wentreefgirl
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Ok, that didnt work. Well ill try again in a bit.
Could anybody ID These Three Corals ?
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Happy guessing.
ReeferMadnessUS
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Wentreefgirl,
Okay here goes...
#1 Acropora kosurini, not very common and looks similar to A. insignis but there are a few distinguishing characteristics. First is that there does not seem to be a color contrast between the branch color and the radial corallites. Second is that there are quite a few incipient axial corallites. Third, it seems to have very triangular and branch hugging corallites.
#2 A. sarmentosa is quite distinguishable with the flattened axial corallites and somewhat thick tabling branches.
Nice photos. Thanks again. What is happening to this thread? I need more, I know you all have more
Chris @ RM
Okay here goes...
#1 Acropora kosurini, not very common and looks similar to A. insignis but there are a few distinguishing characteristics. First is that there does not seem to be a color contrast between the branch color and the radial corallites. Second is that there are quite a few incipient axial corallites. Third, it seems to have very triangular and branch hugging corallites.
#2 A. sarmentosa is quite distinguishable with the flattened axial corallites and somewhat thick tabling branches.
Nice photos. Thanks again. What is happening to this thread? I need more, I know you all have more
Chris @ RM
wentreefgirl
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Thanks so much Chris. Im still working on more. How are you at lps. Theres a person on lps looking for id of something that looks like favia war coral.
ReeferMadnessUS
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Wentreefgirl,
I love LPS just as much as SPS. Some can be very difficult to ID if there isnt a size reference but I will always make a stab. Start a thread in the LPS forum and I will follow.....
Undertai,
I don't think the first one is a A. prostrata. I am thinking A. millepora on this due to the thicker branches and very randomly sized corallites.
The second one I believe is a very funky and distorted A. turaki but it could also be a A. navini. The only way to tell when a Acro is this distorted is to compare the sizes of the corallites with a different "more recognizable" Acropora. If you can include another Acropora in the photo I can give you a better "guess".
Keep 'em coming....
Chris @ RM
I love LPS just as much as SPS. Some can be very difficult to ID if there isnt a size reference but I will always make a stab. Start a thread in the LPS forum and I will follow.....
Undertai,
I don't think the first one is a A. prostrata. I am thinking A. millepora on this due to the thicker branches and very randomly sized corallites.
The second one I believe is a very funky and distorted A. turaki but it could also be a A. navini. The only way to tell when a Acro is this distorted is to compare the sizes of the corallites with a different "more recognizable" Acropora. If you can include another Acropora in the photo I can give you a better "guess".
Keep 'em coming....
Chris @ RM
Stoney Mahony
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How about this one Chris: A. Nana?
This is a frag, too early to tell?
Thanks again Chris!
This is a frag, too early to tell?
Thanks again Chris!
vitaldefect001
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what do you think?
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ReeferMadnessUS
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Stoney,
A. nana is a good guess, but I think the branches are too thick for that species. My guess would be A. azurea as it is similar to both A. valida and A. nana but has thicker branches and radial corallites that have a larger opening.
The second photo of the frag is quite small. It seems to have the beginnings of a A. cerealis but only time will tell.
Kroe,
With the fused branches and the relatively short incipient axial corallites my thought is a Indo Cultured A. solitaryensis.
Thanks for playing "name that frag, colony, colored stick, etc"
Chris @ RM
A. nana is a good guess, but I think the branches are too thick for that species. My guess would be A. azurea as it is similar to both A. valida and A. nana but has thicker branches and radial corallites that have a larger opening.
The second photo of the frag is quite small. It seems to have the beginnings of a A. cerealis but only time will tell.
Kroe,
With the fused branches and the relatively short incipient axial corallites my thought is a Indo Cultured A. solitaryensis.
Thanks for playing "name that frag, colony, colored stick, etc"
Chris @ RM
ReeferMadnessUS
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Vitaldefect001,
I actually posted on your thread last night... But no worries here is my answer.
When I first saw this photo I was also thinking A. nasuta with the shallow saucer shaped radial corallites but the branch length kinda bothered me to the point where I started looking around. And then I found a species that seems to match it a bit more= A. mirabilis. They have somewhat long tapered branches, thinner rather than thick branches and short radial corallites. I have gotten a few in over this past year that match this to some extent and this is what I come up with..... Take it for what its worth.
Chris @ RM
Beautiful Acro by the way.
I actually posted on your thread last night... But no worries here is my answer.
When I first saw this photo I was also thinking A. nasuta with the shallow saucer shaped radial corallites but the branch length kinda bothered me to the point where I started looking around. And then I found a species that seems to match it a bit more= A. mirabilis. They have somewhat long tapered branches, thinner rather than thick branches and short radial corallites. I have gotten a few in over this past year that match this to some extent and this is what I come up with..... Take it for what its worth.
Chris @ RM
Beautiful Acro by the way.
vitaldefect001
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is this speicies more rare then most?
i did a quick search on it... and didnt find much...
any recomendations on what it needs for flow and light?
-brandon
i did a quick search on it... and didnt find much...
any recomendations on what it needs for flow and light?
-brandon
The walking coral encyclopedia man:lol: 
castorpollux
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those button mushrooms are haitian, they get huge right? i know they are extremely poisonous too.
ReeferMadnessUS
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vitaldefect001
This is definately not a common Acropora. I find that they like moderate flow and light. But from the look of your photo it is quite happy and I wouldn't change a thing (unless this isn't in your reef?).
I hope this helps...
Chris @ RM
This is definately not a common Acropora. I find that they like moderate flow and light. But from the look of your photo it is quite happy and I wouldn't change a thing (unless this isn't in your reef?).
I hope this helps...
Chris @ RM
ReeferMadnessUS
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Burkleman,
Unfortunately I am having a hard time with quite a few of these frags. When pieces are this small it is difficult to see their true structure. I will do my best but please don't hold me to it, because as they grow they might turn into something completely different.
#1 A. schmitti or A. chesterfieldensis as they have the most defined barrel shaped corallites.
#2 Awfully ragged but I am inclined to guess A. nobilis but it could easily be a Green Slimer A. formosa. Does it slime heavily and immediately if you touch it or remove it from your reef?
#3 A. insignins but I could be way off, the photo is pretty blurry and the colony is quite small.
#4 A. valida or A. cerealis again too small to really tell, but this is definately a tricolor with thinner branches so it is probably one of these two species.
#5 A. sarmentosa with the blunt tips and rosette arrangement of the corallites.
#6 A. cerealis as this one is large enough to start to see the elongated tubular radial corallites.
#7 A. valida or quite possibly A. azurea but its hard to tell at this time.
#8 A. tenuis, as it has very characteristic blue tipped circular corallites.
#9 Another A. cerealis
I hope this helps but don't put much weight on it.... Retake the photos in 6 months and then ask me again... I would be interested in how close my guesses were.
Chris @ RM
Unfortunately I am having a hard time with quite a few of these frags. When pieces are this small it is difficult to see their true structure. I will do my best but please don't hold me to it, because as they grow they might turn into something completely different.
#1 A. schmitti or A. chesterfieldensis as they have the most defined barrel shaped corallites.
#2 Awfully ragged but I am inclined to guess A. nobilis but it could easily be a Green Slimer A. formosa. Does it slime heavily and immediately if you touch it or remove it from your reef?
#3 A. insignins but I could be way off, the photo is pretty blurry and the colony is quite small.
#4 A. valida or A. cerealis again too small to really tell, but this is definately a tricolor with thinner branches so it is probably one of these two species.
#5 A. sarmentosa with the blunt tips and rosette arrangement of the corallites.
#6 A. cerealis as this one is large enough to start to see the elongated tubular radial corallites.
#7 A. valida or quite possibly A. azurea but its hard to tell at this time.
#8 A. tenuis, as it has very characteristic blue tipped circular corallites.
#9 Another A. cerealis
I hope this helps but don't put much weight on it.... Retake the photos in 6 months and then ask me again... I would be interested in how close my guesses were.
Chris @ RM
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Bradleyj,
Someone in another post mentioned Haitian but I don't think so as they have Zoo on the same rock that look they might be from the Solomon's as they have the short tentacle and are relatively small. So I believe those are some sort of Discosoma sp., really nice ones by the way...
I am assuming you mean the huge button polyps amongst the Ricordea's, those are Protopalythoa grandis. I wish I could get those more often they are really neat
Let me know if you have anymore.
Chris @ RM
Someone in another post mentioned Haitian but I don't think so as they have Zoo on the same rock that look they might be from the Solomon's as they have the short tentacle and are relatively small. So I believe those are some sort of Discosoma sp., really nice ones by the way...
I am assuming you mean the huge button polyps amongst the Ricordea's, those are Protopalythoa grandis. I wish I could get those more often they are really neat
Let me know if you have anymore.
Chris @ RM
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