The Acropora navini is a new species recently described by Veron. Images
can be found in Corals of the World Volume 1 Page 431. Our A. navini
has the exact branching and corallite forms shown in images 6 and 7.
The color of our coral is solid turquoise green with very bright blue
corallite ends. The blue color is easy to keep and is getting more intense
in captivity. This coral was imported from Bali, Indonesia. Corals from Bali
typically keep their pigments fairly easily. Verons distribution map for this
new species shows the coral has been found in Eastern Indonesia and in
Papua New Guinea. Bali is located in Central Indonesia and is right near the
edge of the species known distribution range. This coral species generally
appears as a hybridization between a tortuosa species and an echinata.
It has a very interesting corallite form and branching pattern. Reeffarmers has
acquired two small parent colonies of this Limited Edition coral species.
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
coral appears to develop larger Blue colored areas under moderate to intense
lighting. It may do fine under low lighting but will develop a turquoise color
with blue corallite edges. Water current is moderate. Price is currently $70
per small sized fragment. The monthly limited edition reservation schedules
can be found below. Please note effective February 2009 we have changed the
harvesting and reservation schedule to bimonthly. This better matches the
corals long term growth rate in captivity.
Acropora navini Year 2008 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
January
Reserved for Victor A.
February
Reserved for R. Adam
March
Reserved for CK Chow
April
Reserved for A. Martineau
May
Reserved for R. Castro
June
Reserved for M. Bae
July
Reserved for Z. Moseley
August
Reserved for Alicia H.
September
Reserved for M. Hughes
October
Reserved for W. Samoska
November
Reserved for T. Wasden
December
Reserved for C. Jurrens
Acropora navini Year 2009 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
January
Reserved for S. Hansen
February
Reserved for W. Burris
April
Reserved for T. Jernberg
June
Available
August
Available
October
Available
December
Available
Acropora navini Year 2010 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
February
Available
April
Available
June
Available
August
Available
October
Available
December
Available
Acropora navini Year 2007 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
January
Reserved for S. Montgomery
February
Reserved for M. Hopper
March
Reserved for L. Reid
April
Reserved for Susan R.
May
Reserved for Scott M.
June
Reserved for R. Rhode
July
Reserved for L. Lau
August
Reserved for Joe
September
Reserved for Ara D.
October
Reserved for Jason Y.
November
Reserved for Jorge S.
December
Shipped to T. Jernberg
Acropora navini Year 2006 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
January
Reserved for Paul H.
February
Reserved for John M.
March
Shipped to M. Schwitters
April
Reserved for Sean S.
May
Reserved for James K.
June
Reserved for Kip T.
July
Reserved for Sue T.
August
Reserved for Charles O.
September
Reserved for Jerry G.
October
Shipped to G. Kaplan
November
Reserved for Sean C.
December
Reserved for M. Juner
Acropora navini Year 2005 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
January
Reserved for Robert M.
February
Shipped to K. Talbot
March
Shipped to Brian W.
April
Shipped to Wade M.
May
Sold at 2006 SW-CFM
June
Shipped to S. Bauer
July
Shipped Ed B.
August
Reserved for Amanda M.
September
Reserved for Eric C.
October
Reserved for Charles S.
November
Reserved for Marcus H.
December
Reserved for Richard S.
Acropora navini Year 2004 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
January
Picked up by E. Bermudez
February
Picked up by Eric S.
March
Shipped to Chris K.
April
Shipped to Ray R.
May
Shipped to S. Rothman
June
Shipped to Tom B.
July
Picked up by Andy S.
August
Shipped to Richard C.
September
Shipped to Steve J.
October
CFM Auctions
November
Reserved for George S.
December
Shipped to Oliver A.
Acropora navini Year 2003 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
December
Picked up by Mike Palek
To inquire about reserving a limited edition farmed
fragment of this coral please send email to
reeffarmers@aceweb.com.
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