New Cali tort

[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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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.

After two years.

[Joe Reefer]

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

[Snappy]

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

[Reefer Rob]

Originally Posted by Snappy

reticulate evolution

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