Are these the same acro?

[SpinyReef]

Here's my issue,

I believe I may have purchased the same coral twice (again.. I may be a little impulsive). The coralites and colors look very similar and I bought both frags from the same vendor, but the branch growth pattern seems different. I figure if I break off a branch of one and put it on the other frag, I'll know if they're the same depending on whether they sting each other or not. But I'm not sure if all different acroporas sting each other. My experience is that yes, they do but I figured I'd ask just in case. Anyone witnessed two different acroporas NOT stinging each other? Also, how long does it normally take for acros to sting each other? I know the B specimen is not very aggressive as it has been growing 1/4 inches from another acro without any burns on either.

I'm space limited and if they're the same I'll just combine them. Here's pictures.

A - Unidentified look-alike, but has straight non-desalwilooking branches
B - 99.9% certain is a desalwi.

Side picture - they look different looked at sideways through glass with retracted polyps

Top-down - they look identical with a top-down view

 

[dvanacker]

He Olivier....if not the exact same, very close. My guess would be they are the exact same though.

 

[SpinyReef]

I gotta make space for your frags Darryl!

I put a branch of coral A in coral B and they seem to get along fine, so I guess it's the same. I'll combine just them to save space.

 

[Haksar]

Very nice PE,any idea what is the name of this coral.

 

[Whisperer]

Looks like both are plana, desalwii has longer radial coralites.

 

[karsseboom]

Jeez wish I could get a frag pack from Darrel.

 

[SpinyReef]

Jeez wish I could get a frag pack from Darrel.

I don't know nothing about a frag pack from Darryl...

Anyways, I ended up combining the two minicolonies. There's a slight color difference as they had different tank placement, but I still think they're the same.

 

[xxxduke62xxx]

i do that all the time. corals just look different in others tanks. when i do get the same coral i usually put them together.looks like i get extreme growth lol

 

[anthony27]

Spinkreef the coral that you have with the purple tips looks like a ora chips acro.

 

[M007]

He Olivier....if not the exact same, very close. My guess would be they are the exact same though.

+1 :celeb1:

 

[Nanook]

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