acan

[ajm99835]

Just been looking around at acans, and other corals. but out of curiosity, what makes and acan ultra? or a lord? just looking for some clarification please :scratch:

 

[INNEED]

A lord will puff up more then reg acans and an ultra has really bright colors... From what I was told not really into acan so don't kno much about them.. But get a sec op

 

[Audi0s]

Theres different species in the acanthastrea family. Lords usually puff up and look like a traditional acan, echinatas are flatter not as defined, more of a lump of mashed potatos with a bunch of mouths, although they do inflate some. Theres also rotundofloras which kinda look like chalices or ehinos with large eyes.
Lords

Echinatas

 

[ajm99835]

oh ok, whats ultra than? by the way nice tangerine dream

 

[jaa1456]

From what I have read the Lords will have the whitish/gray stripes on each mouth and they are the puffier type. The Ultra is more of what people added on for the ones with brighter colors so it makes it worth more money. And then you have the acan enchinata which is what is in Audios second pic. I have the third acan he has mentioned as well and it does resemble a chalice but it is a lot thicker than a chalice. You also have micromussa's which are also in the Acan family and look like the lords but each head is much smaller than a normal acan.

 

[ajm99835]

thanks so much, now it makes sense... im into acans i got 11 different ones as of now, just trying to learn as much about them as possible...

 

[Audi0s]

All of those were labeled ultra in the stores, usually its the crazy colors. With the flash on you can really see how much leds and blue lights help make them pop.