrel was true to his words (he told us that he would frag it one day so that the local hobbyists can have some at a reasonable price) and sold me a beautiful frag of it at a very good price, today. I am so glad that I can have such a pretty red acan in my tank. :inlove:

He actually fragged up the smaller colony that grew from the frag he and Matt made this summer. He still has a few small frags of them in his tank right now. Hope some of you will get them.

I remember how small the frags were when I saw them this early summer. Boy, this coral grow so fast :eek1:

I am sorry that I don't have a picture of it right now, but my daughter run off to her friend's place with my camera. Maybe tomorrow I can post a picture of it.

Tomoko
 
You know I went into his store yesterday and it was the first time he did not talk me out of buying something.

Normally he ends up talking me out of buying something. I would really like to see a picture of what you bought.

Shelby
 
If he is talking you out of buying something, he must think your tank is not mature enough for what you are trying to buy.

I will try to post a picture tomorrow. It's really beautiful.

Tomoko
 
I don't think it's A. faviaformis. It looks more like A. echinata to me, but I am not very knowledgeable about coral taxonomy. No contrasting oral disk color to make it resemble blasto, favia or favites.

Tomoko
 
Here's the picture of the red acanthastrea. The white balance is not good at all and the picture looks a lot more bluish than the actual color. The color of this acantastrea is really clear red - rather christmassy.

13448Acanthastrea.JPG


Tomoko
 
He charged me for the whole thing and not by polyp. I don't know if he had the blue light turned on at the time or not, but he charged me $35 for the entire rock.

As I mentioned, he fragged a much larger piece for me and carved off many smaller frags in the process. You should be able to get the price by calling him for the smaller pieces.

Each polyp are much smaller and less fleshy than A. lordwensis or A. faviaformis. When Matt and he fragged the mother colony the first time this summer, he was charging more like $20 for a much smaller frag. He told me that he did not know how sturdy and how prolific this acan really was at that time. He is no longer nervous about fragging the precious piece.

The large mother colony look really stunning in his not-for-sale tank.

Tomoko
 
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Tomoko,

I have study this coral, I do not belive it is a Acan. I don't know what it is but I feel about 90% sure it is not a Acan. I have a coral that is very muck like this that was recived from the same vendor about 3 months later. (I still bought it as a Acan and paid like it was a acan) I thought it was a Acan fav. but now that I have look closer I do not belive that it is. It is a very fast grower. Do you really think it is a Acan?
 
Hi everyone, I live in Decatur and got a small frag of this coral from Lucy's two weeks ago. It is beautiful and I guess fairly pricey most places. He also made me a really good deal on my frag.
 
Philip,

After studying this coral, I was also beginning to suspect that it may be something other than Acan. Its appearance is much closer to A. echinata than A. faviaformis. However, it just does not have the appearance of the Acans that I often see - the skin of an elephant with the concentric wrinkles.

I am not an Acan connoisseur. Actually I never cared much for Acanthastrea in general, but this pretty red one attracted me. Whatever it is, I still think it's a great find, though.

Tomoko
 
Forgive me bargin in. But Im feeling talkitive:hmm2:
Just wanted to let you know Im admiring that piece all the way over here from Sac :) Beautifull piece, really. From the picture it appears it may have a blue to purplish center? I can completely see your guy's(and gals respectively ;) ) apprehension to slap an acanthastrea title to it. My first impression is looks like a favites pentagona but with larger coralites. A closer look would do wonders. If not, are the septa along the coralite walls spiked sporatically through out and circular in formation , or are they linear striations, kinda like linear/straight saw blades? If you dont have access to a good closeup you can always be the authoratative figure and tell us by going here and browsing
http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/coralid_search.php
:D Lookin foward to updates!Cheers!


-Justin
 
I cannot take a closer picture with the camera I have on hand right now. The color is very uniformly red. No blue or purplish center. Its corallites are cerioid like Favites and Acanthastrea. I cannot tell the shape of the septa.

Tomoko
 
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