Rainbow Tort

[jda123]

My Rainbow Tort. I love the yellow tips.

Has anybody seen this one before? I rescued it as a frag from a dying Fiji transshipped colony.

 

[amonchak]

Sick!!

You selling frags?

 

[jahmic]

Re: Rainbow Tort

 

[JNG]

that is very nice. wouldn't mind finding a piece of that for my tank.

 

[aztecdreams]

Rainbow Tort

That is supernice!

 

[asn-naso]

that is very nice. wouldn't mind finding a piece of that for my tank.

+1

 

[jgonzz]

i have about 6 frags of this

i dont think its a tort

 

[Smiley]

ive seen this before, but dont think its a torte...very sweet though....

 

[DyM]

My Rainbow Tort. I love the yellow tips.

Has anybody seen this one before? I rescued it as a frag from a dying Fiji transshipped colony.

Is this your pic? What lighting is it under. From the pic, the tips look green, not yellow - is that a picture rendering thing?

 

[jda123]

I am nearly positive that this is Austera or Tortuosa. I will brush the dust off of my Veron books later and look it up. People call Austera torts, so perhaps we are mixing terms.

If need pics if you have this, or it doesn't exist.

 

[jgonzz]

they have yellow tips

i have a pic of this acro on one of my banners i use for coral shows

 

[jda123]

It is yellow. Yes, I took this pic. I use 250W HQI Phoenix 14K.

 

[Smiley]

Torts are mostly blue, austera usually have yellow tips.

Acropora austera

Acropora tortuosa

 

[Dr.DiSilicate]

Rainbow Tort

Josh if you have one of those I want it.


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[projectx]

That is killer !

 

[jda123]

It is whatever the ORA Tort is. My ORA Tort is branchier, but where it has a bunch of braches together, they are identical once you get past the color. Neither are Acropora Tortuosa as outlined in JEN Veron's Book 1 Page 265.

One of these is ORA Tort, the other is the Rainbow:

 

[powdermonkey]

It would probably be a good for you to give me a frag, just in case! Think of it as a safety deposit box:adoration:

 

[Smiley]

same... best to spread it around so it doesnt become endangered.

 

[Ghxst]

im all against endangered corals, i would take a frag when available, and acros love my tank

 

[jda123]

Doesn't sound like it is endangered. Go and see Josh and get some. This is one of the coolest corals in my tank. Grows fast too... If it is widely available, then I will let it grow... the only thing that I love more than sweet SPS frags are sweet SPS colonies.