Could anybody ID These Three Corals ?

Clkwrk,

#1 I don't think this is a A. formosa as the corallites are too smooth and there are too many incipient axial corallites. The easiest way to tell whether you have a A. formosa is to place you fingers on the branch and rub up and down the branch.... :) If it slimes immediately then you know you have a very excitable A. formosa, lol. What I think you have here is an A. gomezi.

#2 A. parilis, with the thin long branches and the few and far between radial corallites.

#3 Thanks for the updated photo, and I still believe that this is a A. vaughani.

#4 A. solitaryensis with the fused branches and funky blue axial corallites.

#5 A. turaki with the long almost uniform tube like radial corallites and incipient axial corallites.

#6 I agree with the A. jacquelineae

#7 A funky Indonesian A. valida

#8 What is interesting is that this one looks to me like a A. formosa. Remember, rub up and then down to see if it gets excited and then slimes :) . But I could be very wrong with this one as the photo is a little blurry. If you could retake it I could do better for you.

Thanks again for keeping me sharp.

Chris @ RM
 
Clkwrk,

Porites monticulosa with the tiny, tiny corallites (0.5 mm) at least that is what I discern from you photo.

I hope this helps...

Chris @ RM
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7443679#post7443679 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ReeferMadnessUS
Clkwrk,

Porites monticulosa with the tiny, tiny corallites (0.5 mm) at least that is what I discern from you photo.

I hope this helps...

Chris @ RM
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Its just crazy that you know all this stuff!
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7443710#post7443710 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by REEF-DADDY
Its just crazy that you know all this stuff!
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thats nothing he also knows the name of all salt water fish now thats crazy... lol have you seen chris in person? here is his picture




good looking guy isnt he:lol: :lol:
 
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/wentreefgirl/avatar-9.gif">

lol,lol,lol,lol. To the pic. Hes the saltwater master.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7445366#post7445366 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by wentreefgirl
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lol,lol,lol,lol. To the pic. Hes the saltwater master.
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Hey in about 1 year I'll have a chips for ya. My 1/2" frag is growing like a weed!
 
Wow, what a great thread..Here's a few of my acro idontknowwhatitis..

This one encrusts like crazy
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Slow grower..
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Last one....
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Hey all, sorry I was away for the Memorial Day weekend. You all are cruel, I couldn't even comeback with something to protect myself. Personally I think you all are way off, I am much closer to a Jeff Goldbloom in Buckaroo Bonzai, etc... Heck I had the unfortunate experience of being called "Nature Boy" during elementary and middle school. I won't even mention what everyone wanted to put on my High School Football uniform :) . But I am back now and I will not allow any kicks in the groin unless I am kicking myself... :)

Okay now back to the job at hand...

Glaudds,

#1 Looks like a very nice piece but I am having a hard time coming up with a positive ID. I have narrowed it down to A. azurea or A. vailda. I would have an easier time if you could take another few shots for me- top down would be really helpful.

#2 A. insignis as it has the very uniform, rounded corallites. Usually they have corallites that contrast with the branches. I have a few in my display system and the look almost exactly the same and the grow at a snails pace.

#3 A. robusta- this should thin as it branches out. These stags are superb as they can have all the colors of a rainbow.

I hope this helps you out and thanks for joining this thread.

I still need more, we don't want this thread to die do we?

Chris @ RM
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7473444#post7473444 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ReeferMadnessUS
Personally I think you all are way off, I am much closer to a Jeff Goldbloom in Buckaroo Bonzai, etc...
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That's an image:eek1:. How many here have seen Buckaroo Bonzai;)?
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7473444#post7473444 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ReeferMadnessUS

Glaudds,

#1 Looks like a very nice piece but I am having a hard time coming up with a positive ID. I have narrowed it down to A. azurea or A. vailda. I would have an easier time if you could take another few shots for me- top down would be really helpful.

I hope this helps you out and thanks for joining this thread.

I still need more, we don't want this thread to die do we?

Chris @ RM
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Thanks Chris for sharing all your knowledge.....here's a top down shot.. the base of the colony encrusts widely....
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A closer top down shot of one of the branches...

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I'm really not that old... well physically but mentally after being a vendor in this hobby for a decade I am very old :(, lol.

Buckaroo Bonzai is one of my all time favorites, I love Monty Python as well, hell most obscure movies and comedies are right up my alley. They go perfectly with my personality and this hobby for that matter. How else do you think I can up with the unique names of all these corals after all these years.... I calculated it the other day. While at Flying Fish I started naming corals probably about 1998 or 99, then I had a break from 2001 to about 2003, and now Reefer.... So I worked it out to be about 40,000 corals named!!! (Give or take several thousand :) ) Holy Crap!!! Now that I type it out that makes it even worse... I am doomed :) Oh by the way i'm 32 for those who might think I am old (which is still old in the eyes of a 20 year old). Not that it is any excuse for how I behave or how corrupted my mind is after all these years in this hobby:) .

Back to business once again....

Glaudds,

I have completely changed my mind. Now that I have a top view I am almost certain that you have a A. solitaryensis. I can see that the branches are fusing and that the incipient axial corallites are tubular and relatively thin. I actually have a large specimen in my system and it is probably the ugliest Acropora in our posession (sort of like 64ivy's efflo :) ). It has this huge 7 inch in diameter base with this tiny top and these little corallites poking out of a 4 inch top. Super Ugly! Which is nothing like yours.

I hope this helps you out. Give me some more (I am awfully demanding aren't I).... Please give me some more... Is that better?

Chris @ RM
 
Thanks again, Chris!
I got the A. robusta from one of your frag packs.

Regarding the slow growing A. insignus....I noticed the "fastest" growth on the branches where I have accidentally broken off the tips. Would cutting the tips of the other branches stimulated new growth?

Here's another from your frag pack...I wish I had Graham label the bags for me...
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Oh, and if its not too small. How about this one.
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Chris - This is awesome that you are sharing your knowledge. I like reading the thread and seeing if I have any that you have ID'd. I'd post a few pictures, but I keep spending all my extra money on corals and don't have any left for a good camera! Keep up the great work!

Sara
p.s. I'll be out in LA again in July and will stop by for more corals!
 
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