Acropora Id request

[Jim Z.]

Any ideas on possible species id's for these acros? Thank you.

As Always, Jim Z.

Blue Tipped Acropora--8 month old frag

Pale purple-green Tipped Acropora (6 month old frag

 

[BLKTANG]

#1 A.Yongi ??

# 2 ????

 

[BLKTANG]

Try on the first ont to get a shot of the whole colony.

 

[t5Nitro]

Those look really nice, not a clue to what they are. What camera is that by the way? Awesome pictures! Any macro lenses or anything?

 

[Baros]

#1 A. Tenuis

#2 Possibly A. Digitifera or Samentosa

hth

 

[Fudge]

1- tenuis
2-humulis or gemmifera

just my guesses.

 

[toefutoefutoefu]

1. blue tip tenuis
2. orange w/ green polyp samoensis?

 

[tgcreef]

the second isnt gemnifera they grow in a perfect bunch but its probably samoensis or humilis

 

[Jim Z.]

Thank you for all of the replies. I'll try to repost an entire view of teh blue-tipped acro sometime this weekend. I use a Pentax *ist d with a 180 mm Sigma macro. I also use fill flash set at -1ev with 1/30 sec exposure at f8. This allows me to capture the actual colors of the coral without washing out the the blues and subtle greens.......Jim Z.

 

[wentreefgirl]

1. A. Tenius and 2. I have the same and chris rc gave me a rare name. Heres mine.

Both from same colony but one is pink with purple tips and one is green with brown polyps. Go figure.