在前往马歇尔群岛的Kwajalein环礁之前，我们读了一份报道，引用了巨大的树状旧生长摊位Acropora tortuosa在夸贾林以北几百英里处发现的是在Rongelap环礁发现的。我们没想到会看到如此巨大的殖民地Acropora tortuosain Kwajalein but we did hold out hope of seeing this great aquarium coral in the wild.
第一个殖民地Acropora tortuosawe sighted in the Marshalls was an unexpected find, near shore where the water was turbid and fairly nutrient rich with plenty of sedimentation to irritate corals in this habitat. Nevertheless, this particular growth of Tortuosa was stout in its growth form, resembling the经典俄勒冈侵权除了蓝紫色颜色仅限于尖端。
Only a couple more sightings ofAcropora tortuosa是在夸贾林环礁（Kwajalein Atoll）制造的，这些更大的菌落在透明营养贫穷的水域中看起来越来越staghorn，看起来更加苍白。在这个更友好的珊瑚友好的栖息地中，蓝尖的侵权侵权几乎全白，带有黄色的底色和整个殖民地的这些美丽独特的蓝色尖端，并且更开放的增长形式，更像是加利福尼亚州的Tortuosa，也是水族馆经典。
We can’t tell you what a treat it is to encounter corals we’ve worked with in aquariums for all of our aquaristic lives, and then to not only see the species growing in the wild, but also seeing the variability in colonies, and a unique color form to boot! It’s also quite interesting to be diving underwater, seeing corals in the cleanest possible water in super bright full sunlight, noticing how the environment grows the heck out of the corals but it doesn’t necessarily produce the most colorful corals.
Everytime a familiar coral like theAcropora tortuosa被发现，我们想象着在圈养条件下保存和生长时这种特殊的菌株会是什么样。毫无疑问，在专家水族馆护理下，夸贾林蓝尖侵权将是一个灿烂的白色珊瑚，带有丰富的蓝色尖端，与尖叫的明亮的“冰火”不同。Acropora echinatastrains we now enjoy aplenty from Australia.
