Superman Montipora – Montipora danae

• Date Added:10/2009
• Tank: Cardiff
• Status: Inactive 11/20/2010
• Purchased at: FAOIS
• Cost: $60.00
• Coloration: blue, green fluorescent body with orange polyps
• Lighting: 250w MH 14000K Phoenix
• Description: Highly sought after Montipora which prefers lower light conditions. With ideal illumination will display blue, green and orange fluorescent pigments with polyps taking on the orange pigmentation.
• Light and Flow: For optimum coloration, it should be given a medium to high light levels such as T5 or metal halide lighting combined with medium to strong intermittent water current within the aquarium.
• Supplements: It will require maintaining stable levels of calcium, magnesium, pH, alkalinity, and other trace elements as you would with other types of SPS corals. It is essential for SPS health to keep nutrients such as nitrates and phosphates near undetectable levels.
• Feeding: While it does not require additional food to maintain its health, it will feed on micro-plankton and foods designed for filter feeding invertebrates.

References

Riddle, Dana. “Super Corals – Superman Montipora.” Advanced Aquarist’s Online Magazine. Feb 2008. Reefs.org Publication. http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2008/2/aafeature2. Accessed 26 Nov 2009.

My Frag starting to come out after the dipping routine

My Frag after two weeks

Purple Pocillopora – Pocillopora sp.

• Date Added: 05/6/2009
• Tank: Cardiff
• Status: Inactive 12/1/2011
• Purchased at: Coral Corral
• Cost: $30.00
• Coloration: White body with purple polyps
• Lighting: 250w MH 14000K Phoenix
• Description: Purple Pocillopora is a small-polyp stony (SPS) coral which has purple polyps with cream body. It grows in a similar branching style as many acros but with their branches covered in tiny, fuzzy polyps.
• Light and Flow: For optimum coloration, it should be given a medium to high light levels such as T5 or metal halide lighting combined with medium to strong intermittent water current within the aquarium.
• Supplements: It will require maintaining stable levels of calcium, magnesium, pH, alkalinity, and other trace elements as you would with other types of SPS corals. It is essential for SPS health to keep nutrients such as nitrates and phosphates near undetectable levels.
• Feeding: While it does not require additional food to maintain its health, it will feed on micro-plankton and foods designed for filter feeding invertebrates.

Aqua Delight Acropora – Acropora loisetteae

• Date Added: 05/6/2009
• Tank: Cardiff
• Status: Inactive (as of 12/12/2009)
• Purchased at: Coral Corral
• Cost: $20.00
• Coloration: Fluorescent green body with purple polyps and green growth tips
• Lighting: 6 x 18w T-5
• Description: Aqua Delight Acro is a small-polyp stony (SPS) coral which is fluorescent green with purple and green tips.
• Light and Flow: For optimum coloration, it should be given a medium to high light levels such as T5 or metal halide lighting combined with medium to strong intermittent water current within the aquarium.
• Supplements: It will require maintaining stable levels of calcium, magnesium, pH, alkalinity, and other trace elements as you would with other types of SPS corals. It is essential for SPS health to keep nutrients such as nitrates and phosphates near undetectable levels.
• Feeding: While it does not require additional food to maintain its health, it will feed on micro-plankton and foods designed for filter feeding invertebrates.

Red Planet Table Coral – Aquacultured, ORA™ (Acropora sp)

• Date Added: 03/6/2009
• Tank: Cardiff
• Status: Inactive 12/12/2009
• Purchased at: FAOIS
• Cost: $70.00
• Coloration: Bright fluorescent green body with reddish pink growth tips
• Lighting: 250w MH 14000K Phoenix
• Description: The ORA Red Planet is an absolutely stunning coral. It has a bright fluorescent green body with reddish pink growth tips and beautiful red polyps. This coral will have a pretty compact growth pattern and should table out nicely under the right conditions.

  Source: http://oracorals.com/

• Light and Flow: For optimum coloration, it should be given a medium to high light levels such as T5 or metal halide lighting combined with medium to strong intermittent water current within the aquarium.
• Supplements: It will require maintaining stable levels of calcium, magnesium, pH, alkalinity, and other trace elements as you would with other types of SPS corals. It is essential for SPS health to keep nutrients such as nitrates and phosphates near undetectable levels.
• Feeding: While it does not require additional food to maintain its health, it will feed on micro-plankton and foods designed for filter feeding invertebrates.
• More Information: ORA has taken the time to collect, identify and culture some of the fastest growing and finest strains of various stony coral genera. They culture the most colorful examples of these genera, and have developed some of the most popular corals ever available. The advanced quality control methods used at ORA ensure only problem-free specimens are sold.

  ORA corals are grown in their greenhouse culture facilities in Florida and the Marshall Islands. They are under shaded sunlight, complemented by 250 Watt, 10,000K double-ended HQI Metal Halide lights. They are fully ready to be acclimated to aquarium light, water and flow conditions. They are grown in natural seawater so proper acclimation to artificial saltwater is recommended.

  ORA frags grown on plastic plugs can be mounted in a number of different ways. Many hobbyists just place the plug between pieces of live rock. Another method is to drill a 1/2″ diameter hole in the rock and simply place the plug in the hole. This method can be used to mount the coral at different angles. Some aquarists simply snap the coral off the plug and use epoxy to mount it to the rock.