Which Acros are most sensitive and why?

Dowtish · Apr 10, 2012

So I currently have started acquiring lots of sps frags. Acros of all kinds, some I have no idea what they are, because neither did the person that I got them from.:neutral:

Anyways, I am seeing that certain frags have held their color, colored up quickly, and or both, and have grown. And then some that I have will not color up, started to, but then browned out again, and slime out quite a bit, while the others don't. I understand that sps require stability, and don't like swings of any kind, but is there a reason as to why some are SO much more sensitive or finicky than others?

Larry Jackson purple tipped Acro is one of the worst I have. 5th one down on the page. Listed here:Greg HillerÂ´s Corals

Yariel0527 · Apr 10, 2012

Gemaferas are really complicated....

swannyson7 · Apr 10, 2012

I've found that efflos are the hardest to maintain good coloration on. Generally, "Deepwater" acros tend to be less forgiving of parameter swings and more difficult to propgate successfully IME.

ritter6788 · Apr 10, 2012

Yariel0527 said:
Gemaferas are really complicated....

+1 on that. I had a small colony STN on me and only a few frags made it. Some are getting nice colors and others are still pale. All are growing slowly though.

Dowtish · Apr 10, 2012

The ones that are doing well are a blue tenius, garfs bonsai, red planet, and a couple of other smooth skinned acros. The ones that seem to be more sensitive is a wild green hairy acro , the Larry Jackson, and another no name blue tipped one that has a smooth structure as well.

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Dowtish · Apr 10, 2012

Troylee · Apr 10, 2012

Wild and maricultured... Any aquacultured acro is pretty forgiving from my exp...

redemer123 · Apr 10, 2012

after an acro has been grown and fragged a few times its pretty hardy, I have a ridiculously hard time keeping enchinata variants of acropora they hate me with a passion.

ingtar_shinowa · Apr 10, 2012

ive never had much luck with maricultured colonies but I think flow was the issue. I cheated and got a couple vortechs. Validas work well for me.

brahm · Apr 11, 2012

I've found with maris the trick is more flow, and light then a similar captive species. I've got a lot of maris in my tank, and while i have lost a few the majority seem to do pretty well. Mari's (or wilds) for that matter also seem to be MUCH less tolerant to swings in alkalinity. Almost every mari piece I can directly correlate to a misappropriated change to the tanks parameters on my part. EX: I had this fenneri (purple green) really nice, about a month old or so so still pretty new.. I don't know what I was thinking but I did much to large of a water change my alk spiked by .8dkh in a single day and poof next more I woke up to it rtnin'g. Up until that point it had done perfectly great PE, held it's colour exactly as to how I received it. Nothing else in the tank showed any signs of issues. You just have to be VERY diligent for the first few months. Once you start seeing signs of new growth you can abuse them hahaa

secretreefer · Apr 11, 2012

redemer123 said:
after an acro has been grown and fragged a few times its pretty hardy, I have a ridiculously hard time keeping enchinata variants of acropora they hate me with a passion.

sigh, same here......

Dowtish · Apr 12, 2012

I know for a fact that this Larry Jackson Acro has been fragged and passed around here for about 2 years. You would think it would have acclimated by now. I guess I'll just mark it down to not liking my tank for some reason.