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[vitaldefect001]

please id this one

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thanks guys

-brandon

 

[vitaldefect001]

please please help

 

[GorillaReefer]

Looks like soething in the staghorn family.

 

[clkwrk]

resembles a tricolor of you not so common color variation or bleached

 

[Pineapple House]

Resembles an A. microclados to me. I agree that it does look somewhat bleached out.

-Graham

 

[clkwrk]

I would disagree after looking it up on Aims.

The Axial corallites dont match up or does short tapered branches.

Try this Nana

http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/001-100/Species pages/50.htm

or
Cerealis
http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/001-100/Species pages/16.htm

I'll keep looking since I am bored

 

[montepora]

Acropora nasuta.

 

[vitaldefect001]

any one else think acropora nasuta?

 

[clkwrk]

yes its possible.

 

[vitaldefect001]

it matches up with the aims "color" description...
as the picture whitened the coral out alot... it is no where's near that white...

 

[microbubbles]

graham would've told you if it's a nasuta. it's like his favorite coral and he can prob identify one in his sleep. it's not a nasuta =]

 

[vitaldefect001]

any one?

 

[otolith]

I like nasuta as well, although I would personally just call it "a pretty cool coral that I like" for its name.

 

[SVXH6]

Brandon.... i believe i may have a frag of that from the person you got it from, and it has since darkened up a lot, it is green base and branches with blue tips.. if thats the one from Mark..

 

[vitaldefect001]

yes it is the one from mark do you have a pic of it now... i've had this one a little less then a week and see the green comming back into it...

 

[undertai]

Post in here:

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=751667&perpage=25&pagenumber=1

Chris from reefermadness has been iding corals here for the longest time. He could probably figure it out. Also check all the pages cause he might have ided it already for someone else.

 

[gregm5]

looks more like a nana to me

 

[cwegescheide]

I've got a Nasuta and the coralites do resemble it a lot...

 

[ReeferMadnessUS]

Hi Folks,

I just saw this thread and I thought I might chime in. When I first saw this photo I was also thinking A. nasuta with the shallow saucer shaped radial corallites but the branch length kinda bothered me to the point where I started looking around. And then I found a species that seems to match it a bit more= A. mirabilis. They have somewhat long tapered branches, thinner rather than thick branches and short radial corallites. I have gotten a few in over this past year that match this to some extent and this is what I come up with..... Take it for what its worth

Chris @ RM