My New Millepora!

KLR · Mar 31, 2013

My local fish store got in 4 small "ultra" acropora colonies a few weeks ago, 1 speciosa, 1 tenuis, and 2 milleporas. I have been watching them and I finally decided to pick up one of them and a chalice that I had also been watching for about the same amount of time. I do not own a lot of SPS, so I do not know if this is really nice or anything, but I thought it was attractive enough to be one of the highlight acroporas in my LED lit 30 gal cube.

What do you all think? Are the pink and green milles common in the acropora world? Hahaha

Also I am not the best at taking pictures under full LED fixtures, which is why there is this weird purple color sometimes.

New 2-Toned Millepora by KayRobsReef, on Flickr

New 2-Toned Millepora by KayRobsReef, on Flickr

Blue LEDs only. It actually pops A LOT harder than these pictures show under blue LEDs. But I could not capture it.

New 2-Toned Millepora by KayRobsReef, on Flickr

New 2-Toned Millepora by KayRobsReef, on Flickr

Here is the chalice if you are wondering about it. I thought it was a nice oxypora morph with the few bicolor contrasting eyes...

New Oxypora by KayRobsReef, on Flickr

Starblenny · Apr 1, 2013

That millie is niiiice.

ruppertb · Apr 1, 2013

Very nice pickups. That is a great looking milli. I wish we had lfs up here that had nice looking corals like these.

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Zack · Apr 1, 2013

Ya, if that mille stays that sweet you got a nice one!

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jackson6745 · Apr 1, 2013

That's a really nice milli colony. Congrats!

wish · Apr 1, 2013

like the milli!

fishes2889 · Apr 1, 2013

Im loving all theses two-toned colored millis coming in shops lately, some even look triple-toned. Great peice!!

revhtree · Apr 1, 2013

Beautiful coral!

KLR · Apr 1, 2013

Starblenny said:
That millie is niiiice.

Thanks!

ruppertb said:
Very nice pickups. That is a great looking milli. I wish we had lfs up here that had nice looking corals like these.

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Thank you. That's just it. My LFS normally does not get in SPS like this. But the owner told me he tried out his supplier's "Colored Pick" acroporas this time around. I am happy he did!

Zack said:
Ya, if that mille stays that sweet you got a nice one!

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That is definitely in the back of my mind. It was under his LEDs for a few weeks and only colored up, so I hope it continues to do the same for me. Thanks!

jackson6745 said:
That's a really nice milli colony. Congrats!

Thank you! I wish the pink would spread into the base... But I am happy with just the branches!

wish said:
like the milli!

Thank you!

fishes2889 said:
Im loving all theses two-toned colored millis coming in shops lately, some even look triple-toned. Great peice!!

I noticed that recently too. I am happy to see some of them showing up in my area! Thank you!

revhtree said:
Beautiful coral!

Thanks rev!

ruppertb · Apr 2, 2013

I live near fosters and smith and there coral farm. So that is my lfs. They never ever get any nice corals. The tanks with corals from the farm look sad and are usual beginner stuff and the wild stuff is always brown ugly. Nothing even cool like what you see on DD.

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SteezySPS · Apr 2, 2013

thats awesome. looks just like my aquasd mille but you got a huge colony of it!

SteezySPS · Apr 2, 2013

are the tips yellowish orange in person?

KLR · Apr 2, 2013

ruppertb said:
I live near fosters and smith and there coral farm. So that is my lfs. They never ever get any nice corals. The tanks with corals from the farm look sad and are usual beginner stuff and the wild stuff is always brown ugly. Nothing even cool like what you see on DD.

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Interesting. I would expect them to have the wow factor going on at their farm.

SteezySPS said:
thats awesome. looks just like my aquasd mille but you got a huge colony of it!

I would be happy as a clam if it turns out to be like the ASD Mille! That one is sweet! Thank you!

KLR · Apr 2, 2013

SteezySPS said:
are the tips yellowish orange in person?

Not yellow. I would call them peachy pink. The first photo represents the color pretty well. It is not solid pink.

ruppertb · Apr 2, 2013

At the farm yes very wow but not the store. You can't go in the farm whenever only like 3 times a yr

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KLR · Apr 2, 2013

ruppertb said:
At the farm yes very wow but not the store. You can't go in the farm whenever only like 3 times a yr

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Oh. That makes sense. I would try to get in there those 3 times then!

dknuckles · Apr 2, 2013

That is a sweet Mili!!!

KLR · Apr 2, 2013

dknuckles said:
That is a sweet Mili!!!

Thanks!

revsgirl · Apr 2, 2013

Nice! Thanks for sharing!

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goody · Apr 2, 2013

Very nice Milli! The AquaSD Rainbow definitely looked different than yours when it came in. The ASD Rainbow has more orange and yellow along with the pink. Here are some frags I just made and a picture of my colony to compare. Maybe when yours grows out we can work a trade. First pic is out of water during WC.