Oregon or cali Tort??

[jlane220]

I picked up a few frags at a swap a while back. And this one is an Oregon Blue tort however I have noticed the polyps have a green color to them. Only the polyps appear green all the skin is a deep blue. Could it be a Cali Tort? I'm completely happy with the frag, I just don't want to duplicate purchases the same frag again. I have read that sometimes Orego blue is mistaken for cali Tort. My lights are running at about 15k for reference.

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

It's hard to tell with that photo. But my Oregon Tort had green polyps a time on my tank. It's now back to blue.

I'm 99% confident that mine is a true Oregon Tort because of who I got it from.

 

[apb03]

That's a very nice frag, definitely an Oregon tort. The Cali tort will show green skin at the base where the Oregon will be blue throughout. Sometimes the polyps will have some green.

Here's a snap of mine for comparison. You can see I have the same.

 

[UMALUM]

Oregon

Cali
Miyagi

 

[areefer01]

It's hard to tell with that photo. But my Oregon Tort had green polyps a time on my tank. It's now back to blue.

Come on - you know it is a Pearlberry!

 

[areefer01]

Is it just me or does the lighting make these all look, well the same. And thus the OP's question.

Not saying anyone is right or wrong - just the lighting and commentary is, well, rather fun. No disrespect intended to any of you. Side note I don't run blues and my so-called Cali Tort is in line with the lads notes above about base green, or some green tint with the rest blue purple haze blend color sort of thing. And the cool thing about mine is that is what I was told it was but really have no clue one way or another.

So when someone asks me I just say acropora.

 

[maroun.c]

My oregon tort did show a bit of green polyps and also a couple frags I made had a tint of green in the coral at first and then turned blue.

 

[jlane220]

That's a very nice frag, definitely an Oregon tort. The Cali tort will show green skin at the base where the Oregon will be blue throughout. Sometimes the polyps will have some green.

Here's a snap of mine for comparison. You can see I have the same.

Thanks for the confirmation. I hadn't seen anything that said oregon had the green polyps.

 

[jlane220]

My oregon tort did show a bit of green polyps and also a couple frags I made had a tint of green in the coral at first and then turned blue.

Good to know, thanks

 

[jlane220]

Oregon

Cali
Miyagi

Thanks for the comparison photos of all 3. That miyagi looks great

 

[apb03]

Is it just me or does the lighting make these all look, well the same. And thus the OP's question.

Not saying anyone is right or wrong - just the lighting and commentary is, well, rather fun. No disrespect intended to any of you. Side note I don't run blues and my so-called Cali Tort is in line with the lads notes above about base green, or some green tint with the rest blue purple haze blend color sort of thing. And the cool thing about mine is that is what I was told it was but really have no clue one way or another.

So when someone asks me I just say acropora.

It's definitely subtle, no doubt about that.

Miagi and Cali in particular are so close.

Miagi

Cali

 

[Charlie the Reefer]

Oregon

Cali
Miyagi

Very helpful, never seen all three side by side like that!