Lexinverts Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Check out this wild piece that I picked up from Garrett at TPA about 6 months ago. It has a really unique growth form. The middle branch is at least 2 inches wide. Since I put it under my LEDs at about 350 PAR it has turned into a bright green like a green slimer, and is now probably the brightest Acropora in this tank. I think they should call it the "Giant Slimer" or "Goliath Slimer" or something like that. Has anyone else seen a green acro with branches this thick? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milesmiles902 Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 [language filter]. I even stopped by your office today, but you had students in there. So I just kept walking. Bleh. I will say that the skeleton is going to be a Tonga branch one day. It's pretty awesome. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Whoa that thing is crazy! It should be called be Incredible Hulk slimer! It started out as a mild mannered run of the mill green slimer but then it got really angry!!???????????????? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexinverts Posted April 8, 2016 Author Share Posted April 8, 2016 Whoa that thing is crazy! It should be called be Incredible Hulk slimer! It started out as a mild mannered run of the mill green slimer but then it got really angry!! Ha ha! That is a better name for it. Here's the Hulk flexing his polyps this morning: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badxgillen Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 "The Hulk"!? Thats Awesome!!!! That name is sticking in MY head. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexinverts Posted April 8, 2016 Author Share Posted April 8, 2016 (edited) "The Hulk"!? Thats Awesome!!!! That name is sticking in MY head. Robert, if you put your frag into your main tank under higher PAR, I bet it will turn green like a true "Hulk." Edited April 8, 2016 by Lexinverts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badxgillen Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Yes, darkness make Hulk Sad...Sad Hulk is Brown Hulk. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexinverts Posted April 11, 2016 Author Share Posted April 11, 2016 Today the guys at TPA informed me that there already is an acro called "The Hulk." They had one in the shop, and I thought it looked puny in comparison, but I guess it came first. And, being a biologist, I must recognize the principle of priority in taxonomy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_Priority So, maybe "Giant Slimer" is a better handle for this bad boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Oh too bad! Hulk fit too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 (edited) This one is called the hulk!!and I have it in my tank sent from a Samsung note 4 Edited April 11, 2016 by matt 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePremiumAquarium Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 I'm almost positive that it came in as an Acropora humilis. It looks a little different from the growth pattern that you are getting but none the less, I like the name Giant Green Slimer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexinverts Posted April 13, 2016 Author Share Posted April 13, 2016 Yup, humilis is what it looks like. http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/aimscoral/images/largest/0035_C1_03.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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