Show Me Your Ugliest Acros!!!

[venwu225]

I 2nd that...

 

[clkwrk]

The stag in this pic.

This one in the foreground was 80% dead when I rescued it and half the size.

 

[Stoney Mahony]

Can you say ugly?

 

[Ewan]

Now THAT's an ugly coral. It might even be pushing the realm of fugly.

 

[jay24k]

Stone, I see hints of green and purple in it. I have a feeling that coral will take off very nice under the right conditions/lighting.

 

[DJ88©]

here's mine. Brownish/greenish sticks with fuzz attached. lots of fuzz. Always looks that way, betting it always will. Right now it is about 8" below a 14K 400W MH bulb. Directly below. Never changes colour. Doesn't matter how close or how far.

 

[clkwrk]

Stoney I agree it will get better here is an ugly that changed to a favorite.

 

[DaddyJax]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7335986#post7335986 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by clkwrk
Stoney I agree it will get better here is an ugly that changed to a favorite.

That's awesome! I love finding Diamonds in rough!

 

[prop-frags]

OK - I'll bite. This thing is like calcified poo-poo with polyps:

 

[xtrstangx]

prop-frags wins the cake.

 

[dphins]

How about this one?

 

[marine_freak]

Hey Stoney Mahony,
That last pic looks like a granulosa...... It does look like it could color up nice!!!!!

 

[gnrlee]

I second the motion on prop-frags' calcified poo/acro? That's the ugliest thing I've seen in a long time. I have to say I'm embarassed for you Mike.

 

[clkwrk]

agreed very ugly .

 

[my2girls]

blue tip stag

blue/brown milli

 

[LeftCoast]

Prop-frags has no competition. Not even the efflo is that bad (sorry man).

 

[zapata41]

ok i'll play too.
a stag

and a unknown ,

 

[Pineapple House]

Re: Show Me Your Ugliest Acros!!!

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7292693#post7292693 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 64Ivy
Don't know what it is but it grows like crabgrass. This

Similar to the previous acro in color but grows much more slowly and more knarly. Slimes copiously when it's fragged.

Hey Michael,
The first coral you posted is an A. microphthalma. I've had one just like yours that grew like a weed.

The second coral is an A. formosa. From my experience, they will turn a dull golden brown with blue tips unless you give them extremely intense lighting.

Take Care,
Graham

 

[Stoney Mahony]

Thanks for the comments. I got the colony about two months ago for $15. I bought it to see if I could turn it into a gem. It's still ugly but it has a knarly growth pattern that looks pretty cool. It is flouro green under actinics so like you guys said, hopefully I can get some color into it. CLKWRK- Awsome pics! MarineFreak- It was sold to me as A. Lokani which it closely resembles to me but Ill have to wait for a little more growth to be sure.

 

[landragon]

This one is like a clam. From the front it looks brown. From the top it looks bright green. I have never seen it change in 8 months. It just started to grow about 1/8" new tips.