Acropora combo - Good find!

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GraviT

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[Decided to stop by Fish Gallery this evening and somehow or another, this thing jumped into a bag with some water, and tied itself in with some rubber bands. Then, using it's mind control it forced me to hand my credit card to the cashier. Before I knew what had happened, it was in my tank! :D

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One side

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The other side (hard to tell from this shot, but most of the tips are sky blue)

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These shots were taken about 15 minutes after going in. Much to my amazement, there is already loads of polyp extension. :nod:]



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[Kevin I saw that piece on Wednesday, nice piece. As I recall it was one of their better deals. I would watch that piece though, as those two species start to grow, one may start to kill the other. You may have to split that rock with a chisel or something. Just keep an eye on them.]
 
[@Rick wrote:
Kevin I saw that piece on Wednesday said:
You know, I didn't even think about the 2 killing each other. Thanks for the tip!

I thought it was a great deal for the price, which was less then the $80 piece I had my eye on.

Wow, looking at those pics, one might think I've become addicted to SPS or something. :rolleyes:]



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[Good find - keep us updated on the color change. I saw that on Thursday and I was tempted. But I ended up buying a big rock covered with ricordia yuma mushroom and a small frag (which I hope is efflo).]
 
[Will do. I hope the color change is for the better, I still don't have MH over my tank. I have been working to get my nutrient levels lower, wet skimming, running Purigen, taking care of my refugium, and increasing water change frequency. I have too many fish in my wee 55 gal, a problem I'll resolve as soon as I get the nerve to pull all of the rock out so I can catch the rascals. :lookaround:]
 
[Yeah, I looked this morning and the bases are already touching. Neither one is showing any indication of injury or distress.]
 
[that should be interesting to watch.

will one overgrow the other?

will one die back from touching the other?

keep us posted!]
 
[Well, it looks like I need to split the combo up. When I came home this evening, I noticed that the colony in the second picture had 1 tip go RTN as well as almost the entire ridge where it's touching the other colony.

What a bummer! :Oo:]
 
[Actually, I haven't done anything yet. There hasn't been any more tissue loss and now there is a nice ridge of skeleton between the two colonies. I figured I would just watch and see if anything else happens. :smart: :lookaround:]
 
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