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Westside Longhorn Acropora
A Westside Aquarium Original
Westside Longhorn Acropora Limited Edition SPS Stony. Westside Aquarium Original Colony.
This Acropora is similar in shape and form to the original LE 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
Branches are longer then normal lokani. They are also smooth with a low corallite density.
 Image Copyright © 2011 by Tim Nguyen All Rights Reserved.
The Westside Longhorn Acropora is very similar to the old school LE 20,000 Leagues Lokani. That original Acropora proved to be difficult to propagate over the long term. This new Acropora is similar in shape and form to the 20,000 Leagues, but its branches are elongated. The Westside Longhorn coloration is also darker and actually similar in color to the Purple Monster LE Acropora. We are still working on getting very detailed closeup images of the Westside Longhorn. This is a low light coral that develops a dark blue to purple coloration. Polyps are bright white to turquoise blue.

Original 20,000 Leagues Lokani Limited Edition

This new Acropora was imported from Indonesia in 2010 by Tim Nguyen of Westside Aquarium. He has the coral located within his 1,000 gallon display system where it is positioned about 4 inches off the bottom. He states the coral does its best under 20,000 K radium metal halides. So it prefers weak to moderate light with low flow. Typical deepwater Acropora requirements. The coral is called Longhorn due to the smooth and elongated branches that develop. Westside is the name of Tim's reef store.

Steve Tyree is maintaining a seed section of this 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 weak to moderate light levels from a 400 watt 20,000 K Radium metal halide. Water current is also weak to moderate. The first edition fragment was auctioned at the 2011 IE-CFM Coral Show.

Westside Longhorn Acropora Limited Edition SPS Stony. Westside Aquarium New Growth Image.
The original colony after many months of captive growth where it devleped a bottlebrush growth form.
Is this a possible lokani/echinata hybrid ? Some interesting captive forms will develop from fragments.
 Image Copyright © 2011 by Tim Nguyen All Rights Reserved.
Westside Longhorn Acropora Limited Edition SPS Stony. Reeffarmers Image.
Actual 1st Edition multi-branching small fragment.
Maximum width is 3/4 inch while maximum height is 5/8 inch.
 Image Copyright © 2011 by Reeffarmers All Rights Reserved.
Copyright © 2011 by Reeffarmers All Rights Reserved.
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