ReeferMadnessUS
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Yeah don't place anything too close as beauty is only skin deep, lol.
Could anybody ID These Three Corals ?
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wentreefgirl
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Lol,
Leishman
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7914539#post7914539 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ReeferMadnessUS
Leishman,
What an insance piece and what a crazy growth pattern!
I have seen 2 species that have growth pattern similar to this. One is A. multiacuta and the other (strangely enough) is A. austera. I have seen A. austera grow in so many different forms it's mind boggling. I have seen them as tabletops, staghorns, almost digitate, etc...
I found a growth form that is similar to your piece but not nearly the same color. Check this link:
http://www.reefermadness.us/RMD08040370.htm
I might be leaning toward A. austera as I have their incipient axial corallites change from a standard rounded shape to this crazy extended tube.
Take my guess for all its worth
Chris @ RM
Thanks Chris. I knew is was something special and had to get a frag the second I saw it in a friends reef. My initial frag is ~1" but this big frag I just got 2 weeks ago from a local reefer who was getting out of the SPS side of the hoby (he got his from the same guy I got mine from). Maybe next time I order form you I can send you a frag as trade/partial payment
ReeferMadnessUS
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Could you imagine how incredible a full size colony of this would be? I am drooling just thinking about it. Hot Damn! 
I hope it flourishes for you.
Chris @ RM
I hope it flourishes for you.
Chris @ RM
maggiesaqsup
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A few more Chris.
I know it is small but I have had this for 1 yr from a 1/4" frag and wanted you to take a guess.
with pe
without pe
and this one is cool it is hard to tell from the picture (10k mh) but it has pink tips.
I know it is small but I have had this for 1 yr from a 1/4" frag and wanted you to take a guess.
with pe
without pe
and this one is cool it is hard to tell from the picture (10k mh) but it has pink tips.
143gadgets
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Hey Chris! I got a neew one for you!
What do u think? Gomezi?
What do u think? Gomezi?
ReeferMadnessUS
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Maggieaqsup,
1) It looks to me that the incipient axial corallites are pretty fat, tubular and a bottlebrush with flowering polyps and even though this specimen is pretty funky in shape and not very large, I believe this to be A. navini. But as I always say, give me another photo in 6 months or so and I might change my guess.
2) As you mention this is pretty small so take this guess with a grain of saly but I do having something in my possession that looks pretty similar to this and as it has come to grow out I believe that this species is A. parilis. It should have long thin purplish branches with yellow flowering polyps as it grows out.
3) A. elseyi as it has long tubular radial corallites that arrange themselves close to the branch.
Good luck with them all,
Chris @ RM
1) It looks to me that the incipient axial corallites are pretty fat, tubular and a bottlebrush with flowering polyps and even though this specimen is pretty funky in shape and not very large, I believe this to be A. navini. But as I always say, give me another photo in 6 months or so and I might change my guess.
2) As you mention this is pretty small so take this guess with a grain of saly but I do having something in my possession that looks pretty similar to this and as it has come to grow out I believe that this species is A. parilis. It should have long thin purplish branches with yellow flowering polyps as it grows out.
3) A. elseyi as it has long tubular radial corallites that arrange themselves close to the branch.
Good luck with them all,
Chris @ RM
ReeferMadnessUS
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143gadgets,
I agree with you wholeheartedly. This is one of the few Acropora that has such distinct, large, blunt and tubular radial corallites.
Nice Piece!
Chris @ RM
I agree with you wholeheartedly. This is one of the few Acropora that has such distinct, large, blunt and tubular radial corallites.
Nice Piece!
Chris @ RM
143gadgets
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Thanks Chris
CAreefer
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Chris, Thanks for the I.D. Trying to remember where I ever got an A. Loripes. hmmm.
Anyways, that piece is just off center, 8-10" under a 20k Iridius 400 watt SE bulb on HQI ballast that is suspended about 12" off the surface. I've had it under 10k reeflux, 20k radium and 12k Reeflux and it has done fine under those as well (same location). In what I would consider moderate flow. Tank params if you want to jot them down also are;
sg 1.026
CA 425
dKH 8
Mg 1320
P04 .02 (hanna)
everything else is zip.
wentreefgirl
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1. Undata
2. Im thinking A. Jacquelineae
3. Not really sure. Chris?
4. A.Jacquelineae.
2. Im thinking A. Jacquelineae
3. Not really sure. Chris?
4. A.Jacquelineae.
wentreefgirl
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Clkwrk, now that you mention it your right. I looked at turaki, didnt think that was it either. But you may be right. Oh, and your avatar is hot. Love the purple polyps.
tnyr5
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this was my favorite coral from the 3 years i worked on the hub tank. I've always been tossing back & forth between granulosa & loripes as it grew but I usually lean towards loripes because it has a bit of a tendency to grow up rather than out & nearly all small side branches are bare on the upper side.
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wentreefgirl
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Second!
tnyr5
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http://reefnest.com/schools/psuapril06/7.jpg here's a more recent side shot, kinda hoping it's granulosa cuz i like the look of the adult better than loripes.
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