Id help yellow with purple polyp

[clkwrk]

Hey guys I picked this limited frag up about amonth ago and its amazing . Very color stable also . Any ideas of the type of acro it is ?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/o2manytnks/new-limited-yellow-and-purp.jpg

[DarkXerox]

Looks almost like some sort of stag, but hard to tell at this size. Absolutely awesome color combo though! How quick is it growing?

[Chaotic Reefer4u]

very nice acro.

[DaddyJax]

I'm not sure. You should send me a frag for further analysis!:D

[clkwrk]

Thanks I really like it . I like it more than the bennete yellow tort next to it ;)

I am trying to find more info about it from the store where i got it from . So far all I got is that it is a first round aquaculture that a company is doing and next round of frags wont be avail for 6 months or so .

Any other ideas on id? It does seem stag like to me also but again its hard since it is still small yet.

[clkwrk]

It has grown at least an inch in the last month and sprouted and extra branch at the base.

[Lunchbucket]

looks kind of like one i have...no idea on an ID either. my camera doesn't pic of the colors but i looks like yours in color in person

http://www.lunchbucket.org/images/58gal%20Oceanic/10%2018%2005%20Update/DSCN2370.JPG
http://www.lunchbucket.org/images/58gal%20Oceanic/10%2018%2005%20Update/DSCN2422.JPG

Lunchbucket

[clkwrk]

Where did you get it?

[clkwrk]

The polyps on mine are alot darker than the pic very vibrant. I am amzed also that it has held it's color well considering 50% of my sps color shifted once in my tank .

[Lunchbucket]

i got mine from Kevinpo. think it's close to yours???

Lunchbucket

[clkwrk]

Interresting yours is also the closest I have seen in comparison.

The place I got mine from like to get great quality frags for ORA , garf and some other small operations. Some stuff they only get a frag or 2 once a year . Always nice stuff and I happen to step in at the right time and once I saw the purple polyps I knew it was going home no matter what. It will look darn nice next to my super purple with green polyp coral when they grow up.

Mine is in the middle of my tank dirrectly forward of the bulb and about 7 inches below the water. It loves light more than the yellow tort does I need to move the tort down as it is lightening up too much.

[Lunchbucket]

hmm...wonder who else has one that is close. i've never seen a pic of one like it before

mine is on the left edge of the tank about 1/2 way down. i would like to get it higher and towards the light more and see what happens. it isn't super colorful yet

here it is when i got it
http://www.lunchbucket.org/images/58gal%20Oceanic/7%2012%2005%20kevinpo%20frags/acro%206%20-%201.JPG

http://www.lunchbucket.org/images/58gal%20Oceanic/7%2012%2005%20kevinpo%20frags/acro%206%20in%20tank%20-%201.JPG

http://www.lunchbucket.org/images/58gal%20Oceanic/7%2012%2005%20kevinpo%20frags/acro%206%20in%20tank%20-%202.JPG

Lunchbucket

[clkwrk]

Okay heres a way better picture. Still the polyps have a richer tone than the pic can provide.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/o2manytnks/Limited-yellow-with-purple-.jpg

Anyone ?

[clkwrk]

? Someone has to know or has seen this acro before

TIA

[Lunchbucket]

maybe Kevinpo knows?? mine came from him and they (yours and mine) look close

Lunchbucket

[Juan-Carlos]

I belive that I have that acro... I have heard it called the pink polyped yellow millie. Its Freaking amazing I will add. I'll keep the source of my frag unknown as I do not want to cause a riot of e-mails to the person lol!

Its very Rare, take care of it!

-Jc

[clkwrk]

? I doubt its a millie and the polyps are purple ;)

[clkwrk]

Still looking :D Does anyone have this acro ? If you wish not to post pm me .

Here is a recent pic
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/o2manytnks/120-1-05-aa.jpg

[kirstenk]

...............it still looks like a small frag needs to be in KK's tank for backup! ;)

[JOSHUAB]

I have one that is similar, green w/dark blue polyps, I also have a Shades of Fall that I got from Atlantis that lookf very similar, check there website, if you think that is what it is, give Ming a call he'll let you know what type it is.....

[clkwrk]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6735827#post6735827 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kirstenk
...............it still looks like a small frag needs to be in KK's tank for backup! ;)

You win :D

[kirstenk]

:bounce1: :bounce2: :bounce1:

[clkwrk]

:lol:

[Lunchbucket]

i'll try to get a pic of mine and see if it still compares to yours. prolly tomorrow

Lunchbucekt

[dirtyreefer]

Here's mine, it's a wild caught specimen from Fiji, but I think it's the exact same one ;)

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/58692DSCN0141.JPG

[clkwrk]

Thats the closest so far and thats only cause I can see the deep colored polyps . BTW wheres the PE at?

[jackson6745]

A dude from my local reef forum has it...actually 2 huge colonies of it :)....he was TOTM on reefcentral a few years back :)
I have a frag
http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6635&page=5&highlight=yellow

[dirtyreefer]

I snapped that picture about an hour after I put it into my tank.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6736898#post6736898 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by clkwrk
BTW wheres the PE at?

[trueblackpercula]

very nice coral it is going to be on my list ..................

[Eric Boerner]

Acropora austera, cream/pink body with blue/purple polyps. High flow/high light lover. Will grow in unusual patterns depending on flow.

[Eric Boerner]

Actually, looking through this thread, there are 3 diferent species posted...

clkwrk & Lunchbucket have the austera.
dirtyreefer has an Acropora lovelli
The link jackson6745 posted is Acropora exquisita

[Eric Boerner]

PS yellow/cream with blue/purple polyps is not uncommon of most wild corals.

[clkwrk]

Here is mine now . It has had 2 decent frags taken from it in the last 3 months and is growing well for its awkward lay. It is almost 8 inches long now

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/o2manytnks/180/lemon-tort-1.jpg

[marine134]

nice acro

[secrest]

I could be WAY off, but it kinda looks like the green and pink nasuta they have at atlantis.

http://www.atlantisaquarium.net/images/DSCN1535.JPG

[thebicyclecafe]

Yellow austera with purple/blue polyps. I've seen my colony color up with purple polyps but only at the tips... amazing how every polyp is purple!

[clkwrk]

exactly I have the SB yellow tort and it gets violet polyps but only at the tips on some branches

[sangraal]

I don't know what it is but if you have some to sell I am here to buy...

[-=DieselDave=-]

How about this it looks close.
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/66839YellowAcro3.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/66839YellowAcro2.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/66839YellowAcro.jpg

I have moved this piece to a new tank and polyp extension has improved from the pictures. This I bought this piece online as ORA Marshall Island, however when it arrived it looked nothing like the one I order online but I said nothing because it was very nice. It may have shifted colors during shipping. There was not a standard ORA frag plug attached to it either. So maybe its ORA Marshall Island maybe it is something else it a mystery to me as well. I will take a few picture of it and post them when I get home.
Thank you,
David

[trueblackpercula]

were is the ora web site?