While exploring inshore reefs of the Great Barrier Reef with our friends from Ultra Coral Australia, we came across many times a popular aquarium coral: The Cherry BlossomAcropora rosariaand were really astonished by its beauty and diversity. Nic got quite a few cooking in his farm, and we with how well this corals does in good tank conditions. In fact it does so well, that it’s one of the few perfect Aquarium staghorn coral.
ThisAcropora是很常见的在许多近海吗reefs, but it was prolific on the millie spot, were Acropora were dominant. It likes shallow, calm, turbid waters, where food and light are abundant. In the very shallow reefs, and at low tide it can be immersed in plankton soup when the condition are right, but it can also be sunbathing in clear extremely bright conditions. These extreme variations are probably a reason why this corals adapts very well to aquarium conditions.
The classic coloration is red with blue tips and bright white polyps. The particularity of this Acro is that the red becomes almost ruby red after just a couple of weeks in an aquarium, which is not a very common color in the Acro world, and really stands out under blue LED. It has a tendency to lose its bright blue/purple tips at the beginning as growth stops and this is classic of anyAcropora.
The tips are not yet colonized by zooxanthellae, as intense calcification releases too many toxic compounds for the algae to survive this area, but the pigments are there to protect the tissues, as this part of the coral is the most exposed to light, and the dangerous UV in it. But once it adapted a bit to the aquarium conditions and growth kicks in again, it quickly rewards you with these bright blue growth tips.
偶尔，我们可以在中心和沿树枝的珊瑚岩之间找到一个具有亮绿色基础的超菌落。不幸的是，我们还没有太多时间烹饪它们，但是我们确信，经过几周的健康水族馆环境，这种特殊的菌株将为珊瑚提供惊人的珊瑚。其中一些目前正在Ultra Australia设施中，我们将在几周内为您提供更新。
