Could anybody ID These Three Corals ?

Acrosteve,

Damn You!!! I am doomed, I can't even go out to the local Reef Strip Clubs now. All those jiggly Xenia and flowering polyps and Hairy Acros... I miss them so much. My evening's are spent IDing corals... My Life is Ruined! LOL Just kidding I love it, I hope we can keep it going for as long as possible. It keeps my brain as sharp as possible- if that is possible.

But yes, to answer your question, what you have there is a naturally propagated Pocillopora damicornis. I know of some system's where they become a nuisance. I have a few that have settled on some of the bases on my broodstock in my raceways. They can eventually cause recession if they anchor too close to another more sensitive coral.

But thanks again for tapping me out even further. :)

Chris @ RM
 
thanks Chris, the 2nd one does not slime and i'm certain
it not a Formosa. its a Bali aq. some has suggested it too
is a insignis.
 
Mr. Pluto,

Yeah I thought that maybe the case but all I can go by is a photo. Photos can be deceiving. Can you provide a closeup of the branches and another angle? That might help me to give you a better idea what this might be.

Chris @ RM
 
Ok, here is a side pic

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how bout another id?

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thanks again,
 
Mr. Pluto,

Now that I can see the closeup I do believe that you are right. The radial corallites are very distinctive on an insignis. They are the only short staghorn (that I can think of) that has such rounded, widely spaced radial corallites. Usually there is more of a color contrast between the corallites and the branches but as we all know there are as many color variations as plankton in the sea.

The second you have photographed also has very distinctive radial corallites that are very uniform and jut out perpendicular to the branch. This points me in the direction of A. valenciennesi.

I hope this helps you out a bit more....

Chris @ RM
 
For the second photo, I was also thinking of A. pectinatus but the radial corallites seem to be longer, sharper and even more distinctive. That is why I changed my ID to A. valenciennesi.

I hope I didn't confuse anyone. :)

Chris @ RM
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7589618#post7589618 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ReeferMadnessUS
Bensonwu,

No worries, I love helping out my fellow reefer's. Give us some more if you have them.

Chris @ RM
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Here is another one,Please ID this :)

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thank you again chris for the id.
clkwrk, yes, that is what i was told.
fliger, i thought so too till i saw the vernon's pic
btw did you see the pic from souta's?
 
Fliger and Mr. Pluto,

I disagree that this is A. tizardi. A. tizardi have very thin branches that interlock in three dimensions. This to me looks as it has medium thick branches that do not interlock. I have seen A. tizardi and their branches break with the slightest of handling. The corallites are also different in that they angle upward and aren't nearly as sharp (shaved off). In otherwords I still believe this to be A. valenciennesi.

Examples from Veron,

http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/801-900/Species pages/828.htm
and
http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/001-100/Species pages/76.htm

Just my observations, but as always I am probably more wrong than right as this is just a guessing game. :)

Chris @ RM

P.S. Fliger when are you coming out again? Wasn't it this week, or is it next? I hope that you can still come by.
 
Hey Chris, I went out last week but just for a day so I didn't get a chance to stop anywhere (except gcarroll's house, I think I left my jaw on the floor). I should be there in the next two weeks, I really need to stop by.

Pluto - I have a "tizardi" from Soutas, and I have one from Patrick Monaghan as well. Patrick's has made a few round trips to hell :lol: but is finally on the rebound (again). I've never seen a coral that can go brown SO FAST and color up again SO FAST. Who knows though if Patrick's really was a tizardi. I think there is a pretty good chance that the Soutas coral came from him - I recently was told that he, Upscales and Soutas are all from Oregon - but I'm not 100% sure.

Anyway, here is the Patrick's original from prolly a year ago. It was on the rebound, so its not a great shot. Since then it came back to 90%, then went to hell, started to come back, RB's took it to hell again, and now is looking great again. This coral is SO affected by RB's. When its healthy, the body is sky blue and the polyps are bright green.

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This one I got from Soutas (through a middle vendor). It is large now. I have them side by side and it looks extremely similar to Patricks. I have to update my pictures. BTW, it absolutely LOVES light.

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Oh and here is a shot that I got from another RC'er - he also got it from Patrick sold as a Tizardi. Hope he doesn't mind I'm using his pic. I got mine close once, a few years ago to this color, but not as solid.

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No offense to anyone, but I think the original ID was incorrect. Sort of like A. yongei being called the "slimer" where the true slimer is A. formosa.

As you can see when comparing it to Veron, the branching structure from the photos you have provided are completely different with much thicker branches and different shaped corallites.

Take it for what its worth :) .........

Chris @ RM
 
i agree with you Chris, i knew it didn't look like a tizardi.
so this is the same as the ora turqouise stag, which is a.
valenciennesi. good maybe mine will turn completely baby blue too. time to turn up the heat a little, so to speak.
 
Yup, after looking at those other corals its not a true Tizardi. Not that it matters, I like the coral not the name. So I wonder if the ORA teal stag is the same thing. Do a lot of valenciennesis get imported?
 
Bensonwu,

This looks to me like a Yellow A. nobilis, I get them from very rarely in this coloration. But the more I look at this I am thinking that the branches are a bit too large for A. nobilis and therefore it might be A. robusta.... The only way for me to really tell is if you could get the polyps to retract and then take a photo. That way I can see what the corallites really look like. It is just too fuzzy for me to tell at the moment.

I love Yellow Acropora though, they contrast so nicely with the blues and purple in our reefs these days.

Chris @ RM
 
Fliger,

I do not see too many come in. A couple every few months, but I don't get a lot of Bali Aquacultured and that is where they seem to be propogated the most.

Sweet colony though, I wish I had something like that to frag :)

Chris @ RM
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7614093#post7614093 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ReeferMadnessUS
Bensonwu,

This looks to me like a Yellow A. nobilis, I get them from very rarely in this coloration. But the more I look at this I am thinking that the branches are a bit too large for A. nobilis and therefore it might be A. robusta.... The only way for me to really tell is if you could get the polyps to retract and then take a photo. That way I can see what the corallites really look like. It is just too fuzzy for me to tell at the moment.

I love Yellow Acropora though, they contrast so nicely with the blues and purple in our reefs these days.

Chris @ RM
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Chris..This following one(my friend's) belongs to the same batch @LFS as the one I posted last time but with retracted polyp . I think this one is more easy to ID for U!:)
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