Show me your German Blue Polyp Acropora!
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LOL Kangym..
How many times did you try to post that in the last 24 hours?? I got a email for every one of them :lol:
dont feel bad...the same thing happened to me a couple opf days ago when tring to respond to somebodys question.........I think I gave up after 5 tries........but after seeing you try so many times it hit me that everyone subscribed to the thread I kept failing at posting in....was most likely getting an email as well
anyway...nice coral....back to the original programming.......
How many times did you try to post that in the last 24 hours?? I got a email for every one of them :lol:
dont feel bad...the same thing happened to me a couple opf days ago when tring to respond to somebodys question.........I think I gave up after 5 tries........but after seeing you try so many times it hit me that everyone subscribed to the thread I kept failing at posting in....was most likely getting an email as well
anyway...nice coral....back to the original programming.......
phenom5
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15315746#post15315746 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by flyyyguy
LOL Kangym..
How many times did you try to post that in the last 24 hours?? I got a email for every one of them :lol:
dont feel bad...the same thing happened to me a couple opf days ago when tring to respond to somebodys question.........I think I gave up after 5 tries........but after seeing you try so many times it hit me that everyone subscribed to the thread I kept failing at posting in....was most likely getting an email as well
anyway...nice coral....back to the original programming.......
Oh yeah. I got home last night to a very full email inbox. At first I thought...wow, there's been a lot of activity on RC tonight. Then I quickly realized RC had gone all wonky, because there were multiple email notifications, but no new posts.
Anyway, as you said, back to the original programming.
ChicagoReefOne
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I just got up a frag of this and I want to optimize growth. Can anyone advise to placement? High flow? High light? etc.? My is coloring up but the polyps haven't really extended.
That is such a nice coral and one I have wanted for a while. I thought I was getting a piece once, but turned out to be a ORA GBP Digi and not the Acro.. talk about a disappointment.
Has anyone that has one ever tried to contact ORA directly to see if they would be interested in a frag of it back so they could regrow it? Being such a nice coral I would definately like to see ORA be able to put more on the market.
Has anyone that has one ever tried to contact ORA directly to see if they would be interested in a frag of it back so they could regrow it? Being such a nice coral I would definately like to see ORA be able to put more on the market.
ORA has NOT lost the mother colony. They had some trouble with it when they moved their livestock. I'm sure it bleached out from the move....mine did twice from moving it. I spoke with ORA and they plan on having some available this year. It can be found online for around $50 now.
The GBPA is a hardy yet sensative coral. What i mean by that is it adapts to different tank conditions well but it tends to lose it's color if it's stressed. Mine has been through hell in my tank. It has survived when other's have not.
Placement is like any other Acro. Mine is in medium flow and is 8-10" under a 400w XM 20K MH with a lumenmax II pendant. It's color is a deep green with bright blue polyps. The more light you give it the brighter the polyps and the lighter the green. The lower the light the darker the green and the polyps are more purple.
P04 will turn this sucker brown quickley. It's very sensative to lighting changes also. It should be acclimated to any lighting change made (even replacing existing bulb with the same).
This Acro is my favorite acro. If you have pics please post!
The GBPA is a hardy yet sensative coral. What i mean by that is it adapts to different tank conditions well but it tends to lose it's color if it's stressed. Mine has been through hell in my tank. It has survived when other's have not.
Placement is like any other Acro. Mine is in medium flow and is 8-10" under a 400w XM 20K MH with a lumenmax II pendant. It's color is a deep green with bright blue polyps. The more light you give it the brighter the polyps and the lighter the green. The lower the light the darker the green and the polyps are more purple.
P04 will turn this sucker brown quickley. It's very sensative to lighting changes also. It should be acclimated to any lighting change made (even replacing existing bulb with the same).
This Acro is my favorite acro. If you have pics please post!
SnookSlayer08
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i heard rumors that ora is going to start selling frags of GBP acor again later this year maybe even next month.
AudioAdict
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ChicagoReefOne
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Thanks! This was pretty helpful placement info, especially the notes on color-shifts and hardiness.
I'll post some pics when mine grows. . . at all.
belgian_waffleman
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I have this coral for over 3 years.
It started like this
it now is like this:
I only get PE at night :-(
Waffleman
It started like this
it now is like this:
I only get PE at night :-(
Waffleman
myzislow
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I would never put a clown goby in an SPS tank..
After looking like sdguy's for the past year or so I can finally say mine is returning to it's old glory. The brown on the tips is turning that nice green color again and the PE is awesome with bright blue polyps. I'll try and get a pic. The only thing I can attribute to it's comeback is increased maintenance and stable parameters as I'm not doing anything different really..
I agree with what was said above. This coral is very hard to kill but I wouldn't call it a hardy coral, as it is tough to maintain it's nice rich green color and to keep it looking prime. At least in my experience.
After looking like sdguy's for the past year or so I can finally say mine is returning to it's old glory. The brown on the tips is turning that nice green color again and the PE is awesome with bright blue polyps. I'll try and get a pic. The only thing I can attribute to it's comeback is increased maintenance and stable parameters as I'm not doing anything different really..
I agree with what was said above. This coral is very hard to kill but I wouldn't call it a hardy coral, as it is tough to maintain it's nice rich green color and to keep it looking prime. At least in my experience.
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