New Cali tort

[vanreefer]

Thanks to jamie for growing it for me

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c205/vanreefer/180/IMG_0422-1.jpg

[Keri]

lovely colour :)

[kaboom]

Don't mean to bust your bubble but if that's suppose to be a true Cali Tort, yo've been had. Unless it's totally stressed or your photo isn't representing correctly, that there is A.formosa or A.yongei. The real thing is a deep purple/blue with a tint of green. Again no disrepect here.

[Chowder]

Stressed . I have a frag of it and it has gone the correct colours

[Jason McK]

I'm so jealous. It's a Cali Torte alright. It will colour up in time. I think it was a little stressed.
I have a frag that is returning to the correct colour

J

[Snappy]

I don't agree you've been had but I do agree that the coral in that picture doesn't look like a typical "tort". Jamie Cross is a reliable source and most certainly knows the difference between A.tortousa & A.formosa, A.yongei, etc but that is what is looks like in the photo. The piece you're showing is awfully pale and the coralites don't look like a tort as mentioned by Kaboom. Is it possible there was a mix up somehow or just a bizzare photo? Something is not right with that being a tort, but I can't see Jamie misrepresenting what he sold you. Either way it is a nice looking coral. Just for comparison, here is my "cali tort" I bought as a 1" frag from Jamie about two years ago, notice how the coralites are a much different shape. (sorry not trying to hi-jack your thread)
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h210/Trainer02/April12008019calitort.jpg

[Reefer Rob]

Still waiting for the Cali Tort I bought from Jamie 2 months ago to darken. I guess it takes a while. Others who've bought a frag from Jamie in the past have had them darken, so I'm confident mine will eventually look correct. Maybe I need to get a few more fish.

[Chowder]

My 2 inch frag looks very similair to Snappy's but has a bit more green in it. It started out looking like Van Reefers.

[Snappy]

Still waiting for the Cali Tort I bought from Jamie 2 months ago to darken. I guess it takes a while. Others who've bought a frag from Jamie in the past have had them darken, so I'm confident mine will eventually look correct. Maybe I need to get a few more fish.
As I said Jamie is a reliable source and knows his stuff. Since many corals look very different than even others from the same colony due to their surroundings (reticulate evolution) I would give that coral the benefit of the doubt and it will likely develop a more typical A.tortousa shape once it gets settled. It may have been in a low flow area or something. Mine took a long time to colour up as well and was a painfully slow grower the first year. After seeing this old picture of mine I think I would chalk the difference in the appearance of yours to reticulate evolution as stated above.
This is mine after one year.
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h210/Trainer02/feb907020tort.jpg
After two years.
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h210/Trainer02/April12008019calitort.jpg

[Joe Reefer]

Just for reference this is also a frag from the infamous Jamie Cross Cali Tort.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y4/lyohemas/120%20gallon/IMG062.jpg

[Snappy]

I'll say it again.........reticulate evolution:wink:
It makes identifying corals very hard without seeing a bare skeleton which is the only fool proof way.

[Reefer Rob]

reticulate evolution

Damn.... it's off to an online encyclopedia I go.