my girlfriends dog started up a 55 gallon reef tank..... and he's got a red planet

Acropora efflorescens. It win's, hands down. You will be the envy of anyone who knows reef tanks. You may even need to get a tank security system.

here's a descriptioni of the epic coral.
http://www.salt-city.org/showthread....s-not-verified

By the sounds of it you may need to have some underground connections and/or provide sexual favors to get it. But in the end, it may all be worth it.

dibs on first frag....

Found this while looking for the info on the efflo, bali aquarium seems to have pics of every coral i could think of, and then about 100 times more. Might help in your quest to find your epic coral.
http://www.baliaquarium.net/1-1-0/gallery/acropora.html

Now thats a great suggestion!!

I just did a search on this site for it and it looks liek someone here had one in 2003, not sure if it got spread around, but there may be hope in getting it?

I've got a nice green and purple efflo, one of these would make a great centre piece!! They seem to be not as common these days, not sure why.

here's a bad pic, but it kinda shows the potential for a centre piece

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/d..._raf/efflo.jpg

^^ man thats nice.

The efflo's are nice. I bought one as a "$500" efflo but I dont think it is......poor colour at this point. Have another one.....it has blue tips but no green....more of a brownish body which seems to be the common way these turn out.

Red planet is hard to beat though....even if it is getting popular.....who cares the coral is super sweat and everyone should have one.

I wouldn't know, my frag hasn't grown in 6 months :) I've just moved it to a better spot, so hopefully it starts growing soon!

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Oh ya! I love those efflos. I lost the two I had last year when I was on hollidays and all my clams spawned, ( never again ) and crashed my tank! They have the coolest growth pattern, you can't loose with an efflo!
Hard to find though, Solitariences looks close and seems easier to find.
Any one want to sell a frag or colony? Sorry hi-jack over.
Seriously An Efflo would make a nice center piece but in my experiance needs to be lower in the tank if you use halides so keep that in mind.
Keith.

Thanks guys! I had got a red planet frag from OC and well... it's never done anything. Maybe if I can find a good stick of it rather than just an encrusted plug it might do something and look good.

I'd be willing to give a RP a try if I could find a good frag but... yeah, everyone and their dog has one and I am REAAALLY looking for somehting that will make everyone go "whoa! what's that?".

$500 efflo... now THAT is an idea!

Oh, and I am runnign 250W HQI about 4" off the water and the rock is about 5 to 6" below the water