Is this Acropora as unusual as it seems to me?

[MitchReef]

I have quite a number of Acroporae and as far as I can remember this is the first truly orange one I've run into.

Please excuse the one dead arm, it got stung right after I got it, but it appears to be encrusting right over the dead limb. It was traded to me as an Acropora subulata, but I have no definite identification.

Like I said, I just cannot remember an orange Acro.

 

[Troylee]

Looks like a browned out slimer to me... Dunno..

 

[ronnie]

Looks like a browned out slimer to me... Dunno..

+1 - slimer

 

[MitchReef]

No, it's actually orange. I've seen / had a lot of browned out acros, but this one is not. It was swapped to me as an "Orange Sherbet Subulata". I just don't really know of any other orange ones. It's really sweet looking.

 

[ronnie]

Must be my laptop screen and/or the photo. Base looks green and the branch looks browned out. Polyp structure appears to be slimer-esk. I've been wrong before though!

 

[akabryanhall]

Looks pretty sweet mitch! I think if there is one person who would know what a slimer looks like, even browned out, it would be you.

 

[MitchReef]

I currently have 34 different Acros in my display and I can assure y'all that it's not browned out. It's orange.

 

[shapermike]

it is nice looking but the color in not there. it looks like you have some red slim algae there too. nice pice

 

[MitchReef]

Unfortunately it's not Red Slime. I wish it was, but I'm plagued with the eternal Maroon turf. Even ReefCleaners can't come up with anything that eats it.

 

[shapermike]

I know about that...it sucks having it. I try to cut that stuff off any corals I have and if the rock gets it I remove it. that is one of the only way I have found that works...

 

[MitchReef]

Yup, my entire display tank is overrun. It is in a very sparce point right now. It seems to almost go away about every year or so, then it will come back and completely carpet every rock. VERY aggravating. I would take every rock out and blowtorch them all if it weren't for the colonies so very encrusted to many of my rocks. This stuff really is a plague.

I usually either affix frags to brand new tiles / plugs or scrape and scrub the plugs before anybody gets a frag from me. I also alert them to scrape ANY of it that they see on the plugs. It's like my tank has herpes, and I want to be responsible about it.

 

[shapermike]

I had the red hair algae in my DT and it was getting worse. and then I addes the DR. Tims wast away and I manually pulled as much as I could and nothing would eat it.. well I had a little bit of red slime in the front of the tanks so i decided to nuked it with red slime remover....well that also took care of the red hair algae as well. not I no nuisance algae in my DT now. not sure why this happen but it is all gone....

 

[nicks387]

Whatever it is, its not flly colored up yet. Give it a month and then you will be able to make a better identification. On my screen it looks more of a peachy or pink color with green at the base then an orange but it could just be the picture. Good luck with it anyway. I would love to see it turn out to be a bright orange acro. That would indeed be a rarity. Thanks for sharing.

 

[MitchReef]

I generally try to avoid chemicals, but you used the waste away? No ill effects on your corals?

 

[MitchReef]

Thanks Nick. I've actually had it about 2 months now, but I just found a spot it likes. That and a little run-in with a chalice. It's growing a little now and seems to be getting better orange color. I want to see what I have in about 3 more months!

 

[nicks387]

I would like to see it in 3 months as well Mitch. If it does stay orange I would definately be in line for a frag of it when its ready.

 

[-drew-]

I saw this coral in person on Sunday and it truly looks orange. Not browned out, but orange.

 

[MitchReef]

It's a really cool piece.

 

[Paul_N]

The slimer I had in the past never got peach/orange when coloring up or browning out. Hope the color stays, looking forward to see what it looks like as it grows out.

 

[Jcr's Reef]

Judging by the bottom branch, the coral could be on a rebound to recovery. Doesn't look like the normal green slimmer and polyp extension to me though. I have never seen them with an orange hue to them, but I am far from being experienced where I see new coral on a daily basis, lol. Have any other pictures where the polyps are fully extended? I would say it's a nice find. Hopefully it colors up nicely for you!