Diabolic Pacman

Apisto · Apr 7, 2015

I wanted to start a thread about a coral I acquired a couple years ago. Because so few reefers got a frag of this acro and now most of those seem to be gone, I thought I would provide a thread to document anyone's success (or failure) with it. The other reason for this thread is that I seem to take more photos of this acro than most of my other colonies and this will provide a place to reference all of those.

As far as I know, the Diabolic Pacman is similar, but not identical to RR Wolverine. Regardless, it is a very slow-growing acro that apparently is much happier in very high light and good flow. It is certainly the deepest, if not brightest, yellow acro I have seen. But, also has the most interesting polyps and low-light base coloration, as well.

One final thing. My colony is doing well, but is still short of fragable. I already have a substantial list and don't want to field anymore, because I have no idea how long it will take before it is ready.

This is a pic of the original frag from ChrisSG that was shown on one of the 2 threads he had. Sorry for the bad pic.

This is another bad Reefbrite LED pic over a year in. I was trying to show the interesting base color set against the yellow tips.

This is a 14K MH pic from a couple of months ago. Again, not a great pic...will we get to good pics? Probably not, because until someone with good camera skills and a DP colony post, we are viewing my pics.

And, finally, a T5 pic from a few months ago that shows the nice red polyps against the yellow base color on a high-light portion of the colony.

AsphaltPays · Apr 7, 2015

Definitely a beautiful piece

cultivatedcoral · Apr 7, 2015

Here is my Diabolic Pacman when it was under T-5's. Once it based out it grew fast. Then I dragged the heck out of it to some local guys. I eventually changed to LED's and this coral apparently hates them but is slowly coming around.

bustayanky · Apr 7, 2015

Are u selling any frags? I got one from chrisSG also but it RTN'd after a few months.

cultivatedcoral · Apr 7, 2015

I just fragged it for someone so it's not ready to be fragged again.

bustayanky said:
Are u selling any frags? I got one from chrisSG also but it RTN'd after a few months.

Apisto · Apr 7, 2015

cultivatedcoral said:
Here is my Diabolic Pacman when it was under T-5's. Once it based out it grew fast. Then I dragged the heck out of it to some local guys. I eventually changed to LED's and this coral apparently hates them but is slowly coming around.

Very nice. I saw this pic well over a year ago and wondered what became of this colony. Sounds like there might be others out there as well, considering you fragged yours numerous times!

rovster · Apr 7, 2015

Just for reference, here's a frag on day 1.

It got stoopid yellow in my tank. I'm talking solid canary yellow.

Unfortunately I lost it due to a freak tank crash. I was able to get my filthy paws on another piece that was in need of some TLC but I won't dare post a pic until it settles in and colors up. It's improved a lot since I got it and the yellow is showing up:wink:

Reefnjunkie · Apr 7, 2015

If all goes well I'll have this acro in my grubby little paws in about a month, I've been after it for about 2+ years, ever since SniperSPS teased me with a pic.

Don't even bother asking, Im not revealing anything LOL

dodgerblew · Apr 7, 2015

Apisto said:
I wanted to start a thread about a coral I acquired a couple years ago. Because so few reefers got a frag of this acro and now most of those seem to be gone, I thought I would provide a thread to document anyone's success (or failure) with it. The other reason for this thread is that I seem to take more photos of this acro than most of my other colonies and this will provide a place to reference all of those.

As far as I know, the Diabolic Pacman is similar, but not identical to RR Wolverine. Regardless, it is a very slow-growing acro that apparently is much happier in very high light and good flow. It is certainly the deepest, if not brightest, yellow acro I have seen. But, also has the most interesting polyps and low-light base coloration, as well.

One final thing. My colony is doing well, but is still short of fragable. I already have a substantial list and don't want to field anymore, because I have no idea how long it will take before it is ready.

This is a pic of the original frag from ChrisSG that was shown on one of the 2 threads he had. Sorry for the bad pic.

This is another bad Reefbrite LED pic over a year in. I was trying to show the interesting base color set against the yellow tips.

This is a 14K MH pic from a couple of months ago. Again, not a great pic...will we get to good pics? Probably not, because until someone with good camera skills and a DP colony post, we are viewing my pics.

And, finally, a T5 pic from a few months ago that shows the nice red polyps against the yellow base color on a high-light portion of the colony.

outstanding!

Apisto · Apr 7, 2015

Hey, there are a few still out there. Very cool! I kind of heard most were lost.

Here are a couple of close-ups that show the lower-light base color and interesting multi-colored polyps.

SchnitzelReef · Apr 7, 2015

This coral looks identical to an acro I got from age of aquariums. They called it the Triton. It came from RR Asia

bustayanky · Apr 8, 2015

I got a piece recently from SniperSPS which he called Wolverine 2.0 which kinda looks really similar to Apisto's pictures.

cultivatedcoral · Apr 8, 2015

Alright Rovi, glad you still have a piece. Let me guess who gave you the piece in need of tlc, Eric? Haha

rovster said:
Just for reference, here's a frag on day 1.

It got stoopid yellow in my tank. I'm talking solid canary yellow.

Unfortunately I lost it due to a freak tank crash. I was able to get my filthy paws on another piece that was in need of some TLC but I won't dare post a pic until it settles in and colors up. It's improved a lot since I got it and the yellow is showing up:wink:

cultivatedcoral · Apr 8, 2015

Very nice piece. It's funny that this coral was around long before all these Reef Raft Wolverines etc came out. This was probably one of the original yellow acros that is true yellow.

Apisto said:
Hey, there are a few still out there. Very cool! I kind of heard most were lost.

Here are a couple of close-ups that show the lower-light base color and interesting multi-colored polyps.

rovster · Apr 8, 2015

cultivatedcoral said:
Alright Rovi, glad you still have a piece. Let me guess who gave you the piece in need of tlc, Eric? Haha

LOL. Eric's is too small to frag if he still has it. I'll give you one more guess. All I know is I owe someone a TON of beer, haha! It's nice to have friends with similar taste in acros. I hope to be able to return the favor one day. I'm growing an army of delectable stix

Braves Fan · Apr 8, 2015

Reefnjunkie said:
If all goes well I'll have this acro in my grubby little paws in about a month, I've been after it for about 2+ years, ever since SniperSPS teased me with a pic.

Don't even bother asking, Im not revealing anything LOL

If you end up with two frags ,,,, add one to my frag pack lol

Battlecorals · Apr 8, 2015

Reefnjunkie said:
If all goes well I'll have this acro in my grubby little paws in about a month, I've been after it for about 2+ years, ever since SniperSPS teased me with a pic.

Don't even bother asking, Im not revealing anything LOL

With you on this one I've had my eye on this guy forever it seems! I remember that old pic that wa floating around and it was extremely cool looking. If anyone wants to swap hit me up

!!!

Shep · Apr 8, 2015

Very nice, I am not really a stick head but that is a good looking coral.

Apisto · Apr 8, 2015

bustayanky said:
I got a piece recently from SniperSPS which he called Wolverine 2.0 which kinda looks really similar to Apisto's pictures.

rovster said:
LOL. Eric's is too small to frag if he still has it. I'll give you one more guess. All I know is I owe someone a TON of beer, haha! It's nice to have friends with similar taste in acros. I hope to be able to return the favor one day. I'm growing an army of delectable stix

Are these recent photos and how long between pics?...interesting color transitions without too much growth. I have experienced similar in the past.

So, does Hugo have the DP and Wolverine 2.0? And, are these the same as AOA Triton?

Very nice piece. It's funny that this coral was around long before all these Reef Raft Wolverines etc came out. This was probably one of the original yellow acros that is true yellow.

Have to agree with cultivatedcoral here. Before this came along a few years ago, I hadn't seen any other true yellow acros, but then again I wasn't really looking, because it didn't seem like they existed. Now there are quite a few.