Acropora's are one hardy coral

[Snappy]

Don't try this at home!!! However I know I have forgotten the odd piece that was left out after fragging and come back an hour later and it survived.


I think this picture proves the notion of SPS being hard to grow is completely false!!!

[Der_Iron_Chef]

Nice!

[seanoman]

WOW!!! Thats amazing, where is that pic from do you know??

[banditpowdercoat]

Well that beach sux for swimming LOL

[dsaundry]

They wouldn't survive my tank..It is a softie only tank, every piece of sps I have ever put in goes terminal..yet everything else flourishes...
Nice pic though

[Zoaelite]

"I think this picture proves the notion of SPS being hard to grow is completely false!!!" I don't think tony will agree with this statement .
Levi

[Delphinus]

It's a neat picture. But I might present a counter-opinion. corals exposed at high tide doesn't demonstrate their "hardiness" per se, but it does demonstrate what sort of conditions they have adapted to over countless millenia. Think about the intensity of light they are exposed to in that shallow water, what they are exposed to during low tide, and the pounding of the waves. Those exact conditions are going to be near impossible to replicate in an artificial environment - however, luckily we know that their tolerances are wide enough to include those which we can nearly replicate. However those corals we see in the picture have been in the low tide conditions since they settled out as planktonic larva - taking a deep water acropora and putting them at the same depth might show that extreme changes in conditions are enough to ... well, do them in.

Sorry for the counterpoint but felt compelled to share MY thoughts on it

[Aquattro]

Years ago I left a colony out on my deck for about 3 hours, then decided I wanted to keep it. I put it back in my tank, and other than some serious sliming, it was back to normal within hours.

[Snappy]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

- taking a deep water acropora and putting them at the same depth might show that extreme changes in conditions are enough to ... well, do them in.

Tony, isn't that what we do already? That is what so cool, you introduce a deepwater species like lokani or granulosa etc, into shallow water (our tanks) & intense light and they turn bright colours they don't normally at depth. What's even cooler is they thrive in the new conditions.
(ok maybe not in Tony's tank but that is a whole other topic)


Here is an example from my tank. Is this bright enough for ya'?

[Mikee]

Now thats a dream tank .