As I mentioned earlier, the Acropora corals are looking especially good since we left them in Chris and Emily's care. :)
Here are some recent photos of the yellow $5 frag, and green just-a-little-more-than $5 frag. Looking back, the green coral has grown radially very visibly whereas the yellow one has only encrusted, but substantially, since July. I think it is about to branch; look at the lower right side of the colony where the corallites are extending noticably from the face of the colony. I still have no idea what the common or species names of these corals are, although I saw a similar yellow frag at a store in Orlando a couple months ago. Please post a comment if you have an idea...
Here is the same area again from the side. The area that is hopefully about to branch is more visible from this angle:
This is the same area in July. You can barely notice the yellow Acropora, and its color is much more muted.
I don't think that a photo of this Montipora digitata frag has been posted before. It was such a pathetic little nub originally, stuck in the back of the aquarium, that I doubt I had any desire to publicize it... It has encrusted on the rock pretty well now, is starting to form 4+ new branches. I'll post another photo once it grows out some more.
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