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Acropora millepora
Aquarium City Red millepora
Acropora millepora 'Aquarium City Red' Tiny Colony Being Exposed to Moderate Current
Note - Polyps only partially extended and Coral can develop a Leading Green Edge
Image Copyright © 2005 by Reeffarmers All Rights Reserved.
This red/pink Acropora millepora has a very bright pigmentation and has a history being maintained within one of the more prominent captive reefs. The reef Aquarium store 'Aquarium City' in Canoga Park, California is a reef meca for reefers in the San Fernando Valley. For years they have grown exotic stony corals in their main display reef. This reef was featured in the Mike Paletta TFH Microcosms Book, Ultimate Marine Aquariums (pg 94-96). One of their very exotic corals has been a bright red, sometimes bright pink Acropora millepora. Visiting aquarist paid a premium price for a fragment of this coral. Unfortunately the store lost the main colony about 1 to 2 years ago. An advanced reef aquarist from Southern California (Ali Atapour) acquired a fragment of this coral just a few months prior to the store losing its colony. About 6 months later Ali gave his fragment to reeffarmers.com for safe keeping (thanks Ali and we owe you one). The fragment at reeffarmers.com did not grow much after we harvested our first captive offspring from it. Apparently it was fragged too early (we have been known to frag some very small parent colonies). In the past few months however it has started to grow very well. We refer to this coral as the 'Aquarium City Red millepora'. Its coloration in our reefs is bright red/pink. It is about as red as an Acropora can get. Polyps are extended during the day and they have a reddish and transparent color to them. Everyone who has seen this coral has wanted a frag and a group of these people have gotten on a local pre-Limited Edition listing. The coral is being initially listed with its first 7 months already reserved for reeffers located from San Diego, the High Desert, Canoga Park and even Redding. Steve Tyree is maintaining this coral for reeffarmers.com in one of his 125 gallon naturally filtered Tri-Zonal EG Reef Aquariums. In Steve's captive reef the coral is positoned at about 19 inches from a 400 watt 20,000 K Radium Metal Halide that was about 7 months old in November 2003. The coloration of the coral is easily maintained within this reef. Water current is moderate. Price is currently $80 per small sized fragment. Please note - We raised the price on June 8th to $80 per small fragment. This is mainly because the coral has experienced only a slightly wider captive distribution while demand has experienced a strong increase. The monthly limited edition reservation schedules can be found below. Please note effective May 2009 we have changed the harvesting and reservation schedule to bimonthly. This better matches the corals long term growth rate in captivity.
Acropora millepora Aquarium City Red millepora Year 2009 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule

January
 Reserved for T. Wasden (old price $65)
February
 Reserved for M. Holmes (old price $65)
March
 Reserved for M. Floyd (old price $65)
April
 Reserved for S. Hansen (old price $65)
May
 Reserved for D. Castro (old price $65)
July
 Reserved for B. Belsome (old price $65)
September
 Reserved for D. Skinner
November
 Reserved for B. Johnson

Acropora millepora Aquarium City Red millepora Year 2010 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule

January
 Available
March
 Available
May
 Available
July
 Available
September
 Available
November
 Available

Acropora millepora Aquarium City Red millepora Year 2011 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule

January
 Available
March
 Available
May
 Available
July
 Available
September
 Available
November
 Available

Acropora millepora Aquarium City Red millepora Year 2008 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule

January
 Reserved for C. Owens (old price $65)
February
 Reserved for B. Wrightsman (old price $65)
March
 Reserved for A. Martineau (old price $65)
April
 Reserved for R. Castro (old price $65)
May
 Reserved for S. Matney (old price $65)
June
 Reserved for S. Bauer (old price $65)
July
 Reserved for M. Holland (old price $65)
August
 Reserved for S. Ledin (old price $65)
September
 Reserved for R. Rhode (old price $65)
October
 Reserved for M. Schwitters (old price $65)
November
 Reserved for B. Woodward (old price $65)
December
 Reserved for R. Rhode (old price $65)

Acropora millepora Aquarium City Red millepora Year 2007 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule

January
 Reserved for Scott W. (old price $65)
February
 Reserved for K. Morris (old price $65)
March
 Reserved for Joe (old price $65)
April
 Reserved for Ara D. (old price $65)
May
 Reserved for J. Carroll (old price $65)
June
 Reserved for Thomas S. (old price $65)
July
 Reserved for Victor A. (old price $65)
August
 Reserved for R. Adam (old price $65)
September
 Reserved for D. Markines (old price $65)
October
 Reserved for C. Wong (old price $65)
November
 Reserved for D. Fagan (old price $65)
December
 Reserved for K. Talbot (old price $65)

Acropora millepora Aquarium City Red millepora Year 2006 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule

January
 Shipped to S. Rothman
February
 Sold at 2006 SW-CFM
March
 Reserved for Uel K. (old price $65)
April
 Reserved for S. Coley (old price $65)
May
 Reserved for John P. (old price $65)
June
 Shipped to B. Boyle
July
 Reserved for J. Stoffel (old price $65)
August
 Reserved for M. Hopper (old price $65)
September
 Shipped to Ed B.
October
 Reserved for D. Beary (old price $65)
November
 Shipped to G. Kaplan
December
 Reserved for Scott M. (old price $65)

Acropora millepora Aquarium City Red millepora Year 2005 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule

January
 Shipped to Jerry G.
February
 Reserved for M. Schwitters (old price $65)
March
 Shipped to Robert M.
April
 Shipped to Oliver A.
May
 Sold at 2006 SW-CFM
June
 Picked up by John M.
July
 Reserved for Paul H. (old price $65)
August
 Shipped to Richard C.
September
 Buy It Now
October
 Shipped to Eve Grant
November
 Sold as Buy it Now
December
 Shipped to P. Chung

Acropora millepora Aquarium City Red millepora Year 2004 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule

January
 Delivered to Opie
February
 CFM Auctions
March
 CFM Auction
April
 Shipped to R. Hilgers
May
 CFM AUctions
June
 Picked up by Eric S.
July
 Shipped to Scott P.
August
 Shipped to Brad A.
September
 Shipped to Tom B.
October
 Shipped to Albert A.
November
 Cancelled
December
 Sold at 2006 BA-CFM

To inquire about reserving a limited edition farmed fragment of this coral please send an email to reeffarmers@aceweb.com.
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