Dreaming of acropora… >_< Coolest stag horn?

[Charlie the Reefer]

So this is going to sound silly but last night I had a dream of a rainbow stag horn acro. I love the shape / growth pattern of stags but I feel like their color palette is pretty bland (greens, purples, low fluorescence)

Therefore.. Was curious if anyone has ever seen / heard of any stag acros with unique coloration (i.e. yellows, reds, pastels, oranges, pinks.. etc)

Would probably look quite rediculous.. as it did in my dream

 

[Big E]

There are some stag horn like type corals such as Rommels Rainbow which is red. Sanjays pink stag has pink coralites. Red Robin stag comes to mind but it is bland to me.

The nicest ones are blue and can be very flourescent.
Copps Hoeki, Tyree Ultimate Stag, Lime in the Sky are a few of my favorites but aren't the colors you are seeking.

 

[chipchipbro]

So this is going to sound silly but last night I had a dream of a rainbow stag horn acro. I love the shape / growth pattern of stags but I feel like their color palette is pretty bland (greens, purples, low fluorescence)

Therefore.. Was curious if anyone has ever seen / heard of any stag acros with unique coloration (i.e. yellows, reds, pastels, oranges, pinks.. etc)

Would probably look quite rediculous.. as it did in my dream

ive seen a rainbow stag from eurocorals, looks pretty nice

 

[Tonycass12]

I just got a red with yellow tips stag from battle corals. I've also got a blue matrix from battlecorals that I'm told grows like a stag.

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

@Tonycass12 u have some eye candy esp the red and yellow stag. I have a Battlestag frag and a few other stags in the display. I'm a fan.

 

[Tonycass12]

@Tonycass12 u have some eye candy esp the red and yellow stag. I have a Battlestag frag and a few other stags in the display. I'm a fan.

I've got a good mix of stags spread across the tops of my scape. Biggest so far is a blueberry stag and then the green slimer. I can't wait for the yellow tip and the blue matrix to start growing out and fill in the water column above the rocks. Hopefully in the next 6 months to a year they start becoming a bit more visible, ill probably have to trim the blueberry back because it's already getting so big.

 

[jda]

Red Robin stag is probably as close as you are going to get. It gets better looking with more light.

If you think that true Greg Carroll Ultimate Stag (tyree) is bland, then probably no other stag is going to be good enough. This thing shines under 14k light with whiteish inner, blue and then bright green. It is amazing. Doubt it looks good under heavy blues, though.

 

[coral reeftank]

SniperSPS(Hugo's) Rainbow Stag

Super hairy piece, mostly pink but sometimes has some yellow as it grows out

 

[Big E]

SniperSPS(Hugo's) Rainbow Stag

Super hairy piece, mostly pink but sometimes has some yellow as it grows out

Yeah, that's the Sanjay pink stag or sometimes called Texas pink stag...........it goes for about $25-45 around here. Grows very fast..............gotta blast it with lights so the brown polyps turn more white which will really accentuate the pink more.

texas pink stag by Big E 52, on Flickr

 

[Big E]

A few more of my favorites for stag lovers--

Lime in the Sky- there are a ton of fakes out there that are just green stags with blue growth tips. The OG is hard to find..............the branches will have the blue throughout the whole colony.

Tyree Ultimate Blue (Greg Carroll)

Another one that is faked a lot........look for the blue through the complete branch as it grows.

Rommels Watermelon-- mine seem to grow straight up like a stag, but sometime they need thinning so it doesn't table. Hardy fast grower in that $45-50 range too.

Copps Hoeki...........freakin beautiful and intense colors....again 45-50 for large 2" sized frags like the others.
Copps Hoeki 100923 by Big E 52, on Flickr

 

[Big E]

A tort can also make a huge impact and they are intense colored too. I like the dark blue more than the Oregon but they are both awesome.

 

[dthom]

We need to see more!

 

[Charlie the Reefer]

Just imagine a giant staghorn that looks like Tusi's rainbow granulosa....

 

[dthom]

More!

 

[Big E]

Purple Plasma (Acropora Horrida) is very nice when you get the deep purple body and the minty green polyps.

The Aussie Horridas are really sweet............with the snow white polyps

Jason Fox Barney is unique-------------majenta, with white branchlets and green tips. Pic per @Waters

 

[Charlie the Reefer]

Purple Plasma (Acropora Horrida) is very nice when you get the deep purple body and the minty green polyps.

The Aussie Horridas are really sweet............with the snow white polyps

Jason Fox Barney is unique-------------majenta, with white branchlets and green tips. Pic per @Waters

Thank you for sharing.... That Aussie Horridas is looking pretty amazing!

 

[Reefahholic]

ive seen a rainbow stag from eurocorals, looks pretty nice

Looks like a PC Rainbow to me.

 

[Reefahholic]

I forget the name and owner, but I really like this one.

 

[dthom]

Is that an Acropora Formosa?

 

[PeterErc]

Waiting to see how the ORA MIMF Wanderlust grows out. Anyone have it?

A big fat deep blue gomezi, wouldn’t get kicked out of my tank