Could anybody ID These Three Corals ?

[ReeferMadnessUS]

Dilligaf,

With the way the base is fused and the corallites seem relatively thinner and small I believe this to be A. solitaryensis, but I could easily be wrong as this piece might change as it grows out. Try me again in 6 months....

Happy fourth,

Chris @ RM

 

[ReeferMadnessUS]

Daddy Jax,

Thanks for the heads up on this thread. I just posted that I have really no idea what this is. I love this kind of challenge. I love to be stumped! Makes me look at all the corals that I don't normally see.

Chris @ RM

 

[ReeferMadnessUS]

Undertai,

#1 Seems to be A. vermiculata.

#2 My guess would be a funky A. tortuosa as they can have corallites that go anywhere.

#3 Acropora awi as they are a bottlebrush species with blunt shaved off corallites.

Nice pieces and I hope they color up for you.

Chris @ RM

 

[wentreefgirl]

Id please!!!!!!!!!
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/wentreefgirl/untitled.jpg">

 

[DaddyJax]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7681577#post7681577 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by wentreefgirl
Id please!!!!!!!!!
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/wentreefgirl/untitled.jpg">

A. Picassoensis

 

[ReeferMadnessUS]

How about A. horrida?

No offense to anyone, I am just a bit picky when it comes to art, as I am a Pseudo artist as well as my mother, grandmother, etc....

If you want to see some bad art check this link...

http://www.reefermadness.us/CLT_Watercolors.htm

Well not too bad but I always think I can do better.....

Chris @ RM

 

[wentreefgirl]

hey, you pretty good.

 

[ReeferMadnessUS]

Hi All,

I have noticed that no one has posted on here recently. I just want to let you all know that I will be in Fiji from July 18 to July 30. So please get your ID's in now while I am here, as I probably won't be able to once I am out of the country.

I don't want this thread to die even when I do make some obnoxious and unheralded comments about some abstract art I sure hope I didn't offend anyone...

Chris @ RM

 

[wentreefgirl]

SOrry, my fault, let me see if I have anymore real id's.

 

[RokleM]

Thoughts?

 

[mr. pluto]

i got 2 more for you ,Chris

and this

thank you .

 

[Joao Monteiro]

Hi there,
Greetings from Portugal !

I´ll join in and see if I get any luck here. Thanks in advance

1. Believe to be a A. Millepora - collected in Indonesia

2. A. cerealis ?? (came from a tank being dismatled. Owner didn´t care much anymore) - don´t know where is was collected and it´s the only pic I have

3. A. Formosa ?? (similar case. Half of it was in a hole, with a few branches totaly white. I split it not to take risks. Still, some of the white branches are recovering) - don´t know where is was collected

I would appreciate if you could answer with the latin names (Sorry, but I´m not too familiar with some of the English ones, specially nicks)

 

[ReeferMadnessUS]

Sorrry about taking so long to keep up with this thread but I am finding that I have no time to do anything including RC. I am working even more than I normally do as I am trying to get ready for my trip to Fiji. I will do my best here but bare with me as I am spread a little thin at the moment. This doesn't mean that I don't love you all

Chris @ RM

 

[ReeferMadnessUS]

RokleM,

This particular Acropora doesn't look too happy. I hope that it recovers for you. The corallite structure and the somewhat thin branches seem to match up with A. valida. I could be wrong though as the structure might change as it grows and recovers from the stressful situation it is feeling at the moment.

Chris @ RM

 

[ReeferMadnessUS]

Mr. Pluto,

You sure have some gorgeous pieces in your reef. Your stuff never seems to stop amazing me.

The first one seems to me to be A. secale but I have also seen A. gemmifera have these same triangular shaped radial corallites. But A. gemmifera usually have thicker branches so I am still leaning toward A. secale.

The second seems to be a mutant A. millepora. There really isn't any Acro that has radial corallites that ruffle like a mille, but what is throwing me off is the length of the branches....

After second and third thought I am sticking to...... A. millepora

Chris @ RM

 

[ReeferMadnessUS]

Joao,

I think the first one might be A. prostrata as the radial corallites seem to be a bit more uniform and the branches are tapered. But as always my ID could change as this piece grows out.

The second I am unsure of as I cannot see the the corallite structure. Is there any way that I can get a closeup of the corallites with the polyps retracted? There are several species that have large flowering polyps like this one has and therefore I am unwilling to make a guess.

The third does seem to be A. formosa. I hope that this piece recovers for you as A. formosa can grow through the roof.

Good luck with this pieces. I love trying to rescue pieces (as long as they aren't covered in some sort of parasite).

Chris @ RM

 

[Joao Monteiro]

Chris,

Thank you so much for your input
I´m on holidays, but on the 2nd weekof August I´ll be back and take a closer pic of number 2 with polips retracted to help ID.

 

[Fliger]

Chris, can I get an ID on this? I love it, it is solid purple - almost metallic. The pix aren't great. Polyps were whitish, but have began to turn to this translucent purple. Not a lot of PE during the day, but a lot at night. The purple is hard to describe, it is very deep.

The one on the left

This one is washed out due to the flash, but the coral structure is there.

I had a real deal PM (died a couple years back) and have your "imitation" - this one reminds me a lot of my original one. It is my favorite coral.

Also this one - probably just a tenuis. Really awesome color in person

 

[Leishman]

I'm not a big ID person but I would like to know what this one is. It grows SLOW, slower than my PM.

Thanks Chris

-Rik

 

[ReeferMadnessUS]

Chris is in Fiji until August 1st so he will be unable to id any corals until he returns. I'm sure he'll be more than happy to help everyone out at that time.

Kristine