Aussie Gold..1 of my fav sticks!
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Nice coral! I have had a similar coral for years. Its almost identical to the mother of pearl. It tables out and looks like a funky tort. I got it as a wild frag years ago. I will see if I can find a pic. I have been looking for something that looks like it but can't find anything exact. So far the mop and this one are pretty similar. Mine likes high light though, it brings out the blue tips more.
Here is a older pic of it. The color in the branches turned more neon green farther down on the coral. I have got a number of frags out in my area, hoping to see some grow up nice. Wierd how mine likes high light though.
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Nitr8
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Here is a older pic of it. The color in the branches turned more neon green farther down on the coral. I have got a number of frags out in my area, hoping to see some grow up nice. Wierd how mine likes high light though.
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The guy I got mine from says high light too or it loses the yellow.
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dknuckles
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It is a real nice piece I've had it for several years but recently after switching to a much much too large CaRx most my colony RTNd and only have a few nubs surviving.
I would have to agree..it is definitely like MOP!
High light draws out the blue but lower light draws out the gold base coloration. That is the difference (IMO) between AG and MOP, MOP loves light to get the base color.
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dknuckles
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As very few people have the real AG there is an individual selling Myagi Tort as AG..which requires high light and will develop a yellow tip (ie not the AG from me/original. As it is me that coined the name) Robbie's, Tyree's, Jduck, and a few locals came from me
But I have had this coral since 06or07 and kept it directly under 250HQI w/ 2-4' 22k T5s for years and years it stayed brown w/ blue tip. Not til I through in a low light corner and forgot about it did it develop the gold coloration
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dknuckles
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This was mine 8/27/13 after I got it.
And this was the other day. I moved it into my new system and it has lost some of the gold and was replaced with white. I think it is getting to much light so I moved it. I hope is colors back up. It is my all time FAV.
Nice job!!
Lower light and it should come back nicely..might take a month or 2
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dknuckles
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No worries Robby, thanks to my "coral clause" I have a couple back up frags available. I will get you another
I had my coral (just a wild frag, no lineage to anything) under 400w 10k xms with t5s and crees during the pic I took. The lower Kelvin helped keep the branches more gold and pink for me. Maybe it is closer to the mop coral. Locally I call it "bad *** acro" so I can keep track of it easier. Under all leds the coral really turns more pink and looses its good color.
After seeing the real myagi tort pics I would love a piece of it. A lot of people I have seen sell corals under thst name and they look nothing like it. They also try to tell me that's what mine is but it's Definatly a different coral.
Great thread, love corals with this coloration, I would like to see more pics if people have some!
After seeing the real myagi tort pics I would love a piece of it. A lot of people I have seen sell corals under thst name and they look nothing like it. They also try to tell me that's what mine is but it's Definatly a different coral.
Great thread, love corals with this coloration, I would like to see more pics if people have some!
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dknuckles
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Here is a link to a frag CC is selling
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/cherry-corals/168109-crushed-coral-sps-update.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/cherry-corals/168109-crushed-coral-sps-update.html
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footballdude2k3
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Where do most of you guys find this one, just CC?
LILBUDDHA
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Bringing this back . Mine came from CC as a RR so is it the real deal or a imposter .
I already saw the OG . Glad this thread was hear for a reference . I was looking for torts and asked about a MOP trade . Offer was declined then totally forgot I had this one lol..
I already saw the OG . Glad this thread was hear for a reference . I was looking for torts and asked about a MOP trade . Offer was declined then totally forgot I had this one lol..
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dknuckles
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CC RR AG is the same. I've given it them several times. It is originally from RR when RD first came to the U.S.
LILBUDDHA
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old salt reefer
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As someone who has both the Dave's skittles( from you BigE) and the CC Aussie Gold--they are not the same.This is my Dave's skittle acro I picked up from a local reefer...........same colors and growth.
Could be any number of acro but this looks like what we call ‘dustin’s cousin’ in Australia.
Indeed many keep it in lower light and it ranges from yellow to more green or even white with the bluish tips.
www.reefsecrets.com.au
This example is a very yellowish one
Indeed many keep it in lower light and it ranges from yellow to more green or even white with the bluish tips.
Reef Secrets Dustins Cousins Acro Frags
Formally known as dustins deep water acro , this is a stunning acro that can grow in most contions , up high and down low . has purple polpys and green base , easy to keep and great gower . this is my signature coral , I’ve been fragging selling around Australia since 2012 .
www.reefsecrets.com.au
This example is a very yellowish one
old salt reefer
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I should have added that you'll never get the red color(Dave's skittles) in Aussie Gold.
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Daves skittle doesn't have red. It has four colors, yellow, green, purple (different shades) and blue under my lights. The yellow is most prominent on the areas that get direct light.
I've never seen an Aussie gold in person but it looks similar to me from pictures in some respect to the gold/yellow.
Here's a few recent pics of the colony. This is with no supplementation so there are no fake colors that are a result of bluer tanks.........it is really awesome with some blue that LEDs can add to the pallete or intensity of the colors. This is a hard coral to snap good pics of.......in person it has brighter/deeper coloration.
Two different angles I took a few days ago-
Here's a frag just starting to show is multiple colors-
I've never seen an Aussie gold in person but it looks similar to me from pictures in some respect to the gold/yellow.
Here's a few recent pics of the colony. This is with no supplementation so there are no fake colors that are a result of bluer tanks.........it is really awesome with some blue that LEDs can add to the pallete or intensity of the colors. This is a hard coral to snap good pics of.......in person it has brighter/deeper coloration.
Two different angles I took a few days ago-
Here's a frag just starting to show is multiple colors-
