Just a few colonies of Micromussa lordhowensis ("Acan" lords)

[Jon from TerraReef]

Here are just a few of our Micromussa corals. #NotAnAcan

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[Jon from TerraReef]

These are on sale at the moment. (as well as all other corals on the site)

 

[Jon from TerraReef]

We only have a limited supply of the teal variety in stock. Soon we will cut off sales until we can grow more.

 

[Jon from TerraReef]

We still have plenty of Reds in stock. You really would be hard pressed to find another site selling aquacultured Micromussa* as large and healthy as these. *(or as some people call them "Acans" ).

 

[Oscarmk]

These look amazing! Curious if they grow faster than acans? That’s a lot of them and big colonies too! Great work

 

[Jon from TerraReef]

These look amazing! Curious if they grow faster than acans? That’s a lot of them and big colonies too! Great work

These corals changed genus years ago. (Genus being the first name in the scientific name) Hobbyist called the corals "Acans" which had worked as an abbreviation for their genus "Acanthastrea". Hobbyist always knew Acanthastrea echinata and what was Acanthastrea lordhowensis ("Acan lords") were very different corals and if placed near each other they would go to war with each other. Often corals in the same genus do not bug each other significantly, but these two had. Both of these corals were in the same genus, but "lords" moved over to the genus Micromussa.

The change for how these corals were grouped occurred largely due to genetic testing, but it makes a lot of sense and is helpful for hobbyist. All Micromussa look a lot closer to each other(different species almost look identical if you ignore scale, some have smaller polyps then others). Micromussa are also much less likely to attack other coral within the genus than they are likely to attack corals in a different genus.

Jake Adams was big in trying to get people to adopt the proper name.