Strawberry Tabling Acropora sp
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psteeleb
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It's on the far end of my peninsula tank. It gets a stead up and to the right flow from the returns and a power head but all the motion pretty much comes from a Tunze nano wavebox as you point out.
I think your right, or at least very close to it.
psteeleb
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thanks
here's a full tank video of the front of the tank taken in Feb
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coralreefdoc
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The true Aussie "Strawberry Shortcake" table is an Acropora microclados
With that said, this specific specimen is a striking contrast to the original microclados "Strawberry Shortcake" and is exhibiting beautiful PE/growth form in your system. Well done, psteeleb !
With that said, this specific specimen is a striking contrast to the original microclados "Strawberry Shortcake" and is exhibiting beautiful PE/growth form in your system. Well done, psteeleb !
coralreefdoc
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Realized you were seeking a species identification for your specific specimen, not "strawberry shortcake" in general ...
I do not believe your specimen to be of the species A. selago ... Selago exhibits scale like radial coralites, whereas your specimen clearly exhibits tubular, compressed radial coralites. Also, selago is of the corymbose clump growth form ...
My "quick conclusion" is that this specimen is an Acropora willisae, albeit with a more branching growth form which is likely the product of a lower laminar flow region of your peninsular design
A good example of this would be A. solitaryensis' differing growth forms under low/high flow conditions
I do not believe your specimen to be of the species A. selago ... Selago exhibits scale like radial coralites, whereas your specimen clearly exhibits tubular, compressed radial coralites. Also, selago is of the corymbose clump growth form ...
My "quick conclusion" is that this specimen is an Acropora willisae, albeit with a more branching growth form which is likely the product of a lower laminar flow region of your peninsular design
A good example of this would be A. solitaryensis' differing growth forms under low/high flow conditions
Dynamic_Reef
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Awsome looking tank glad to See some nice sps Tanks in the DFW area may have to come trade some frags One day
psteeleb
Team RC
thanks
It's no where near a strawberry shortcake (acropora microclados) but I'd love to have one. I just can't see forking over the kind of bucks a small frag is going for.
I had a upscales microcladus in my 300 before it broke, very different colors then the strawbery shortcake but still a great looking coral.
Thanks for the reference, I checked the willisae and I'm still leaning toward the selaga as the structure is very close, the corallites are spot on. Polyps structure and spacing is also a very close match if not identical
here's mine
and from the database:
Description: Colonies are corymbose clumps, cushion-shaped or prostrate, depending on the length of branchlets. Branchlets are thin and delicate. Axial corallites are long and tubular. Radial corallites are scale-like, lightly structured and do not form a rosette.
I'll keep looking and thanks for the feedback
I'm usually game for trades
thanks Dave
coralreefdoc
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thanks
It's no where near a strawberry shortcake (acropora microclados) but I'd love to have one. I just can't see forking over the kind of bucks a small frag is going for.
I had a upscales microcladus in my 300 before it broke, very different colors then the strawbery shortcake but still a great looking coral.
Thanks for the reference, I checked the willisae and I'm still leaning toward the selaga as the structure is very close, the corallites are spot on. Polyps structure and spacing is also a very close match if not identical
here's mine
and from the database:
Description: Colonies are corymbose clumps, cushion-shaped or prostrate, depending on the length of branchlets. Branchlets are thin and delicate. Axial corallites are long and tubular. Radial corallites are scale-like, lightly structured and do not form a rosette.
I'll keep looking and thanks for the feedback
I'm usually game for trades
thanks Dave
Dave. Thanks for updating with better detailed pictures. The specimens characteristics were somewhat deceiving in the video. It does more closely resemble selago in the pictures versus the video, however, I still dont feel it is a selago. Perhaps the captive growth form is distorting the distinct selago characteristics ...
Given the recent details look into Acropora desalwii, a similar species to willisae
psteeleb
Team RC
thanks - I set the white balance before filming, otherwise it would be all blue. I'll usually use the sand bed or a piece of white paper placed in the hood to set it.
Thanks - I'll have to look at 2:15 mark when I get home tonight as I can't view the video from work , but I believe it was a "no name" frag I got from a LFS.
ReefBeforeGirls
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beautiful tank and coral 
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beautiful tank and coral
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