Help! I can’t find one!

Petcrazyson · Oct 3, 2022

So I’m setting up a Mixed Reef tank and one of the SPS I would like to get my hands on is a Pink Cadillac Acropora. It’s a pretty coral, just one problem, I CANT FIND ONE. Everywhere I look, from online pictures, to wholesalers, to even some threads, I can’t seem to find a specimen or a picture of one actually decent. While all pretty, I’m looking for one that has the bright pinkish reds, orangish coral, the teal tips, and yellowy tips. Long story short, please help me find one that is a colony that looks like the picture below…what I’m after, and if you own one, please post a picture, and if you know somewhere that sells them like that, please tell.

Yellowsound · Oct 3, 2022

The sad reality is, they just don’t look like the picture you posted. It’s a beautiful coral, but they generally look like this (photo courtesy of coraleuphoria.com)

Waters · Oct 3, 2022

Yeah that original picture is definately oversaturated.

xabo · Oct 3, 2022

Hit up @gws3.............see his for sale thread here: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/a...y-euphoria-tusis-granny.939642/#post-10642240

Smite · Oct 3, 2022

The coral euphoria picture is pretty spot on for day lighting. It looks pretty good all blue too. If you look at the coraline and other corals in the tank of your image you can see how it's not realistic in colors.

Look up RR firecracker or some type of Pink Panther type acropora if you like the red/pinkish base with yellow tips.

Petcrazyson · Oct 3, 2022

Smite said:
The coral euphoria picture is pretty spot on for day lighting. It looks pretty good all blue too. If you look at the coraline and other corals in the tank of your image you can see how it's not realistic in colors.

Look up RR firecracker or some type of Pink Panther type acropora if you like the red/pinkish base with yellow tips.

Yea….I knew it was probably too good to be true, but I just didn’t want to believe it you know? Thx for the other coral recoms. Ima search up the RR Firecracker see how he looks like. Any other corals that are kinda similar to that?

Petcrazyson · Oct 3, 2022

Yellowsound said:
The sad reality is, they just don’t look like the picture you posted. It’s a beautiful coral, but they generally look like this (photo courtesy of coraleuphoria.com)

I thought so.

Its a expectation vs reality type a thing huh? Don’t get me wrong a like the true colors, but it’s not the fake ones lol. Thx for the comment though. If you know of any other corals that kinda have what I’m looking for pls let me know

neonreef3d · Oct 3, 2022

Hit up Elliot over at Goldenstatecorals.com he has it for sure.

He has some chunky ones...

Smite · Oct 3, 2022

Petcrazyson said:
I thought so. Its a expectation vs reality type a thing huh? Don’t get me wrong a like the true colors, but it’s not the fake ones lol. Thx for the comment though. If you know of any other corals that kinda have what I’m looking for pls let me know

pink/red with yellow that's super common and inexpensive would be Jason Fox Flame. But it is a completely different growth structure. You're not gonna see a lot of polyps flowing or anything. This was mine under 14k metal halides and blue xho strips.

Coral Euphoria is a great seller that represents his coral very well. Same goes for Adam at Battle Corals. I plan to do a pack through him in the future. Those would be two sites I'd recommend for accurate representation and healthy corals.

Smite · Oct 3, 2022

I missed you were in CA, I just bought some acros from GSC yesterday and they have some super nice stuff there.

Petcrazyson · Oct 3, 2022

Smite said:
pink/red with yellow that's super common and inexpensive would be Jason Fox Flame. But it is a completely different growth structure. You're not gonna see a lot of polyps flowing or anything. This was mine under 14k metal halides and blue xho strips.

Coral Euphoria is a great seller that represents his coral very well. Same goes for Adam at Battle Corals. I plan to do a pack through him in the future. Those would be two sites I'd recommend for accurate representation and healthy corals.

Wdym by differnent growth pattern? You mean like the Cadillac branches out more and the Flame bases out more?

Smite · Oct 4, 2022

Petcrazyson said:
Wdym by differnent growth pattern? You mean like the Cadillac branches out more and the Flame bases out more?

If feel like JF fox has more of a smooth skin look to it. Polyps less pronounce and mine has grown more like a bush with a tighter growth. Pink cadillac had more pronounce polyps, kind of a purple look that stood out, so overall had more of a classic acro look to it; more textured appearance. I sold my colony of pink cadillac off but it grew upwards then kind of fanned out for me. I'm sure that can vary system to system but that's my experience with them. I always like to google search full colony pictures of the corals I'm interested in when possible. If you google both those, I think you'll see what I'm talking about.

My files are all mixed up. I think I sold off my Pink Caddy in '19 or 20'. I found a shot of it as a frag, you can see how the polyps are denser/closer together as a frag
This was G3 AB+

Later on under radium, 20k MH. Wish I could find the full colony picture. But you can see the branches aren't as dense or tightly packed. At least that was my experience with it. A gorgeous coral and if you want a quick grower that's not a bad choice at all.