Royal Dragon Acropora

[Soy]

don't know why photo bucket does that sorry.

 

[Soy]

Royal Dragon Acropora

My blue? deepwater. a branch I cut for my friend turned blue in higher lighting. I posted this on another thread here but I think I got the I.D. wrong. Still on the fence between Walindii and Indonesian Tenella. It grows flat-like at the stems with branchlets growing from the side like a dragon but has highly fused radial corallites on the body which makes me think indo tenella. My friend spsaddict helped name this piece and I'm looking forward to seeing it color up more. It's a first generation mariculture piece that has colored up from beige to this within 3 weeks. will post more pics as it improves.

 

[Soy]

here are close up pics of the skeleton. any id's are welcome

 

[MammothReefer]

Been thinking it over, I'm leaning towards Carduus for your piece.

http://coral.aims.gov.au/speciesPages/species_metadata/0014/image#

 

[Soy]

I think you may be right. I'm going to have to discuss with my friend and tyree

 

[Soy]

Mammothreefer, I hope this WOWs you. Photo was taken with Canon t2i / L-series 100mm macro and Aperture

 

[Soy]

 

[Soy]

once it turns more blue in my tank, i will post daylight topdown pics

 

[MammothReefer]

Mammothreefer, I hope this WOWs you. Photo was taken with Canon t2i / L-series 100mm macro and Aperture

Ah man, I'm sorry I didn't mean to say I didn't think your piece was stunning in the other thread. I really dig it, it's "my sort of thing". I was just trying to say that not everybody has pieces that just click and take off in popularity even if they are nice. However that privilege isn't just reserved for vendors.

Grats on the progress though each update it looks nicer.

 

[Soy]

Ah man, I'm sorry I didn't mean to say I didn't think your piece was stunning in the other thread. I really dig it, it's "my sort of thing". I was just trying to say that not everybody has pieces that just click and take off in popularity even if they are nice. However that privilege isn't just reserved for vendors.

Grats on the progress though each update it looks nicer.

I didn't take any offense to your comment on the other thread. There was no interest for a frag of this on a for sale thread and thats why I said that. I will post daylight pics soon, hopefully.

 

[Nemo4ev]

That piece is pretty sweet how long has it been in captivity? Has it morphed at all?

 

[Soy]

That piece is pretty sweet how long has it been in captivity? Has it morphed at all?

thanks. Its a maricultured piece thats been in my tank for 3 weeks now. The corallites are turning blue but I'm still waiting on it to color up more. If it turns into a cream body with blue corallites I will be one very happy reefer. Its also exhibiting some growth on the some radial corallites, overall, it looks very healthy.

 

[Soy]

A branch I gave to a friend turned baby blue like the baby blue you see on the blue lightning horrida

 

[Soy]

but that branch was placed higher than the mother so I repositioned it a lil bit higher to see if it colors up faster. we will see soon

 

[Soy]

That piece is pretty sweet how long has it been in captivity? Has it morphed at all?

here is a pic of a branch i cut for a friend that transformed in my tank

 

[blakers82]

That color could turn out pretty nice!

 

[Soy]

Thats what I'm hoping for! Kinda nervous but growing very fast

 

[cFloor]

very nice piece you got there Soy. The color looks nice too

 

[Soy]

thanks.

 

[Soy]

I couldn't capture the baby blue tips for the life of me.