What are your top 10 favorite Acropora right now?!

[Charlie the Reefer]

Hey everyone. I know there have been threads on this topic in the past, but recent ones have been species specific (i.e. tenuis) or started a long time ago /inactive.

So I just ask... Top 10 favorite acropora - it's totally subjective so I will not name criteria. Just simply what do you like? Can be because they're old school, nice-looking, hearty, rare, or whatever.

Here's mine!

TUSI Rainbow Granulosa
POTO Scorpion
BC Bellicose Trobairitz
POTO Enigma
RMF Red Devil Nasuta
SBB Prom Queen (CC Pink Highlighter?)
Bill Murray
POTO Endgame
SC Orange Passion
BKChem Creme de la Crème

Sorry if this thread is annoying

Would love to hear what other people are eyeing these days!

Charlie

 

[chipchipbro]

For me also interesting would be what are your top 10 favorite DAYLIGHT acropora!
I am looking for daylight acros with nice colors.

 

[Charlie the Reefer]

For me also interesting would be what are your top 10 favorite DAYLIGHT acropora!
I am looking for daylight acros with nice colors.

This is true. It's a fascinating sort of dichotomy to me. I'm very much a blue light guy (probably obvious from the list), personally I don't "get" the day spectrum. I understand it's how all the tanks used to be back in the day. I know it's an infinite rabbit hole debate but I just love how the blue light makes corals fluoresce!

 

[chipchipbro]

This is true. It's a fascinating sort of dichotomy to me. I'm very much a blue light guy (probably obvious from the list), personally I don't "get" the day spectrum. I understand it's how all the tanks used to be back in the day. I know it's an infinite rabbit hole debate but I just love how the blue light makes corals fluoresce!

I understand, but still.. without the orange filter/glasses its just not that nice after a while.
Imo theres too much orange filtering in this hobby and we should enjoy acropora in their natural coloration under a nice daylight spectrum. They can look so nice and glow even under daylight.

But I barely see any lists of daylight acropora. Because most orange filter/blue spectrum acroporas are "fifty shades of grey" in daylight.

 

[Charlie the Reefer]

I understand, but still.. without the orange filter/glasses its just not that nice after a while.
Imo theres too much orange filtering in this hobby and we should enjoy acropora in their natural coloration under a nice daylight spectrum. They can look so nice and glow even under daylight.

But I barely see any lists of daylight acropora. Because most orange filter/blue spectrum acroporas are "fifty shades of grey" in daylight.

I hear you. What you are saying is true.

Ok, so what are your top 10 daylight acros?

 

[Rams]

Will go with my fav--

1. Peng's heart of the ocean
2. BC cricket spine
3. BC angelica
4. CC pink highlighter
5. BKchem fruitloops
6. RRC jawdropper(died 2 times with me and its toughest for me)
7. TGC bugatti
8. RMF luckycharms
9. Walt disney Jr
10. JF homewrecker

 

[chipchipbro]

I hear you. What you are saying is true.

Ok, so what are your top 10 daylight acros?

I have no idea as I am still looking for nice daylight acros
I want to stock some

 

[Dburr1014]

I have no idea as I am still looking for nice daylight acros
I want to stock some

Think old school coral like Oregon tort.
Just love that color and disappears in blue lighting.
Not the best picture.

 

[Rams]

For me also interesting would be what are your top 10 favorite DAYLIGHT acropora!
I am looking for daylight acros with nice colors

All old school ones

 

[Troylee]

10 I have in my tank.. old school besides the Walt Disney..

Asd rainbow Millie
Pc rainbow
Oregon Tort
Pink lemonade
Strawberry shortcake “my number 1”
Walt Disney
Red dragon
Garf bonsai
Cali tort
Ora pearlberry

 

[chipchipbro]

All old school ones

you know here in europe and especially switzerland I cannot buy the „names“ you guys are using. I can buy specias like formosa, millepore etc. But thats why I am looking for some normal pieces. I think red robin stag looks pretty good in daylight

 

[bakbay]

10 I have in my tank.. old school besides the Walt Disney..

Asd rainbow Millie
Pc rainbow
Oregon Tort
Pink lemonade
Strawberry shortcake “my number 1”
Walt Disney
Red dragon
Garf bonsai
Cali tort
Ora pearlberry

Great list! You & I have some overlaps. My top 10 (although I might have top 20) in my tank:
1. TSA Bill Murray
2. TSA Fruity Pebbles
3. PC Superman
4. PC Rainbow
5. Pink Lemonade
6. Cali Tort (wanted an Oregon Tort)
7. Red Dragon
8. ORA Pealberry
9. Bali Green Slimer
10. WWC Yellow Tips

I could not keep any Tenuis like WD alive tho -- will try again in the future.

 

[biecacka]

Palmers blue milli
oregon tort
ASD milli
pengs heart of the ocean
strawberry shortcake
copps 24k milli
tyree purple monster
Tyree Superman tenius
red planet
garf bonsai


old classics for the reefers that have been doing this long enough to know halides kicked a** and we got some amazing color with 400 watt radium’s driven hard! Hahaha


corey

 

[Troylee]

Palmers blue milli
oregon tort
ASD milli
pengs heart of the ocean
strawberry shortcake
copps 24k milli
tyree purple monster
Tyree Superman tenius
red planet
garf bonsai


old classics for the reefers that have been doing this long enough to know halides kicked a** and we got some amazing color with 400 watt radium’s driven hard! Hahaha


corey

Yep! Still running them today.. 250w phoenix thou. Shortcake in daylight..

 

[biecacka]

Love it man!


corey

 

[BranchingHammer]

There's so many acros out there, but these are some of the ones in my top 10...

1. BC Bellicose Trobairitz
2. BC Double Pinky Spath
3. BC Skinny Love
4. BC Cricket Spine
5. BC Aquatic Man
6. BC Red Hot Hat Digit
7. TGC Bugatti
8. Green Slimer
9. Hawkin's Echinata
10. CRT Orange Dragonsicle

 

[Hugster78]

Stick with the classics!!
Walt Disney
Oregon Tort
Orange Passion
Green Slimmer
ORA pearl berry
Top 5 under whites.

 

[386reeftrader]

Lots of nice stuff already posted. JF Fox Flame will always have a spot in my tanks. Spathulata if you can make them happy are one of the most striking Acropora. 30k Lokani, Reefgen Blueberry Fantasy, LRO Buzz Lightyear are of few of my top smoothies. A nice Bali SC is hard to beat. Love a good Efflo but they need a ton of space to look really nice.

 

[Naturalreef]

JF Homewrecker
Walt Disney
RRC Rainbow Splice
ORA Pearlberry
Jason Fox Solar Flare

 

[Charlie the Reefer]

Admittedly, I wasn’t expecting the classics to get so much attention in this thread! Nothing wrong with it, I just find peoples preferences interesting

Maybe I need to mature a bit more as a Reefer to be able to appreciate these daylight specimens / spectrum