TM

Limited Edition
OA Hot Lava Acropora
An Oculus Aquatics Original
Limited Edition OA Hot Lava Acropora Oculus Aquatics Original Colony Image.
Another incredible Aussie colony from OA that is best described as a Red Shortcake Acro.
This is the only colony at OA from which all Hot Lava fragments are farmed and harvested.
Polyps are bright red, corallites are red and branch stems are cream colored.
Each polyp also extends an elongated single cream colored tentacle.
 Image Copyright © 2012 by Reeffarmers All Rights Reserved.
The OA Hot Lava Acropora is a bright red Acropora somewhat similar to the shortcake-like Acro. Brian Kim at Oculus noticed this colony within a shipment of Strawberry Shortcake Aussies. Normally the Strawberry Aussie has pink corallites and green branch stems. This new Hot Lava morph has cream colored branch stems and bright red corallites along with red polyps. This helps to give the colony a more overall red appearance. It is very possible that this could be an entirely different species of Acropora.

Reeffarmers acquired our seed fragment and the first edition fragment directly from the importer and wholesaler Oculus Aquatics (OA) located in Van Nuys California. This colony was exported from Australia along with the exotic Strawberry Shortcake Acropora. The strawberry shortcake should have also been made an LE coral when it first arrived into the captive coral market. It is another very stunning Acropora that does well within captivity. There have now been quite a few Strawberry Shortcakes imported over the past few years. This new OA Hot Lava appears to be a much more rare Aussie coral.

Steve Tyree is maintaining a seed section of this Aussie coral for Reeffarmers.com in a 130 gallon Raceway Gyre BiZonal system. This system is naturally filtered with a semi-cryptic zone and a reef flat exposed zone. In Steve's captive reef the coral is positioned to receive strong to moderate light levels from a 400 watt 20,000 K Radium metal halide. The first edition fragment of this coral was sold on our Buy It Now page. Introductory list price was $100 for a small single branch fragment.

Limited Edition OA Hot Lava Acropora Oculus Aquatics Original Colony Closeup Image.
This closeup image shows how a single tentacle is extended from each polyp.
Corallite structure is slightly raspy. Axial corallites are large and cream colored.
Image was taken through the front glass of the OA main display and growout reef.
 Image Copyright © 2012 by Reeffarmers All Rights Reserved.
Limited Edition OA Hot Lava Acropora Reeffarmers First Edition Image.
This was the actual Reeffarmers First Edition Fully Encrusted Fragment.
It consisted of a single branch with a few newly developed axial corallites.
Physical size is up to 5/8 inch wide and up to 3/4 inch tall.
 Image Copyright © 2012 by Reeffarmers All Rights Reserved.
Copyright © 2012 by Reeffarmers All Rights Reserved.
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