Any one knows the name?

[Elton Wng]

 

[Bandos reefer]

Somewhere over the Rainbow Millie?

 

[potterjon]

looks like a red planet

 

[JAustin]

Looks like a nice acropora. Names suck.

But if I were to guess red planet.

 

[Elton Wng]

Where does it come from? Indonesia, Australia, Fiji, or Red Planet?

The growth is every slow in my tank in past weeks. So I am trying to find best location for it.

 

[dvanacker]

Are you looking for a species id? If it didnt come from the states its obviously not any of the hobbyist names that have been brought up....might be something similar though. Looks like a millepora maybe.

Also how are we supposed to know where it comes from.....its your coral.

 

[bobssecrtsn]

It's a red planet, the coralites is very similar

 

[Elton Wng]

So it is called " Red Planet" from your end, thanks.

How about species id? anyone has comment?

 

[Bandos reefer]

If it's a red planet it's most likely an acopora Hyacinthus

 

[Frick]

Are you looking for a species id? If it didnt come from the states its obviously not any of the hobbyist names that have been brought up....might be something similar though. Looks like a millepora maybe.

Also how are we supposed to know where it comes from.....its your coral.

Yep. If it's not ORA then it's not Red Planet.

If it's a red planet it's most likely an acopora Hyacinthus

Really hard to say because it's so small. Here is Acropora hyacinthus.
http://coral.aims.gov.au/speciesPages/species_metadata/0036/view#

 

[dvanacker]

Why do some people feel to throw a collector name on every coral is beyond me. There is no way to be sure its even the same species as red planet its so small.

 

[Frick]

Why do some people feel to throw a collector name on every coral is beyond me.

Amen! When you have a real ORAs Red Planet then you can find out how to take care of it and provide optimal husbandry because it has lineage from a colony many other reefer have. When you falsify a name you are only hurting yourself (really the coral) and anyone else that receives frag from you.

 

[Elton Wng]

I did some work on this SPS and I think it is a nice "Acropora milliepora"

My friend has one and show it on below web-site at #3767
http://www.ph84.idv.tw/vbb/showthread.php?t=67846&page=314

But I do not know it is so called red planet by you!!

 

[Elton Wng]

the same as above. Delete.

 

[Frick]

I did some work on this SPS and I think it is a nice "Acropora milliepora"

My friend has one and show it on below web-site at #3767
http://www.ph84.idv.tw/vbb/showthread.php?t=67846&page=314

But I do not know it is so called red planet by you!!

Acropora millepora and ORAs Red Planet are two different corals. Millepora is a species name of one acropora which you could have. If you go with that name then the proper way to ID is wold be Acropora cf. millepora. the "cf." stands for confer. Meaning to "refer to other material or ideas which may provide similar or different information or arguments." The cf. basically says i am not 100% sure for now but this is what i think so far.
http://coral.aims.gov.au/speciesPages/species_metadata/0047/view#
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cf.

ORAs Red Planet is an Acropora collected and grown on farms by ORA and distributed here in the States. It can only be Red Planet if it comes from this strain.
http://www.orafarm.com/products/hardcoral/acropora/red-planet/