Micromussa Amakusensis

[Kayotic5011]

I just picked up my first coral for my cycled 120 gallon reef. Its a Micromussa Amakusensis and its beautiful. From what I gather they are a Rarity to come across in the trade, and in my many years of looking for and at corals Ive never come across one for sale....so the decision to buy plus the price cut they gave me made it a an amazing deal and me a happy person.

Lets see how rear these guys really are. I Would really love to see any images of your Micromussa that you all have or have had in your time of keeping corals.

 

[Dsnakes]

That is interesting, I'll have to read up on them. Looks very similar to lords. I love the color!

My Acan garden is a work in progress...

 

[Kayotic5011]

They were once considered to be the same but now there know to be different, From what I can gather its polyp size where the difference is noticed most. They are also know as mini acan,....one thing we have to look at though is the name has been passed down from seller to the LFS to me so the LFS could have been lied to but I dont see why such a professional piece of coral would have to be lied about to sell it lol......Yours look amazing by the way, really beautiful, I'm really enjoying this coral. Do you have any tips for care you can pass to me that you may do for your that they like, and possibly things they dont like so I dont harm this one.

 

[Kayotic5011]

I heard they are really sensitive to light and can turn a different color from when you bought it in under 24 hrs depending on the light you provide....have any of your shown any signs of this?

 

[Dsnakes]

I heard they are really sensitive to light and can turn a different color from when you bought it in under 24 hrs depending on the light you provide....have any of your shown any signs of this?

Yeah, mine have changed some color under my lighting. I also bleached a couple green ones out under my LEDs up too high. They stay happy with some nutrients in the water and I spot feed mine once a week.

 

[Kayotic5011]

Yeah, mine have changed some color under my lighting. I also bleached a couple green ones out under my LEDs up too high. They stay happy with some nutrients in the water and I spot feed mine once a week.

word, I might have to move this one down just a tiny bit but not sure yet, its in a 120 and its easily below a foot in the water column from the surface. I will see today if ill have to lower it...yesterday as the lights got brighter through out the day it kind of closed slightly and I know bright light can stop the polyps from fully extending so im thinking the light might be a little much over it and it will need to be lowered. It still has bright and vivid coloring so as of the moment im not going to touch it....I'm also running leds as well.

 

[XNavyDiver]

I've had this one for a while now, but I couldn't tell you if it's an acan or a micromussa.

 

[Kayotic5011]

That is beautiful and looks amazing.... Ive heard one of the only real ways to know is by looking at the skeleton but have also read that the polyps on the micro are smaller.

I just learned some more about the white balance on my canon eos 60d and how to adjust for the blue lights so I was able to get this picture just a moment ago. Its the same one ive posted a pic of before just different picture.

 

[Dsnakes]

Acanthastrea Lordhowensis is now Micromussa Lordhowensis ;)

 

[Kayotic5011]

so chances are theres a lot of people who have ancan's that are actually a micro

 

[Dsnakes]

so chances are theres a lot of people who have ancan's that are actually a micro

Yeah, same coral just reclassified in that case.

 

[Kayotic5011]

guess then the question is "are the micro's more common than the acan's in the trade then, or was it re-classified long before they started hitting the market?"

 

[Dsnakes]

guess then the question is "are the micro's more common than the acan's in the trade then, or was it re-classified long before they started hitting the market?"

It's the same coral :) just a new name. We still commonly refer to them as Acans though. It's been a couple years now.

 

[Kayotic5011]

I see, thats good to know, thank you for that bit of info. I just moved mine down a little bit to a lower part of the tank. Its only been in there two days so where its not normally long enough to tell Ive seemed to be getting a break. With how sensitive they are to light Ive been noticing in these past couple days that during the ramp up of sunrise and ramp down of sun set of my light the polyps are out and happy, but around this time the lights are full rise spring setting and the polyps are closed....so with how sensitive they are im not taking the chance and i moved them down.

 

[reefsponge]

Not the same coral. Micromussa amakusensis has always been clasified this way. And they have much smaller heads. I have the holy grail micromussa aka rainbow micromussa and it’s heads are about as big as the diameter of a pencil eraser. So is the classic favorite UFO micro.
Micromussa lordhowensis is the new classification of what we all knew as Acanthastrea lordhowensis, your typical Acan.

 

[Kayotic5011]

can I see? Do you have a pic Id love to see it

 

[Kayotic5011]

looks happy to me, its diggin being lower in the water column. Not sure if it has to do with lighting, flow or both but it seems to like it there.

 

[jkopfishman]

Not to b a downer but as far as a rarity in the hobby, IV had them more than a few times, see them often at LFS and at frag swaps. Awesme corals tho. Sometimes I wish I didn't sell some of the colonies. But there' always more.

 

[Kayotic5011]

Not to b a downer but as far as a rarity in the hobby, IV had them more than a few times, see them often at LFS and at frag swaps. Awesme corals tho. Sometimes I wish I didn't sell some of the colonies. But there' always more.

your not a downer my friend. I personally brought up that point out because its was being said in the readings of this coral, and I wanted to know everyones out look and knowlage on this specific coral....so thank you for your reply.