One of the coolest new things spotted at MACNA this year was not necessarily the products, but a treasure trove of colorful “Mini Scolies” from West Australia. New fish species are discovered on an almost daily basis but it’s very seldom that we see some significantly new stony corals.Liveaquaria已经得到了其中一些微型Scolymiaaustralis从西澳大利亚州有一段时间，但是奇闻趣事的珊瑚碎片had the mother lode at their livestock booth, with several dozen mini scolies of different colors, but they were almost all the same size.
It’s hard to say whether these little Mussid brain corals are a new species, or just a variant of a coral we already know, the first that comes to mind is the littleScolymiaaustralis通常是从印度尼西亚进口的，通常被错误地称为Acan Maxima。We did get the chance to ask THE coral identification expert Charlie Veron about these neat little corals and his reply was “West Australia? Why I believe that’s unexplored territory”.
在某个时候，维隆博士进入了66号公路展位，他注视着几个标本Scolymiaaustralis（右图）但是这两个实际上看起来像标准澳大利亚人的微型版本Scolymia我们知道和爱。Liveaquaria和Gonzo的坦克看起来有点像印度人Scolymia，，，，吲哚论和东澳大利亚人Scolymia。
Liveaquaria拥有one on their siteright now but don’t let its fresh caught appearance fool you. The one we acquired at the show has already colored up significantly after just a few days under quality balanced LED lighting and we imagine the red, orange, pink and green specimens would show the same pattern of color improvement as we’ve seen from related Scolies, Acans, Lords and Micros.
Josh from Gonzo’s Coral Frags told us he’d continue to invest in a steady supply of these little Scolymia gems from West Australia but it will probably be only a matter of time before we see them being offered by all the good LPS coral vendors throughout the country. In any case, it’s really refreshing to have a totally new little stony coral to play with, look out for them!
