Efflo advice please

[Mj75]

Hello all. I recently acquired a nice sized efflo colony from a local reefer. The colony seems to be in good shape and the polyps are opened after acclimating and dipping. I got it cheap because its mostly brown, but there is hint of purple at the edges. What's a good place to get the coral to color up? Right now it's 24 inches away from a 6 bulb ati fixture in moderate to strong flow.
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Thanks

[Touring]

i think its perfect where you have it now. looks great

[tmantaylor18]

I'd leave it there for a while to see if it colors up. Trying moving it up slowly and monitor color and growth. If it starts bleaching bring it back down. Good luck!

[footballdude2k3]

I agree, as long as you do not see more brown or white, you should be good to go.

[Moser]

Leave it there. The tissue looks a little thin.
The body should start to turn green. If it becomes a brownish green, slowly move it up.

Mo

[Mj75]

Thanks guys. I'm also increasing the flow a little bit to see if it helps.

[jda]

My experience with efflo is that they need a massive amount of light. I mean massive as in best-of-breed. Some of them (especially wild) never color up very well no matter what you do.

[MammothReefer]

My experience is the exact opposite efflos easily bleach and need rather low light to colour up.

[dvanacker]

My experience is the exact opposite efflos easily bleach and need rather low light to colour up.Same here. I bleached out 2 efflo's in the middle of my tank so on the 3rd attempt I put it on the sand and behold....it grew and was very happy there. Unfortunately all I got was the brown body and blue grow rim but I think most efflo's are that way.

[gcarroll]

IME, High flow and medium light.

[Moser]

My experience is the exact opposite efflos easily bleach and need rather low light to colour up.

Agree.
You need to let them settle in really well.
Once they start to get the purple tips and greenish/ tan body, you can move them up. The higher you put them, the lighter the green colour.

If you push them up too early, they will die.

http://i1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa351/m_a_majid/TankThread1338.jpg

Mo

[NegroModelo]

In that pic it looks mor like A.solitaryensis to me

[kajung2k]

Why not post a pic of your efflo success. :)


IME, High flow and medium light.

[NegroModelo]

My frag of 500 $ efflo turned out to be the tyree purple unknown :) not a bad thing I suppose..( hate when people have so many corals they mix up frags)
the high flow is key or they tend to grow funky

[Mj75]

Wow thanks guys. I'm hoping it would color up like the other efflos I have seen in this forum. Does 20-24 inches away from6 bulb 54w Ati considered medium light? It's in the middle of the tank right now. It's interesting because it came from a tank with 8 bulb power module; but I know other factors can come in play as far as color is concerned.

[Moser]

In that pic it looks mor like A.solitaryensis to me

No!. Not sure how many efflo's you have seen, but These are flat round plates with horizontal coralites. These are as "Efflo" as you can get.

I have 3 soli's too. They have much thicker encrusted bodies. The leading coralites are pointing at 45 degree upwards and are slightly spaced apart before they fuse. The coloration is almost the same though.

If you have seen both corals, they are easy to tell apart from growth form.


Mo

[NegroModelo]

So did you even look at the first picture? That coral is no where near a flat plate and looks like the soli you just described..... I've seen my share of efflos wild and captive soli's as well your pic of the green one is an efflo no doubt but the first one isn't looking the part soli are nice too

[Moser]

Sorry dude!, You're right.
I thought you were referring to my picture in your post.

I agree, the original pic is a Soli….

Mo

[NegroModelo]

Hah no worries...your efflo looks great!

[MammothReefer]

you can't tell if the first pic is an efflo or a soli without looking at the coralites.

This is an efflo
http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/aimscoral/images/largest/0827_C1_01.jpg

This is a soli
http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/aimscoral/images/largest/0064_C1_03.jpg

This is an efflo
http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/aimscoral/images/largest/0827_C1_04.jpg

This is a soli
http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/aimscoral/images/largest/0064_C1_02.jpg


This is an efflo
http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/aimscoral/images/largest/0827_BW1_01.jpg

This is a soli
http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/aimscoral/images/largest/0064_BW1_01.jpg

[dvanacker]

Freaking hard to tell the difference....

[NegroModelo]

Nice I love when someone pulls the real scientific data

[Big E]

Yeah it's tough to tell, even with the dead skeleton...........a soli that is getting hammered straight on will have coralites compacted tightly together.

I've always called mine a soli because it will aways want to branch out. It would never grow in a disc type shape regadless of flow. It also tends to want to create adjacent plates.

To make matters more confusing, I've also thought I may have an A. stoddarti which is a closer species relation to a Soli in Verons book.

All the same coral--

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v637/EdFink/solitopdown88.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/EdFink/media/solitopdown88.jpg.html)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v637/EdFink/Soluunbrella.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/EdFink/media/Soluunbrella.jpg.html)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v637/EdFink/Solicloseup2.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/EdFink/media/Solicloseup2.jpg.html)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v637/EdFink/Soly.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/EdFink/media/Soly.jpg.html)


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v637/EdFink/IMG_0013.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/EdFink/media/IMG_0013.jpg.html)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v637/EdFink/105_0581.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/EdFink/media/105_0581.jpg.html)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v637/EdFink/104_0500.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/EdFink/media/104_0500.jpg.html)


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v637/EdFink/100_0040_zpsa620797f.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/EdFink/media/100_0040_zpsa620797f.jpg.html)

[Moser]

Freaking hard to tell the difference....

Agree. It seems pot luck from those pictures unless they are mis-labelled in any way?…
I would have switched the first two. :crazy1:
They seem pretty easy to tell when you seen them in the tank.

Mo

[MammothReefer]

From what I've come to understand Branching/Not branching doesn't matter but that's what most people have been trained to look at overall coral shape for ID. Round smooth edges are typically labled as efflos while branching are labled as solis.

What really matters is the shape/structure of the coralites. If you look at the skeleton pictures above you can see the efflo coralites are quite distinct from the solis. The Efflo the coralites are tubular, have sharp edges, and pull away from the mass ie they are free standing (except where they fuse with other coralites) while the solis coralites are rounder, have smooth edges, and tend grow as lumps (ie attached to the mass on one side except for new terminal polyps).

With that in mind I would learn towards Big E's acro being a Effo.

[turbo21]

big E

i need a piece of that soli at the next swap
sweet looking
bobYeah it's tough to tell, even with the dead skeleton...........a soli that is getting hammered straight on will have coralites compacted tightly together.

I've always called mine a soli because it will aways want to branch out. It would never grow in a disc type shape regadless of flow. It also tends to want to create adjacent plates.

To make matters more confusing, I've also thought I may have an A. stoddarti which is a closer species relation to a Soli in Verons book.

All the same coral--

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v637/EdFink/solitopdown88.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/EdFink/media/solitopdown88.jpg.html)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v637/EdFink/Soluunbrella.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/EdFink/media/Soluunbrella.jpg.html)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v637/EdFink/Solicloseup2.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/EdFink/media/Solicloseup2.jpg.html)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v637/EdFink/Soly.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/EdFink/media/Soly.jpg.html)


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v637/EdFink/IMG_0013.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/EdFink/media/IMG_0013.jpg.html)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v637/EdFink/105_0581.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/EdFink/media/105_0581.jpg.html)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v637/EdFink/104_0500.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/EdFink/media/104_0500.jpg.html)


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v637/EdFink/100_0040_zpsa620797f.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/EdFink/media/100_0040_zpsa620797f.jpg.html)

[Big E]

Hi Bob, ..............I should have somethng available by the swap.

I've been eyeing some of your goodies the past few months.

[turbo21]

Hi Bob, ..............I should have somethng available by the swap.

I've been eyeing some of your goodies the past few months.

sounds good. we will get together at the swap for sure!!

bob

[rogerwilco357]

Big E Call it what ever you want personally I call that colony beautiful awesome piece and growth keep up the good work.
Roger