greekspec2
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Anyone growing any of this in Cali?
acropora Abrotanoides
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joseserrano
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Not commonly kept. Requires very high light and high flow. Most ppl loose it little by little. Use to come in from Indo, don’t see much other than red ones from Aussie that come for a bit and stop.
greekspec2
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gotcha I burn plenty of halide/T5 so just looking for some good specimen
SeaDweller
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Yeah, mine is nearing a year now. It was that they used to be difficult to keep so I’ve read. This is my first go at it, and doesn’t seem to be slowing down.
MTBake
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Agreed.
I tried a couple years ago when they were common on LAs DD. Neither made it more than 6 months.
I have had a few do ok for a while. Problem is they encrust forever. I lost mine from a tank move though. I got the bleeding tree this time.
I think the main thing is to give them a ton of light. I didn’t have luck until I did this, and good flow is a must.
I am not sure of any red abros though. Jose do you mean red/pink tip with green body? Really it’s either that or green that I have ever seen. Anything else would be extreemly rare ime.
I think the main thing is to give them a ton of light. I didn’t have luck until I did this, and good flow is a must.
I am not sure of any red abros though. Jose do you mean red/pink tip with green body? Really it’s either that or green that I have ever seen. Anything else would be extreemly rare ime.
Epic Aquaculture
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BC Bleeding Tree is an A. Abrolhensis not Abrotanoides
Here's mine
Here's mine
It don’t believe it’s abrolhensis or abrolhlosensis which is much more like a thick branching slimer with smaller polyps. Either way you’re looks top knotch!
C. Eymann
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I dont think bleeding tree is aborohensis, as the radial corallite shape is different, its not as narrow as most the examples of BT I have seen.
I think its a abortanoides or robusta.
I think its a abortanoides or robusta.
Epic Aquaculture
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Thanks for the info. After looking at some pics, I agree. I was going off of what Adam calls it.
SeaDweller
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rockskimmerflow
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Haha yeah that one always stuck out to me on his site as you correctly state there is no 'albro' acropora species at all. It's A. abrotanoides/robusta for his bleeding tree example. And it's A. abrolhosensis for the long twisting branch stag with often shaggy army green polyps and deeper purpleish axial growth tips that used to come in more as a mariculture before the Indo fiasco.He also misspells it.
“albro” vs abro or abrol
And to the OP- I do grow some in socal. It's a stable decent size piece, but not branching much at all currently so idk when I would have frags available yet.
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I got robusta and abortanoides. Growth is crazy on abortanoides quickest grower in the tank
Love that purple robusta.
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BC Bleeding Tree is an A. Abrolhensis not Abrotanoides
Here's mine
Im just starting to get the hang of LPS and up until now, preferred them, but wow this guy is changing my mind a little! Absolutely beautiful.
i have a huge colonly size of a football grown from frag for 4 years until my tank crashed from a transfer. i rarely see anyone who can successfully keep them and retain its color. One of my favorite acro among all. once it established the base, they can be a really fast grower. It has a really nasty sting tho, kill everything in its path.
