Acropora Millepora Showoff Thread!

[AdamNC]

Lost this one in a tank crash earlier this year.

This is my latest one.

 

[Balz3352]

Sunset..... Looking for more millies! Because hey who doesn't need more millies

 

[lilchris_357]

Since this is a thread on Milli's, can you all post how you care for these? Lighting, placement, nutrients, parameters etc. Love milli's (probably my favorite) and would love to pick everyones brains on how to care for them.

 

[ValG]

 

[crazyphish]

 

[Coronus]

 

[BoomCorals]

Some of my favorites

 

[Torqued]

Looks to me like a chips acro, Acropora Desalwii. Very nice. Here's a pic of it from ORA

It's similar....ora doesn't sell that any longer. I think they lost that colony

 

[dodgerblew]

I know but there's a lot that is still around.

 

[Sobo's Reef]

No name colony I picked up the other day.

 

[AdamNC]

Since this is a thread on Milli's, can you all post how you care for these? Lighting, placement, nutrients, parameters etc. Love milli's (probably my favorite) and would love to pick everyones brains on how to care for them.

I've got mine about 14 inches from the lights, high lighting and high turbulent flow. Same care as Acros really since they are in the family.

 

[Fugs]

Has anyone got some examples of where they've taken a browned out Mille and pulled it's colour back?

 

[Balz3352]

Can I bump this to look at some amazing millis

 

[JDM213]

It's starting to color up after 6 months

 

[bif24701]

Derek, don't be bummed!!! Spaths are one of my favorites acros ever! That's why I can spot them from across a room. You can tell by the tips, or the lead corallites. If you notice, millies have a pronounced corallite. They kind of poke out a bit. Spaths have tips that form a kind of rounded point. Much rarer than millies, and VERY sensitive to fluctuations in chemistry. They are infamous for being one of the worst all time shippers (particularly wild colonies), so if you have a healthy one, you are lucky. They are closely related to milleporas, and endemic to a small area in Australia. For reference, here are a couple of links and pics of other Spathulatas so you can get familiar with the differences.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden/ItemDisplay.cfm?c=2733+2&ddid=268055
http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden/ItemDisplay.cfm?c=2733+2&ddid=268053
http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden/ItemDisplay.cfm?c=2733+2&ddid=266015

And here is one I recently bought that unfortunately couldn't survive 14 hours of mild weather shipping:

Hope this helps. They are an amazing coral that has yet to really hit its stride in our hobby - and for that I'm glad :)

Ive got a Spath. Just recently discovers it is. Lost its awesome color but I'm sure it will come back.
So far doing very well.

How it looked before

 

[tqui]

ASD Rainbow

 

[mannyhernz]

Couple of maris I'm coloring up

 

[Mrx]

Where to start....

 

[Balz3352]

Where to start....

Man almost every single one of those i want

 

[Big E]

Rouge by Big E 52, on Flickr

Palmers by Big E 52, on Flickr

killer canary by Big E 52, on Flickr

Wild Rasberry by Big E 52, on Flickr