Acro Lokani

[bears]

I saw a few 2" frags at my LFS for $20, is that a good price(for future reference) and also what do you need for them ex. high lighting and med. flow?

 

[reefreak29]

thats a good price,u want 20 to 30 times indirect flow

 

[teen]

t-5 or MH lighting.
sounds like a reasonable price.

 

[chilwil84]

are they a deepwater acro?

 

[teen]

yup

 

[chilwil84]

anybody on this forum have pics with deepwater acros doing good they look sweet but placement gets me nervous never seeing pics in hobbyist tanks

 

[teen]

i dont have one, but plenty of people on -- have them. ive seen a lot of nice ones and growth pics, so i know there surviving. theres more challenging corals out there.

 

[chilwil84]

i guess i will have to make a specific search for them over there and stay away from the normal sps picture threads that only cost me money

 

[teen]

there was just a thread in the sps section titled 20,000 leagues lokani or something like that. it may have had pics, but i dont really remember, im gunna go over there and check.

 

[chilwil84]

saw the thread but i never read real in depth into it and dont remember if it has pics either

 

[teen]

k, im back. it has a few pic. its the last thread on the page right now, it may be on page 2 already.
basically the term "deep water" means it likes a gentle flow to keep its shape and stay alive. people were arguing about lighting conditions, but its the same as any other acro imo. thats pretty much what i got out of it.

 

[reefreak29]

Originally Posted by teen
there was just a thread in the sps section titled 20,000 leagues lokani or something like that. it may have had pics, but i dont really remember, im gunna go over there and check.
ah yes the 20000 leagues (birds nest)awsome coral

 

[teen]

Originally Posted by reefreak29
ah yes the 20000 leagues (birds nest)awsome coral
its not a birdsnest.

 

[chilwil84]

little heated debate on that subjuct on -- the picture at the end from a web sit shows a sweet 20,000

 

[teen]

birdsnest is Seriatopora histrix

 

[viper_930]

Here's my favorite "deepwater" acro, A. simplex

 

[teen]

i seen when you posted that a while back. its amazing. i assume its not ready to be fragged yet?

 

[viper_930]

The coral is ready, but I'm not.

I can't bring myself to chopping it up.
That's an old pic and it's grown some. I'll see if I can get a new pic tomorrow.

 

[teen]

did the whole coral take on the swirl color pattern on the bottom? pics would be awesome.

 

[chilwil84]

has the swirl of green grown up the colony as it matured i think i remember some discussion on that a while back