chessmanmark
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I got a frag from Dan a year ago. It is a very slow grower and lost its color for the first few months. It is still encrusting.
Abrotanoides
Abrotanoides
Who has been buying Acropora abrotanoides
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trueblackpercula
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here is mine still coloring up but its light green with red tips
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my experience with the Abro..
acquired August 2009..
Did very well for months, grew and kept its colours.
March 2010.
It was growing so well that I decided to move it to a new location to give it more room.
BIG MISTAKE. Granted, it may be unrelated to the move, but as soon as I moved it to its new location it started to go down hill and died :-(
Anyway, I have a new Abro now and put it in the same spot as the old one (Very High Light, High Flow)..
I am NEVER going to move this one, EVER :lol:
...so far so good..
acquired August 2009..
Did very well for months, grew and kept its colours.
March 2010.
It was growing so well that I decided to move it to a new location to give it more room.
BIG MISTAKE. Granted, it may be unrelated to the move, but as soon as I moved it to its new location it started to go down hill and died :-(
Anyway, I have a new Abro now and put it in the same spot as the old one (Very High Light, High Flow)..
I am NEVER going to move this one, EVER :lol:
...so far so good..
tektite
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They seem to be very sensitive to changes in light levels. I had one, doing good for a few months, then my actinic t5 bulbs burned out (2 of 7 bulbs over the coral). In a matter of days it was dead. My other abrotanoides under the other half of the light fixture that didn't lose actinics remained perfectly fine.
slapshot
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my experience with the Abro..
acquired August 2009..
Did very well for months, grew and kept its colours.
March 2010.
It was growing so well that I decided to move it to a new location to give it more room.
BIG MISTAKE. Granted, it may be unrelated to the move, but as soon as I moved it to its new location it started to go down hill and died :-(
Anyway, I have a new Abro now and put it in the same spot as the old one (Very High Light, High Flow)..
I am NEVER going to move this one, EVER :lol:
...so far so good..
Damn acros always keeping it interesting
And like the gluttons for punishment that we are we keep coming back for more :lol:
slapshot
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Amen brother, amen! I'm sure there is a diagnosis that fits us in the phys journals.
Both of you are 100% on the money here.
Last time I was at Cherry Corals, they had a couple of very nice abros. I was tempted, but decided against it. Something told me not do do it, so I didn't. They had them directly under 400W MH, Radiums I think. Strong flow as well, but primarily strong light. They were located up high in the center of a raceway.
In any case, it's a beautiful coral that one day, I'll try in an upcoming system. Not sure I'll do so in the current system, though.
trueblackpercula
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We're is everyone keeping there's ?
watchguy123
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I had the red and green one and when it started to take off it just was too thick and just did not like the look so I took it out of the display. It is an extremely thick branched coral
Andrรยฉ Silvestre
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I acquired an Abro in late November 2012:
Here it is in February 2013:
I also have mine in high flow, high light and it continues to progress nicely.
Itรยดs a slow grower for me but there is some evolution in the present time since these February pics.
I will try to take a top down shot in the coming days.
Here it is in February 2013:
I also have mine in high flow, high light and it continues to progress nicely.
Itรยดs a slow grower for me but there is some evolution in the present time since these February pics.
I will try to take a top down shot in the coming days.
chessmanmark
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I have mine at the top of my tank under a 250w DE 14K Phoenix bulb in a LumenBright pendent. It's on the left side of my tank which gets the least amount of flow as my returns and Tunzes are all on the right side.
dentdominator
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I've been able to keep one for over 1.5 years and still growing strong. I bought this one from the DD.
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rigleautomotive
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Thats a sweet piece. Good luck with it
rigleautomotive
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I lost mine. I had a melt down and lost all my acropora colonies due to someone dumping a large amount of pine sol in my systems.
victorcan
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Ouch... I had an ex-wife 23 years ago that upon my suggestion we separate poured a gallon of some household cleaner into my tank.. Needless to say I divorced her *** LOL
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