Could anybody ID These Three Corals ?
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Stoney Mahony
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Please help id this acro, I have no clue:
ReeferMadnessUS
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Sorry All,
I have watched the kids this weekend while my wife was away. We survived even though I lost a bit more sanity (like I had any to begin with). Actually it's pretty obvious that I don't have any with some of the names that I come up with for my corals
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So back to ID'ing
Undertai,
#1 With the long axial tubular corallites and the classic Purple Tricolor coloration this is a A. cerealis.
#2 I don't think this is a A. prostrata as the branches aren't tapered and the corallites are relatively the same size. In other words I agree that this is a A. millepora.
#3 I concure that this is a A. kimbeensis.
#4 I am not really sure about this one. It looks like several species. My best guess might be a A. pruinosa. Usually brown with long polyps and long, smooth and tubular corallites.
I hope this helps...
Chris @ RM
I have watched the kids this weekend while my wife was away. We survived even though I lost a bit more sanity (like I had any to begin with). Actually it's pretty obvious that I don't have any with some of the names that I come up with for my corals
.So back to ID'ing
Undertai,
#1 With the long axial tubular corallites and the classic Purple Tricolor coloration this is a A. cerealis.
#2 I don't think this is a A. prostrata as the branches aren't tapered and the corallites are relatively the same size. In other words I agree that this is a A. millepora.
#3 I concure that this is a A. kimbeensis.
#4 I am not really sure about this one. It looks like several species. My best guess might be a A. pruinosa. Usually brown with long polyps and long, smooth and tubular corallites.
I hope this helps...
Chris @ RM
ReeferMadnessUS
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Dear Stoney-Mahoney
This gorgeous frag that you have looks to me like the classic Crayola Tabletop with the turquoise branches and purple tips. The Crayola Tabletop has been ID'ed as several different species including A. desalawii, A. plana and A. latistella. This particular frag that you have here looks to me identical to the one that I get out of Fiji. From what I can see from the circular corallites and some what thin branch structure it looks to me like a A. latistella. There are other colonies that come out of Bali and Jarkarta that have thinner branches and different shaped corallites and are therefore a different species.
Give me some more if you have them.
Chris @ RM
This gorgeous frag that you have looks to me like the classic Crayola Tabletop with the turquoise branches and purple tips. The Crayola Tabletop has been ID'ed as several different species including A. desalawii, A. plana and A. latistella. This particular frag that you have here looks to me identical to the one that I get out of Fiji. From what I can see from the circular corallites and some what thin branch structure it looks to me like a A. latistella. There are other colonies that come out of Bali and Jarkarta that have thinner branches and different shaped corallites and are therefore a different species.
Give me some more if you have them.
Chris @ RM
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wentreefgirl
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chris, need help with this one. And its a clear one.
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ReeferMadnessUS
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Anactive,
Okay here goes;
#1 Looks to me like a Bali Green Slimer. It was orginally ID'ed as a A. yongei. But after further review and getting many colonies of slimers from Fiji, I noticed that the Slimer's have a completely different radial corallite structure than the A. yongei. A. yongei's have a egg shaped opening to the radial corallite where as the Slimer's have a triangular shaped radial corallite. So I started to research into the various staghorns that have a wide distrubution and I found that the corallites structure pretty much matches that of the A. formosa.
#2 A. samoensis
#3 A. anthocercis- you can check veron, page 369 photo #5 looks has almost the same structure. The polyps also appear to be the same flowering shape.
#4 A. donei- I have one in my display, same color, same thicker branch tabletop with very circular radial corallites.
#5 A. abrolhosensis- This one I am a little hesitant ID'ing as the polyps are out in full force, but this matches the general branching structure as well as the highly unorganized bushy polyps.
#6 A. rosaria- they look very similar to a A. loripes but there are many more radial corallites that align the branches.
I hope this helps you out. I would love to see some more....
Chris @ RM
Okay here goes;
#1 Looks to me like a Bali Green Slimer. It was orginally ID'ed as a A. yongei. But after further review and getting many colonies of slimers from Fiji, I noticed that the Slimer's have a completely different radial corallite structure than the A. yongei. A. yongei's have a egg shaped opening to the radial corallite where as the Slimer's have a triangular shaped radial corallite. So I started to research into the various staghorns that have a wide distrubution and I found that the corallites structure pretty much matches that of the A. formosa.
#2 A. samoensis
#3 A. anthocercis- you can check veron, page 369 photo #5 looks has almost the same structure. The polyps also appear to be the same flowering shape.
#4 A. donei- I have one in my display, same color, same thicker branch tabletop with very circular radial corallites.
#5 A. abrolhosensis- This one I am a little hesitant ID'ing as the polyps are out in full force, but this matches the general branching structure as well as the highly unorganized bushy polyps.
#6 A. rosaria- they look very similar to a A. loripes but there are many more radial corallites that align the branches.
I hope this helps you out. I would love to see some more....
Chris @ RM
ReeferMadnessUS
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Wentreefgirl,
Beautiful photo by the way. I little hard to judge as it is so close and I cannot see the overall stucture of the coral. But from what I can see this seems to be a Tabletop A. hyacinthus with the flower formation of the radial corallites.
If you can provide another photo I can hopefully strengthen my guess .
Chris @ RM
Beautiful photo by the way. I little hard to judge as it is so close and I cannot see the overall stucture of the coral. But from what I can see this seems to be a Tabletop A. hyacinthus with the flower formation of the radial corallites.
If you can provide another photo I can hopefully strengthen my guess
.Chris @ RM
ReeferMadnessUS
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Now Fellow Reefers,
There are lots and lots of other types of corals. Is there anyone that has something other than Acropora that I can ID? Don't get me wrong, I still want to ID Acropora but I would also like to stay sharp on other types of SPS and LPS if possible, or give me links to threads that I can try and give a hand to.
Just a thought....
Chris @ RM
There are lots and lots of other types of corals. Is there anyone that has something other than Acropora that I can ID? Don't get me wrong, I still want to ID Acropora but I would also like to stay sharp on other types of SPS and LPS if possible, or give me links to threads that I can try and give a hand to.
Just a thought....
Chris @ RM
wentreefgirl
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Ok, is this ok. I have a stumping pic of echino. But dont have but one pic.
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Theres question of this being a rare peice. ???????
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Theres question of this being a rare peice. ???????
AcroSteve
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Ah, but this is the SPS forum
. I do not want to get this great thread moved. :lol:
I will start with an easy one.
:lol:
How about this Piorites? It is my oldest coral. Actually, two or three spots of it survived the trip on my Marshal Island live rock.
And then this one I just picked up. I don't expect much color out of it, but I really liked the texture.
This was billed as a Tyree blue chalice. I have yet to get it to turn blue. :lol:
Wentreefgirl, wanna trade frags?
And this last one.
. I do not want to get this great thread moved. :lol:I will start with an easy one.
:lol:
How about this Piorites? It is my oldest coral. Actually, two or three spots of it survived the trip on my Marshal Island live rock.
And then this one I just picked up. I don't expect much color out of it, but I really liked the texture.
This was billed as a Tyree blue chalice. I have yet to get it to turn blue. :lol:
Wentreefgirl, wanna trade frags?
And this last one.
ReeferMadnessUS
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Wentreefgirl,
Dog gone it, now with that I have seen the second photo I am inclined to say A. millepora but I am still not completely sure. Can you post a larger photo like the one prior? I have seen A. millepora look like a A. hyacinthus as a small colony only to take on the characteristics of a A. millepora as it grows out.
The second is a Echinopora lamellosa and it is pretty rare. We do get them from time to time but only a few a year. I have a huge Powder Blue one in my display. It came in a Pistachio green but has changed to this current blue.
Let me know if you have anything else you would like me to take a shot at.
Chris @ RM
Dog gone it, now with that I have seen the second photo I am inclined to say A. millepora but I am still not completely sure. Can you post a larger photo like the one prior? I have seen A. millepora look like a A. hyacinthus as a small colony only to take on the characteristics of a A. millepora as it grows out.
The second is a Echinopora lamellosa and it is pretty rare. We do get them from time to time but only a few a year. I have a huge Powder Blue one in my display. It came in a Pistachio green but has changed to this current blue.
Let me know if you have anything else you would like me to take a shot at.
Chris @ RM
ReeferMadnessUS
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Acrosteve,
The first is a incredibly rare. I have only seen this once before (earlier today) . It has a hard skeleton and grows very slowly right? I think the scientific name is Acropora getthehellouttamyspstankus.
#2 Porites cumulatus which has a honey-comb pattern to the corallites and stubby branches.
#3 Pachyseris speciosa
#4 Echinopora lamellosa
#5 Platygyra pini
Those will turn into some neat pieces as they grow.
Chris @ RM
The first is a incredibly rare. I have only seen this once before (earlier today)
. It has a hard skeleton and grows very slowly right? I think the scientific name is Acropora getthehellouttamyspstankus.#2 Porites cumulatus which has a honey-comb pattern to the corallites and stubby branches.
#3 Pachyseris speciosa
#4 Echinopora lamellosa
#5 Platygyra pini
Those will turn into some neat pieces as they grow.
Chris @ RM
Bebo77
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7349432#post7349432 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ReeferMadnessUS
Acrosteve,
The first is a incredibly rare. I have only seen this once before (earlier today)
lol :lol: :rollface:
wentreefgirl
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Acgro steve, does your echin lami supposed to look like this one. I got him at 1" and now hes 3 x 4. Tyree le baby blue.
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Stoney Mahony
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Ok Chris, heres another one. I bought it as Chips acro but I have seen many variations that look nothing alike. Thanks for the help!
This one is just a frag but it looks awesome. It supposedly came in as a WaltSmith unidentified acro so I figure you would probably know best. It looks similar to a tort but is super chunky! Here is a close up, I will try to get a better pic.
This one is just a frag but it looks awesome. It supposedly came in as a WaltSmith unidentified acro so I figure you would probably know best. It looks similar to a tort but is super chunky! Here is a close up, I will try to get a better pic.
ReeferMadnessUS
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Undertai,
#1 Possibly A. meridiana but this looks like several species, one way for me to get a better idea to what it might be is to take a photo with another "more recognizable" acro in the same frame. This would allow me to see the size of the corallites and thickness of the branch.
#2 Montipora porites but this is awfully small for me to give a "good guess".
Thanks for keeping me on my toes,
Chris @ RM
#1 Possibly A. meridiana but this looks like several species, one way for me to get a better idea to what it might be is to take a photo with another "more recognizable" acro in the same frame. This would allow me to see the size of the corallites and thickness of the branch.
#2 Montipora porites but this is awfully small for me to give a "good guess".
Thanks for keeping me on my toes,
Chris @ RM
ReeferMadnessUS
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Stoney Mahoney,
#1 The branches look pretty thin and it looks as though it is forming a table. So I am inclined to say A. plana, but with several of these purple tipped, thin branchlets, fuzzy polyped species there are several that look way too similar and they are tough for me to differentiate between them.
#2 Is the "becoming more common but none the less beautiful" Acropora maryae (Red Sea) - where the name is debated, but the structure is almost a carbon copy.
Anyone else? I need some more challenges....
Chris @ RM
#1 The branches look pretty thin and it looks as though it is forming a table. So I am inclined to say A. plana, but with several of these purple tipped, thin branchlets, fuzzy polyped species there are several that look way too similar and they are tough for me to differentiate between them.
#2 Is the "becoming more common but none the less beautiful" Acropora maryae (Red Sea) - where the name is debated, but the structure is almost a carbon copy.
Anyone else? I need some more challenges....
Chris @ RM
wentreefgirl
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I will have you 2 more soon. Photobucket is down
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