WWC Slimeball Anacropora

mtraylor · Dec 31, 2017

I picked this up some time back. I have grown like 4 to 5 colonies of it so far. I believe I have the name correct as I got it on WWC's last year.

Does anyone else have it. Does it always grow this way?

DSC reef · Dec 31, 2017

Never tried that coral. Looks cool though, love the growth pattern. Reminds of the tree of life in darksiders 2. Lol

mtraylor · Dec 31, 2017

LOL. Each little colony I grow out. Does the same.

Centurio · Dec 31, 2017

Mine doesn't grow that way. I'll try to grab a pic later, but mine spreads and branches out.

trido · Dec 31, 2017

I have the same anacropora but not WWC. Its been growing in the Seattle area for about seven years. Yes, it grows the same. It turns more yellow under higher light. Meaning, off the sand bed.

Mal11224 · Dec 31, 2017

Here is a shot of mine. It is fairly new but growing under my lights.

mtraylor · Dec 31, 2017

Oh ok. Thanks.

I have been growing them all in the sand and not on the rock work as I"m afraid it will spread like a weed in montipora fashion and be hard to control. Doesn't seem like an acrapora to me.

Centurio · Dec 31, 2017

Mine is high in the tank (roughly 350 PAR.) Flow is fairly high. It is nearly yellow and spreads more. Sorry for the poor pic which doesn't show color.

DSC reef · Dec 31, 2017

Mal11224 said:
Here is a shot of mine. It is fairly new but growing under my lights.

That coral looks similar to spongodes. Very cool coral. Every time we see slimeball at WWC it glows!

mtraylor · Dec 31, 2017

Yeah the picture doesn't give it justice. It looks like it has a battery in it.

BoomCorals · Dec 31, 2017

DSC reef said:
That coral looks similar to spongodes. Very cool coral. Every time we see slimeball at WWC it glows!

I was just thinking that myself!

Mal11224 · Dec 31, 2017

BoomCorals said:
I was just thinking that myself!

Yeah, I kind of see how it does. I actually have spongodes growing in two different spots in my tank similar in color but not as bright and polyps aren't as big. Looks more like pepper.

Centurio · Dec 31, 2017

DSC reef said:
That coral looks similar to spongodes. Very cool coral. Every time we see slimeball at WWC it glows!

"We all glow down here." - Slimeball It

DSC reef · Dec 31, 2017

Centurio said:
"We all glow down here." - Slimeball It

Nice pennywise quote!

iTread · May 9, 2018

Anyone have trouble with this coral turning brown? I just picked this up, going from T5s to Radion LEDs. Started out nice but has become browner and browner.

mtraylor · May 9, 2018

No issues what so every. Very easy acro. More like an easy monti.

I run all led's BTW.

mtraylor · May 9, 2018

iTread said:
Anyone have trouble with this coral turning brown? I just picked this up, going from T5s to Radion LEDs. Started out nice but has become browner and browner.

What are your tank parms?

iTread · May 9, 2018

90 gallon, 15 gallon sump with fuge, 2 Radion Xr30 Pro Gen 2, GFO and Carbon 24/7, Maxspect Gyre and tunze flow
Stable Salinity - 1.0245, Alk - 9.3, Calc - 450, Mag- 1350, pH - 8.0, Phosphate -.00 to .04 , Nitrates - 12 ppm, (I use NSW too).
It looked very nice for 5 days with great polyp extension. I tried moving it up higher and that's when the problems started.

iTread · May 9, 2018

Photo of above problem

mtraylor · May 9, 2018

browning out is usually light or nutrients. I have mine in the sand. Your parms seem all in order, so I don't see anything there. Bring it to sand and see how it does. Where was it before?