Green Acropora florida

Acropora florida, just added to display tank. Picture taken February 2006, Nikon D70 Digital SLR, Sigma 105mm Macro lens This was sold as a green and pink Acropora florida seems a bit brown to me. If I squint my eyes enough I can pretend to see pink and green shades. Perhaps it will really color up.

Acropora florida, just added to display tank. Picture taken February 2006, Nikon D70 Digital SLR, Sigma 105mm Macro lens Closeup of the polyp extension. I have my doubts to the species claimed however the coral is to small to show many of the characteristic features of A. florida such as short stubby sub-branches.

Acropora florida, three months later. Picture taken May 2006, Nikon D70 Digital SLR, Sigma 105mm Macro lens This is the main parent colony of the coral pictures above. The coral has picked up a nice greenish color. The parent colony displayed here was lost in a heat wave during August 2006. However, the frag displayed above survived fine.

Acropora florida, Four months later. Picture taken September 2006, Nikon D70 Digital SLR, Sigma 105mm Macro lens This image is an updated growth picture of the frag displayed above as the first image. (The parent colony was lost as described above).