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Could anybody ID These Three Corals ?
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ReefWaters
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Re: Could anybody ID These Three Corals ?
Definately porites. IMO
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6506276#post6506276 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by AcroSteve
This one is very tolerant of low flow and light. Looks like porites of some sort.
Definately porites. IMO
ReeferMadnessUS
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Undertai,
Some of the corals that you are asking me to help you out with are quite small. I have a difficult time when trying to ID frags as they have not fully developed their overall structure. I have seen some strange things happen to frags as they grow and therefore I am reluctant to make a concrete decision. But I will do my best....
#1 Looks to me like a Crayola Tabletop which most seems to be a A. latistella, but realistically it can be a couple of different species. I am not sure if anyone has noticed this but there are several species in Veron where the photos listed on each of the species are almost exactly the same. This species is one of those. A. desalawii, plana and latistella all are quite similar. But from what I have seen as a mature colony, with fully developed branches and undisturbed corallites I believe these to be A. latistella.
#2 I respect your guess but I disagree. One thing that I try to do when ID'ing is to look at the distrubution map. I don't always follow this as some corals look too similar but according to the map they don't exist in that part of the ocean (A. maryae for example). When looking at this frag several times I have come to the conclusion that it is just too small to ID. Too much room for failure when it is this size. Take another photo after it has grown a few inches, or if possible get me a photo of the mother colony.
#3 This photo is pretty blurry so I am having a little bit of a hard time with it. But I have narrowed it down to 2 possible species A. cerealis or A. azurea. A. cerealis would make more sense as it has a larger distrubution but with the way the corallites seem to curl back into the branch I am inclined to say A. azurea. Maybe if you could get a better photo I might be able to say one way or another.
#4 Same as #2 as it is just too small and the polyps are out too far to give you good guess.
For the next post....
#1 I am pretty sure that this is A. ceralis. The tubular corallites, deep purple and the yellow tips.
#2 I am inclined to say A. anthrocercis. This is another one that is pretty close to A. plana, latistella and desalawii. But the raidal corallites can be more rounded and they also have flowering polyps. I would be interested to see what this looks like in 6 months.
#3 A. insignis with the long tapering branches and the very uniform corallites. Somtimes the corallites with contrast in color from the branch.
#4 Not sure, any chance for a full colony shot?
#5 Looks to me like a A. tenuis but again it is a little small, give it some more time and retake it. I can then give you a better guess.
Thanks for the challenges! I need more, we can't just let this thread die!
I am ready when you are....
Chris @ RM
Some of the corals that you are asking me to help you out with are quite small. I have a difficult time when trying to ID frags as they have not fully developed their overall structure. I have seen some strange things happen to frags as they grow and therefore I am reluctant to make a concrete decision. But I will do my best....
#1 Looks to me like a Crayola Tabletop which most seems to be a A. latistella, but realistically it can be a couple of different species. I am not sure if anyone has noticed this but there are several species in Veron where the photos listed on each of the species are almost exactly the same. This species is one of those. A. desalawii, plana and latistella all are quite similar. But from what I have seen as a mature colony, with fully developed branches and undisturbed corallites I believe these to be A. latistella.
#2 I respect your guess but I disagree. One thing that I try to do when ID'ing is to look at the distrubution map. I don't always follow this as some corals look too similar but according to the map they don't exist in that part of the ocean (A. maryae for example). When looking at this frag several times I have come to the conclusion that it is just too small to ID. Too much room for failure when it is this size. Take another photo after it has grown a few inches, or if possible get me a photo of the mother colony.
#3 This photo is pretty blurry so I am having a little bit of a hard time with it. But I have narrowed it down to 2 possible species A. cerealis or A. azurea. A. cerealis would make more sense as it has a larger distrubution but with the way the corallites seem to curl back into the branch I am inclined to say A. azurea. Maybe if you could get a better photo I might be able to say one way or another.
#4 Same as #2 as it is just too small and the polyps are out too far to give you good guess.
For the next post....
#1 I am pretty sure that this is A. ceralis. The tubular corallites, deep purple and the yellow tips.
#2 I am inclined to say A. anthrocercis. This is another one that is pretty close to A. plana, latistella and desalawii. But the raidal corallites can be more rounded and they also have flowering polyps. I would be interested to see what this looks like in 6 months.
#3 A. insignis with the long tapering branches and the very uniform corallites. Somtimes the corallites with contrast in color from the branch.
#4 Not sure, any chance for a full colony shot?
#5 Looks to me like a A. tenuis but again it is a little small, give it some more time and retake it. I can then give you a better guess.
Thanks for the challenges! I need more, we can't just let this thread die!
I am ready when you are....
Chris @ RM
How come I missed this thread all this time? Can I play as well? Thank you Chris in advance
A.batunai?
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A.granulosa?
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Another granulosa?
A.nobilis?
A.? I have no idea what this is
A.youngei?
A.plana?
A.batunai?
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Another granulosa?
A.nobilis?
A.? I have no idea what this is
A.youngei?
A.plana?
ReeferMadnessUS
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Excellent! I agree with you on every one except one! The A. nobilis seems to have corallites that are a bit too scale like (pointy) my thought on this one is A. abrolhosensis. I have one that is almost exact to this in my display tank (red as well). Too cool to have a red stag (other than A. abrotanoides).
Your unknown i think is a A. tenuis with the completely circular opening to the corallites.
Sweet photos by the way.
Play any time...
Off to bed.
Chris @ RM
Your unknown i think is a A. tenuis with the completely circular opening to the corallites.
Sweet photos by the way.
Play any time...
Off to bed.
Chris @ RM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7257288#post7257288 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ReeferMadnessUS
Excellent! I agree with you on every one except one! The A. nobilis seems to have corallites that are a bit too scale like (pointy) my thought on this one is A. abrolhosensis. I have one that is almost exact to this in my display tank (red as well). Too cool to have a red stag (other than A. abrotanoides).
Your unknown i think is a A. tenuis with the completely circular opening to the corallites.
Sweet photos by the way.
Play any time...
Off to bed.
Chris @ RM
Thank you for the quick response. What threw me off with that Tenuis is that the fully developed corallites seem to be too long for a tenuis.
Here are some more
A.jaquelinae?
A.tenuis?
A.vermiculata? I think the axial corallites are short enough to qualify it as vermiculata anyway. What do you think?
A.robusta?
Sold to me as A.solitaryensis
A.carolinia?
Thanks!
ReeferMadnessUS
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Okay I'm back...
Undertai,
#1 Is a little too close for me to really give a definite answer. If you could get another from further out I would appreciate it. But from what I can see it seems to be either a A. solitaryensis or something else
#2 I haven't seen this species in a long while. This is a tough Bali Cultured species that doesn't really fit into any of the defined species in Veron. My best guess is a A. macrostoma with the long tubular corallites that are very organized. But I can easily have an incorrect guess here.
#3 I can't make out heads or tails as it is (just as you state) too blurry.
#4 From the small photo that you have provided and the crazy growth pattern and mixed up corallites I believe that this is a A. austera.
I hope this helps you out. Get me some more photos of those others as time passes.
Chris @ RM
Undertai,
#1 Is a little too close for me to really give a definite answer. If you could get another from further out I would appreciate it. But from what I can see it seems to be either a A. solitaryensis or something else
#2 I haven't seen this species in a long while. This is a tough Bali Cultured species that doesn't really fit into any of the defined species in Veron. My best guess is a A. macrostoma with the long tubular corallites that are very organized. But I can easily have an incorrect guess here.
#3 I can't make out heads or tails as it is (just as you state) too blurry.
#4 From the small photo that you have provided and the crazy growth pattern and mixed up corallites I believe that this is a A. austera.
I hope this helps you out. Get me some more photos of those others as time passes.
Chris @ RM
ReeferMadnessUS
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Dkle,
Once again I agree with you on almost everyone except the A. tenuis. If you look closely the one you are guessing is a A. tenuis and the next one which you are calling a A. vermiculata are almost a carbon copy of each other. So which way do we go? I believe that both of these are A. vermiculata as the corallites seem to be very scale like and not quite as horseshoe shaped as found in A. tenuis.
Take it for what its worth.
Have a great night all. Throw me some more if you've got em. I still haven't seen enough (I don't think I ever will).
Chris @ RM
Once again I agree with you on almost everyone except the A. tenuis. If you look closely the one you are guessing is a A. tenuis and the next one which you are calling a A. vermiculata are almost a carbon copy of each other. So which way do we go? I believe that both of these are A. vermiculata as the corallites seem to be very scale like and not quite as horseshoe shaped as found in A. tenuis.
Take it for what its worth.
Have a great night all. Throw me some more if you've got em. I still haven't seen enough (I don't think I ever will).
Chris @ RM
undertai
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Well I'm back and I have more to show.
1.) This was a browned out colony that I bought for $17 at a LFS.
For Bigger Picture Click Here
2.)
Same Coral different angle
3.) Image of the one I called A. Solitaryensis (I have fragged it since picture to make room for others)
4.) Need both id But mainly interested in the green one in back.
5.) You asked for a full colony shot its about 6 months ago (From previous post)
6.) This use to be the purple with green polyp when I first got it 4 months ago (one from one of my other post. Blurry purple on in back of picture)
7.) The one u called A. macrostoma (better picture)
8.)
1.) This was a browned out colony that I bought for $17 at a LFS.
For Bigger Picture Click Here
2.)
Same Coral different angle
3.) Image of the one I called A. Solitaryensis (I have fragged it since picture to make room for others)
4.) Need both id But mainly interested in the green one in back.
5.) You asked for a full colony shot its about 6 months ago (From previous post)
6.) This use to be the purple with green polyp when I first got it 4 months ago (one from one of my other post. Blurry purple on in back of picture)
7.) The one u called A. macrostoma (better picture)
8.)
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ReeferMadnessUS
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Sorry folks, I have been very busy this weekend and I left this thread unattended. I apologize. I will not let it happen again (until next weekend )
Undertai,
#1 Is an interesting Acro. From what I can see at this particular moment the corallites are really spread apart and the branches are really tapered but it is not a stagnorn. The only one that I can make out that fits this bill is A. fastigata.
#2 I am probably making a horrible guess with this but from the shape of the corallites and for how smooth the branches appear to be I think this is a A. valida. I am probably way off with this one. Sometimes when a coral appears this way I try to go with some sort of color pattern, but this has none so I can't go by that.
#3 This could be a A. solitaryensis but the axial corallites seem to be to thick (like 2x thicker than the soli's that I have come through my door). I beleive this to be a A. granulosa. Only time will tell though, let it grow out a bit and take another photo.
#4 I am having a very hard time with both of these. The one in the back is really too small to get a reliable ID on. The other is a little too blurry but it looks like it might turn into a Purple Bonzai (A. valida).
#5 With the way that the radial corallites are aligned and the tips sort of stunted I am inclined to say that this is a A. inermis. But there are several species that have similarities to this, so take this ID lightly.
#6 With the Purple popping out and the lips or the corallites yellow I can positively say that this is a A. valida.
#7 Thanks for the retake and yes I still believe that this is a A. macrostoma.
#8 Not an Acropora but a Montipora altasepta.
Thanks again for retaking those that I asked about.
Chris @ RM
)Undertai,
#1 Is an interesting Acro. From what I can see at this particular moment the corallites are really spread apart and the branches are really tapered but it is not a stagnorn. The only one that I can make out that fits this bill is A. fastigata.
#2 I am probably making a horrible guess with this but from the shape of the corallites and for how smooth the branches appear to be I think this is a A. valida. I am probably way off with this one. Sometimes when a coral appears this way I try to go with some sort of color pattern, but this has none so I can't go by that.
#3 This could be a A. solitaryensis but the axial corallites seem to be to thick (like 2x thicker than the soli's that I have come through my door). I beleive this to be a A. granulosa. Only time will tell though, let it grow out a bit and take another photo.
#4 I am having a very hard time with both of these. The one in the back is really too small to get a reliable ID on. The other is a little too blurry but it looks like it might turn into a Purple Bonzai (A. valida).
#5 With the way that the radial corallites are aligned and the tips sort of stunted I am inclined to say that this is a A. inermis. But there are several species that have similarities to this, so take this ID lightly.
#6 With the Purple popping out and the lips or the corallites yellow I can positively say that this is a A. valida.
#7 Thanks for the retake and yes I still believe that this is a A. macrostoma.
#8 Not an Acropora but a Montipora altasepta.
Thanks again for retaking those that I asked about.
Chris @ RM
ReeferMadnessUS
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Dkle,
#1 What a gorgeous colony! How large is it in diameter? I do not believe that this is a A. teres. A. teres have very immeresed polyps and corallites almost appear to be shaved off. Acropora copiosa is what I can come up with. A. copiosa have lots of branchlets and very few secondary radial corallites (the smaller corallites between the larger ones).
I completely agree with you on the A. formosa and the A. insignis.
The one that you was sold to you as a A. elseyi looks to have corallites that are much too small for it to be that species. I am not going to even guess as this it too small for me to give a even educated guess.
I also agree with the ID on the A. turaki. The rounded but long tubular corallites are quite distinctive.
The A. nasuta I believe is a Acropora striata. The branching structure seems to be more stag like and the radial corallites have tubular shape with a protruding lower lip.
Your A. carduus is.... in my opinion a A. carduus...
Beautiful photos, thanks again. I love the challenge, bring it on!
Chris @ RM
#1 What a gorgeous colony! How large is it in diameter? I do not believe that this is a A. teres. A. teres have very immeresed polyps and corallites almost appear to be shaved off. Acropora copiosa is what I can come up with. A. copiosa have lots of branchlets and very few secondary radial corallites (the smaller corallites between the larger ones).
I completely agree with you on the A. formosa and the A. insignis.
The one that you was sold to you as a A. elseyi looks to have corallites that are much too small for it to be that species. I am not going to even guess as this it too small for me to give a even educated guess.
I also agree with the ID on the A. turaki. The rounded but long tubular corallites are quite distinctive.
The A. nasuta I believe is a Acropora striata. The branching structure seems to be more stag like and the radial corallites have tubular shape with a protruding lower lip.
Your A. carduus is.... in my opinion a A. carduus...
Beautiful photos, thanks again. I love the challenge, bring it on!
Chris @ RM
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7233717#post7233717 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ReeferMadnessUS
I need to take a break for a little bit. Maybe watch some Bball. Don't tell SPStoner about this thread as his Cavs won and my Lakers lost. I am sure he is already gloating
I will be back in a little while.
Chris @ RM
I was gloating, but now it's your turn! Looks like both series will go 7 games....BTW, nice dunk OVER Nash by Kobe on Thursday night!
undertai
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A couple more. I think thats it until I by some more corals. tuesday
The first two corals are from the picture above. Except the purple one is more of a teal color now..
1.) The kinda purple one on the bottom
2.) Acropora gomezi
3.) Sold as Acropora Chesterfieldensis
4.)
5.)
The first two corals are from the picture above. Except the purple one is more of a teal color now..
1.) The kinda purple one on the bottom
2.) Acropora gomezi
3.) Sold as Acropora Chesterfieldensis
4.)
5.)
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ReeferMadnessUS
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Dear Undertai,
Photos #1 and #2- I am still have a tough time with this one. It could be a Tort of some type...
Photos #3 and #4 looks to me like a Acropora awi. It has the same long tubular corallites that are frequently divided.
ID #2 I agree that it is a A. gomezi
ID#3 It could be a A. chesterfieldensis but it is too small in my opinion for me to make a judgement.
ID #4 Is too small for me to give a accurate ID
ID #5 Looks to me like a A. anthrocercis or A. latistella, etc.... or something like that. But it has too many of those characteristics at this size. Give it some more time and I will give it another shot.
Sorry about the vague ID's on some of these....
I hope this sort of helps.
Chris @ RM
Photos #1 and #2- I am still have a tough time with this one. It could be a Tort of some type...
Photos #3 and #4 looks to me like a Acropora awi. It has the same long tubular corallites that are frequently divided.
ID #2 I agree that it is a A. gomezi
ID#3 It could be a A. chesterfieldensis but it is too small in my opinion for me to make a judgement.
ID #4 Is too small for me to give a accurate ID
ID #5 Looks to me like a A. anthrocercis or A. latistella, etc.... or something like that. But it has too many of those characteristics at this size. Give it some more time and I will give it another shot.
Sorry about the vague ID's on some of these....
I hope this sort of helps.
Chris @ RM
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