Went nuts with the camera today...

[Anonymous]

Sigh...almost makes me wanna bare my bottom, erm I mean go bare, ahh heck I meant make my next tank purely SPS

 

[Anonymous]

>... hankered after one myself when I had a tank in Japan. They weren't common, but did show up from time to time.

Tom, that looks like a deepwater coral. The name escaped me, but I had one with greenish tint for a few years. But then, Acropora pretty much look all the same, so I can be wrong to think I know what it is.

You're right, I think. I did identify it (or thought I had - I confess I didn't go as far as putting it's skeleton under a microscope). I can't for the life of me remember the name though, or the site I always used to consult (as well as my Veron - now in storage). Do you know the site I mean? I think it's Australian, with a separate page on loads of different corals, with about 4-5 pics on each, including one of the skeleton. If someone can point me in the right direction, I'll dig out the name again.

FWIW, despite being a "deep water coral" it grew fairly well in quite bright light (under 2X 250w DE, quite high up), putting on about 50% in size over 8-9 months before I sold my entire set-up to a friend before moving back to the UK.

Your talking about AIMS site

http://www2.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/coralid_search.php

 

[Anonymous]

Nice pieces Karl. When will you grace us with a FTS?

 

[Anonymous]

Your talking about AIMS site

http://www2.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/coralid_search.php

Thank you! Bookmarked again for future use.