Butchy21 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 So I’m very confused with the naming of acans versus micromussa theses days... 1. Bluish purple and red circular frag 2. Red and purple large flat colony 3. red/ purple/ green round colony: Was told this was a micromussa when I bought it. Much smaller heads than the first two corals. Quote Link to comment
MainelyReefer Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 If you can check out the 2019 Jan/feb article in coral magazine they explain it kind of. https://www.reef2rainforest.com/2019/01/04/coral-excerpt-the-acan-lord-interview/ 1&2 micromussa(used to be Acan) 3 looks like echinata to me if you ask me I still call the first two Acans as I don’t see myself relearning 1 Quote Link to comment
Gourami Swami Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 What used to be called Acans, are now called Micromussa Lordhowensis, is my understanding of it. Yours all looks like Micro Lords (acans) to me. For short, I still call them acans 1 Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 I hadn't realized the classification change from Acanthastrea Lordhowensis to Micromussa Lordhowensis, great link @GraniteReefer! Quote Link to comment
Thrassian Atoll Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 2 minutes ago, Christopher Marks said: I hadn't realized the classification change from Acanthastrea Lordhowensis to Micromussa Lordhowensis, great link @GraniteReefer! I didn’t realize that either. I have been seeming a ton of micromussa for sale and just thought, hmmm ok. 1 Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 We'll all have to get used to saying 'micro lords' I guess? 😄 1 Quote Link to comment
Butchy21 Posted February 27, 2019 Author Share Posted February 27, 2019 3 hours ago, TILTON said: I didn’t realize that either. I have been seeming a ton of micromussa for sale and just thought, hmmm ok. Ya awhile back I heard that the name had changed but it's confusing when reefers and reef stores still use Acans/micromussa to mean the same thing! So from my understanding Echinata is still an Acanthastrea though? The importance is coral on coral crime! Generally people place lords in close proximity without issues but Echinata can be aggressive I think... 1 Quote Link to comment
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