What's your favorite cheap acro?

[javajaws]

And why is it not a green slimer? j/k...although I do love me some green sticks.

For sake of argument and given the rate of inflation the last couple of years lets call "cheap" something that is commonly available commercially for under $100. What you got? Pics get likes.

 

[VintageReefer]

I got this ora green bird nest today, it’s still adjusting and opening, 20$. The stick next to it was also 20$, no idea what it is

 

[jhadaway]

Pc rainbow. Got it for $35

 

[Jimbo327]

GARF Bonsai

 

[bradreef]

Pc rainbow is about the best bang for the buck. But every sps tank needs slimer

 

[SpSDrew]

RR The Vinh. Super underrated

 

[IntrinsicReef]

Paletta Tri Color looks great as a colony and is cheap and easy

 

[bobnicaragua]

Another vote for GARF Bonsai.

 

[Dburr1014]

What is considered cheap?

A fellow reefer gave me this Oregon tort for free. That's cheap!

older Pic when I received it

 

[Reefing102]

I feel a lot of ORA in general are underrated and a large chunk are under $100.

Also alot of the classics that look great under white lighting but junk under blues are pretty underrated.

 

[Pod_01]

Got this for $60.

 

[Doctorgori]

Green Slimer
but tbh
ALL cheap acros are my favorites, I don’t buy by name and soon forget whatever it was called

 

[exnisstech]

Garf bonzai has been a good one for me. Have some in every tank because I'm clumsy. My favorite tho is the one I bought from a $20 frag bin at the lfs. I have no idea what it is. It was all brown when I got it then it started to color up. This was the end of January

This is 4/20. I'm really enjoying watching it grow and color up. Probably doing better than any of the higher priced frags I have.

 

[Charlie the Reefer]

I got my 818 Tangerine Sky for $60, it's one of my favorite acros. I don't see it online for that price currently, but maybe sales will get it there. Super fluffy and awesome coloration, and I'm getting great growth out of it.

Here's progression shots since I got it last September.

 

[Northern Flicker]

Another vote for GARF Bonsai. I'

I've honestly never seen a colony of this before. Love it! How is it under white spectrum?

I got an ARC Fireworks frag for $75 CAD and I really enjoy it under both my full daytime and also heavy blues:

This isn't my frag - I am at work - but the colouration looks just like this pic:

 

[exnisstech]

@Lebowski_

Not me but it looks totally different under white but I like the look. Probably one of the nicest ones I have under whites.
This colony is gone tho. It started stn so I cut it all up and have a bunch frags growing out.
Sorry forgot the Pic

 

[Dburr1014]

@Lebowski_

Not me but it looks totally different under white but I like the look. Probably one of the nicest ones I have under whites.
This colony is gone tho. It started stn so I cut it all up and have a bunch frags growing out.
Sorry forgot the Pic

Same, but what I have is a valida. It's very similar.

 

[Northern Flicker]

You really don't need to break the bank to find some stunning Acros

 

[bobnicaragua]

I've honestly never seen a colony of this before. Love it! How is it under white spectrum?

I got an ARC Fireworks frag for $75 CAD and I really enjoy it under both my full daytime and also heavy blues:

This isn't my frag - I am at work - but the colouration looks just like this pic:

Here is the Bonsai up top center, lit by metal halides. One of those corals that look good under any light.

 

[shakacuz]

another garf bonsai vote, here!