What kind of acans are these

[sTefaniA]

My friend says they are lords

 

[CalmSeasQuest]

Yup - Acanthastrea Lordhowensis

 

[sTefaniA]

So this are also lords?

 

[brannock_16]

They sure are. All appear to be Acanthastrea Lordhowensis...and all appear to be either B grade or A grade.

 

[CalmSeasQuest]

I'm not familiar with any standardized grading system, but they are all Lords.

 

[sTefaniA]

They sure are. All appear to be Acanthastrea Lordhowensis...and all appear to be either B grade or A grade.

Ok thx. Why are they A or B? I have never heard of a grading sytem. So I can put them together and they wont sting eachother?

 

[brannock_16]

Acanthastrea Lordhowensis are graded into the following categories:

B Grade - mostly solid colors... especially reds
A Grade - usually two toned colors...IE red and white
AA Grade - typically would consist of 3+ colors
AAA Grade - typically would consist of 4+ colors
Ultra Grade - typically would consist of 5+ colors

Now I may be a bit off on the color representations of the grades, and I may think that AAA and Ultra can be used interchangeably, but those are general rules for grading.

Most of the acan lords that are seen in LFS are shipped to them as B grade or A grade (at least where I am from). In order to find the Ultra (rainbow) acans you really have to look quite a bit.

Hope this helped and if anyone has any other info on the grading of acans lets hear it! I love these corals and always want to learn more about them!

 

[sTefaniA]

Ok thanks! Most of them have 2 or 3 colors but the pics aren't very detailed.

 

[Lytehouse]

All Lords and very nice specimens