Coral Spotlight | Micromussa

[mikejrice]

Common names: moon coral, acan

Difficulty Level: Most micros are fairly easy to keep.

Feeding: Micromussa are extremely aggressive eaters with very capable tentacles. They will easily catch and consume most food types including frozen, liquid and even pellets. Take care as their feeding aggression can sometimes be taken out on neighboring corals.

Lighting: Micros will thrive in a wide range of lighting. As with most hard corals, bleaching is a concern, so always acclimate by starting them lower in the tank and slowly move them up to your desired location.

Waterflow: Micromussa can adapt to most flow condition.

Placement: Micros are very aggressive, so be careful to give them plenty of space.

General: Micromussa can take a long period to settle in and fully inflate. Be patient and give them time before moving them to a new placement

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[NY_Caveman]

In my limited experience it seems their tentacles are quite a bit shorter than other LPS. Would you agree with that?

 

[mikejrice]

In my limited experience it seems their tentacles are quite a bit shorter than other LPS. Would you agree with that?

Definitely short range, but they pack some punch for anything close enough.

 

[wesman42]

Definitely short range, but they pack some punch for anything close enough.

Not each other apparently?

 

[mikejrice]

Not each other apparently?

Micro lords won't sting each other, but the more efficient colors will slowly outgrow and shadow out others over long periods.

 

[mikejrice]

The color varieties of micro lords are just about as endless as zoas and palys these days, but once in awhile a truly amazing one pops up in my flats. This rainbow colony came in looking pretty interesting, but it wasn't until I cut it up and looked at a couple of polyps really close that I realized how crazy it is. So much color and pattern, but what really has me is that light blue teal color.

 

[mikejrice]

Love when micros fill up and get extra puffy.

 

[argoreef]

Just picked these up nothing fancy but thought they looked good

 

[DJ H]

All the pics so far are acans not micros. Micros are smaller then a dime. A lot of websites gets this wrong

 

[mikejrice]

All the pics so far are acans not micros. Micros are smaller then a dime. A lot of websites gets this wrong

Acanthastrea lordhowensis was moved into the genus micromussa and now goes by the name micromussa lordhowensis. Acanthastrea bowerbanki was also moved out of the genus and combined with scolymia behind the new name of homophyllia. As far as I know acanthastrea echinata is the only one left in the genus.

 

[mikejrice]

Here’s a nice colorful colony that came through this week. Such a great pattern to fill a frame with.

 

[mikejrice]

Some super high contrast acans!

 

[mikejrice]

I just can’t stop with these acans!

 

[Arthroverts]

Man, those are beautiful corals! Micromussa has to be my favorite genus of LPS right now.

Thanks for sharing,

Arthroverts

 

[JohnMzreef]

Micro lords won't sting each other, but the more efficient colors will slowly outgrow and shadow out others over long periods.

can you explain "more efficient colors"?

 

[Hermie]

can you explain "more efficient colors"?

just means the colonies of a specific color that grow faster than others; not that specific colors grow faster than other colors... does that make sense?

 

[JohnMzreef]

just means the colonies of a specific color that grow faster than others; not that specific colors grow faster than other colors... does that make sense?

No, actually. That was a rather confounding statement. An explanation might include specifics such as which colors, etc.

 

[Hermie]

No, actually. That was a rather confounding statement. An explanation might include specifics such as which colors, etc.

The point is that he is not specifying which colors, how is that confusing?
Yes, there is information he could provide if he had it. Which it seems you are assuming he does have that information.
Instead, what he is doing is making a general statement about growth rates of individual colonies, that they all don't grow at the same rate. That's not confusing or confounding at all to me.

 

[JohnMzreef]

@NotASpammerDude - I was talking about your statement... Are you trying to say that the difference in growth rate is independent of color and he is using the term "color" instead of a more general term such as "type" or "morph"?

His (op) statement makes it sound like different colors grow at different rates and this difference is due to the color itself.

 

[Hermie]

@NotASpammerDude - I was talking about your statement... Are you trying to say that the difference in growth rate is independent of color and he is using the term "color" instead of a more general term such as "type" or "morph"?

Yes, this