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Bart Shepherd

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Senior Director of Steinhart Aquarium, Co-Director Hope for Reefs @calacademy | AZA SAFE Coral Program Leader | Pretty much staying away from this place now

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Acropora corals are fascinating. They are among the fastest growing corals. Their apical polyps (tips), reach for the sun, rapidly budding off radial polyps all around their base. The tips have less symbiotic algae, so the rest of the colony ‘feeds’ them energy and materials.

Acropora corals are fascinating. They are among the fastest growing corals. Their apical polyps (tips), reach for the sun, rapidly budding off radial polyps all around their base. The tips have less symbiotic algae, so the rest of the colony ‘feeds’ them energy and materials.