The Acro Frag I Lost and Can't Replace

[ryshark]

Not a good picture, but it is purpleish pink body with blue coralite tips. For me this is the one that got away and I can't find again. I had a valonia outbreak awhile ago and this is one of the few that got killed. I bought it for $10 but it didn't have the blue tips, those developed in my system.

 

[RRaider]

How did you lose a coral because of bubble algae?

 

[ryshark]

How did you lose a coral because of bubble algae?

Somehow it started growing on the coral, I know weird. I would scrape it off but it would come back. Thinking back, this may be the only coral I lost during that bad bubble algae I had.

 

[saltn07]

I have an acro that looks similar, as im sure many do, but it has very light blue coralite tips. Sorry for your loss!

 

[ryshark]

It actually died a long time ago. I was just looking at some old pictures and thought to myself, I haven't seen anything like that since.

 

[anathema]

I feel your pain, I bought this as an RTN'ing wild colony in a store for $5. It was so bright that I HAD to take the risk. I grew it out for a year, and had to take down my tank to move. I had 3 pieces of it, I gave one to a store, sold one, and gave one to a friend for safekeeping. When I set back up my friend gave me the piece back but it was browned and died shortly after. I like to hope some is still out there, but I doubt it.

 

[velvetelvis]

1. That sucks. Sorry for both of you.

2. Valonia can kill corals?!

 

[frctlimg]

It looks like a cali or blue tort. shouldn't be too hard to replace.

 

[smokenax]

heres a pic of my tort its got a purple body with metallic blue corallites.

 

[mcliffy2]

Not a good picture, but it is purpleish pink body with blue coralite tips. For me this is the one that got away and I can't find again. I had a valonia outbreak awhile ago and this is one of the few that got killed. I bought it for $10 but it didn't have the blue tips, those developed in my system.

That looks like a blue A. Tortusa to me...under high light and flow, my guess would be it would have turned solid blue, or possibly got a greenish base, depending upon the variety. Grab and Oregon tort, becker tort, or ORA/Cali Tort frag and you'll have your coral