Old School Deepwater Bali Shortcake

[UWC]

Picked up a decent size frag of this, this past winter. Came in pretty bland on color. Slowly it is starting to show some faint highlights of pink, blue and yellow once the halides and T5's are off and it is glowing under Reefbrites which is giving me high hopes. The best images I have found are from the original @reefbuilders article from 2014. https://reefbuilders.com/2014/05/07/bali-shortcake-rosey-colored-acropora-latistella/

Anyone have this piece and want to share pics?

 

[Coronus]

 

[UWC]

Fantastic!

 

[Coronus]

Its such a sweet piece when its colored right. Loses color when its fragged for a week or so. But a nice piece.

 

[UWC]

Its such a sweet piece when its colored right. Loses color when its fragged for a week or so. But a nice piece.

Where was yours originally sourced from?

 

[larangcon]

Its such a sweet piece when its colored right. Loses color when its fragged for a week or so. But a nice piece.

I wish I would have known, that should have been included in my pack ;)

 

[Coronus]

I wish I would have known, that should have been included in my pack ;)

You never asked Lee!I have tons of acros!

 

[Coronus]

Where was yours originally sourced from?

Mine came from House Of Sticks about 3-4 years ago or so. He got directly from Unique Corals if I recall correctly. I also have one that is almost identical to that one I got from TSA Aquatics about 3 years ago. All the same colors.I will post a pic.

 

[LadyMac]

That’s beautiful!

 

[larangcon]

You never asked Lee!I have tons of acros!

Next pack for sure

 

[Coronus]

Yes sir!

 

[DBryan]

Its such a sweet piece when its colored right. Loses color when its fragged for a week or so. But a nice piece.

What par level would you think is best to get those fantastic colours and the flow it likes. I have 30 inch deep tank with Radion lights would it be placed high or mid level?

 

[Coronus]

Mine sits around 300 par. High flow......in my experience always high, high, high flow. My tank turns over 150x plus an hr.

 

[UWC]

Mine came from House Of Sticks about 3-4 years ago or so. He got directly from Unique Corals if I recall correctly. I also have one that is almost identical to that one I got from TSA Aquatics about 3 years ago. All the same colors.I will post a pic.

Still waiting on that pic ;)

 

[Coronus]

Yes , I have to take it! I have a current one but not very good.

 

[Reefer40b]

Been the hunt locally for one... love those yellow tips and rosey body.

 

[Graffiti Spot]

Should be a lot of pics since they mariculture them. I don't see much of a difference from the pics, is there?

 

[Lighthouze08]

That's a beautiful looking coral

 

[UWC]

Should be a lot of pics since they mariculture them. I don't see much of a difference from the pics, is there?

Actually doesn’t seem like there are many around.. or collectors growing them out. Not sure why, it’s such a beautiful coral :)

 

[BigJim]

This was mine last April. Unfortunately it did not fare well when I had some tank issues and today only three bleached out frags remain.

bali shortcake 043017 by Big Jim, on Flickr