Could anybody ID These Three Corals ?

[ReeferMadnessUS]

murphreef,

1) A. azurea, but it could also be A. valida except that the radial corallites run along the branch and are very tubular.

2) This is a really tough one. I cannot tell with polyps so extended. It might be A. desalwii, but I could easily be wrong as I cannot see the radial corallites structure. If you can retake the piece with the polyps retracted I might be able to help you further.

Chris @ RM

 

[NewSchool04]

Thank you Chris!

I had one more if you have the time:

 

[ReeferMadnessUS]

Wentreefgirl,

Funky piece! It could be A. teres as Corn recommended but I see corallites on the blue frag. So what it looks like to me is that something is nipping (shaving) the corallites right off the green frag. The blue frag looks to me like A. formosa as I can see the grain of the raspy radial corallites... Do you have a Rabbitfish or something else that might nip off the corallites?

I am not sure this helps but this my best guess..

Chris @ RM

 

[ReeferMadnessUS]

BradleyJ,

1) A. gemmifera - as it looks like this piece has triangular corallites and fat branches which fits the bill for this species.

2) & 3) Both look me like A. loripes. The second has grown out a bit more, so you can see the branches bare of corallites on one side. The first one will have to grow out quite a bit before you will see this. I get in a few like this from time to time and I have seen them grow out to match the A. loripes. Notice the same color polyps and the same shape of the corallites.

I hope this helps...

Chris @ RM

 

[ReeferMadnessUS]

Daddyjax,

I am incredibly offended that you would disagree with me....... , lol... You might be right, but I can only go by the photo that was given to me. The photo is so close up that I cannot make a size comparison between anything else. Now that you mention it you might be right but the only way to tell for sure is to get a photo of the overall colony. Check the following links for both of these species...
A. speciosa
http://www.reefermadness.us/RMD09262313.htm
and A. tenuis
http://www.reefermadness.us/RMD10214162.htm
Hmmmmm....

The Montipora that you posted could be either M. verrucosa or M. danae. M. danae have smaller verrucae and the corallites are further spread apart, but for the most part look exactly the same. I am hedging toward M. danae as this piece seems to have corallites that are packed in closer together and the verrucae are smaller and aren't fused. Sweet piece either way.

Chris @ RM

 

[ReeferMadnessUS]

NewSchool04,

I believe this to be a reasonably rare Stag, A. pulchra. I see them from time and they are usually Lime Green with Blue Tips (similar to A. nobilis).

Nice piece though, it should do extremely well as it is a Staghorn.

Chris @ RM

 

[NewSchool04]

Thank you again Chris, this really is great!
I posted three acros and I had different ID's for all three!

The first one A. lutkeni, I thought was A. nobilis. It was brand new when I posted that pic and has turned aquamarine just like you said.

The second one I thought was an A. cerealis (page 18), you said A. kosurini. I lost the mother colony in a power outage in Jan. and this was a lucky frag that I managed to save. This is the original colony, was I anywhere close!!

And the third you said A. pulchra and I thought A. loisetteae. This was another one that I saved from the tank crash. This is a pic of the original and now it's totally growing differently?!

Keep going Chris, this is very fun!

 

[murphreef]

hey chris maybe u can help me with these ones if u have a few spare moments

thanks!

first is this one i got about 7 months ago its more than doubled and now is turning into a table kinda formation not the prettiest but i like it

next is this purple thin branched acro i dont think its a valida but im not sure cuz i have a valida thats totally different this one is super thin branched with few coralites

next is this one it was more yellow but has turned more green

this is a wild coral i got a while ago and its yellow with pink tips but the tips dont show in the photo

lastly is this purpleish acro got it from a fellow reefer u have any clues

 

[murphreef]

oh one more i know this is some sort of stag but are there various types and if so whats this?

its blueish with nice blue tips already growing extremely fast!

 

[wentreefgirl]

I got that peice from a lfs. It is of the same colony but was all fragged up into 5 peices in the frag growout. Each peice was different color. The green one stayed green. But all the others were this hot sky blue. I took one of each but no, there wasnt any fish in the growout. Thats the way it was. But it was laying on its side so just waiting for colorup and what not. I have 3 peices, 2 are the pinkish blue.

 

[jessiesgrrl]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8421698#post8421698 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ReeferMadnessUS
jessiesgrrl,

1) I do agree with A. turaki as long as the branches thin out as I grows. If they stay as thick as what you are showing it might be a different bottlebrush species.

2) Hydnophora grandis

3) Platygyra ??? - I can't quite tell from the closeup. Can you zoom out a bit, so I can see the corallites size?

3) Trachyphyllia geoffroyi - I think... I would need a different photo to give you a definite answer.

4) Pocillopora eydouxi

5) A. exquisita ??? I am not sure on this one either. Looks to me like it has thin branches but the branching structure is quite strange. Retake this again after it grows out a bit and ask me again.

6) Actually I don't think this is a Montipora at all but a Turbinaria reniformis that is Purple with Yellow Polyps = Insane Piece. I love that color morph! The reason I came to this conclusion is that the corallites look to me like they are several mm in diameter and therefore much too large to be a Montipora.

7) Pocillopora damicornis

8) Psammocora contigua (fuzzy like a Pavona)

9) Acropora aspera and a Pocillopora verrucosa above it.

***And on the following post which you called boogerman is a Psammocora nierstraszi (super green fuzzy thing).

I hope this helps you out... I do apologize for taking so long...

Chris @ RM

Thanks Chris!

Laurie

 

[xtm]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7165636#post7165636 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ReeferMadnessUS
Anymore you would like me to make a shot at?

Hi Monty.. I mean Chris,

Could you please ID this for me? It breaks easily like a Monti Digi and has an encrusting base. It also slimes a LOT. Thanks in advance.

Here's a Hi-Res Pic

 

[ReeferMadnessUS]

NewSchool04,

Wow, that was a beautiful piece. And by what I see in the full sized colony I still believe that this is A. kosurini.

The second piece that you posted looks majestic. Stunning show piece! Is that the same one that you posted in the post prior or is it from the previous page?

Good luck!

Chris @ RM

 

[ReeferMadnessUS]

murphreef,

1) A. hycinthus - as it is Tabling outward, has whispy polyps and thin braches with a rosette formation to the radial corallites.

2) A. azurea- Not positive with this one (or any for that matter ). But the branches look quite thin with long tubular corallites (much longer than A. valida or A. nana).

3) A. vermiculata? - this one is really tough as it is growing in a very funky and distorted manner. Looks similar to A. tenuis but the corallites are more hollowed out... Take this ID as a grain of salt...

4) A. sarmentosa - I am pretty positive about this one.

5) A. desalwii?? - To fuzzy to really tell though. The axial corallite matches this species and so do the polyps but I am really unsure with the polyps this far extended.

On the next post...

6) A. nobilis - A very cool, hardy and fuzzy staghorn. I love nobilis... An underrated Acropora in my opinion.

I hope this helps... Let me know if you have any more.

Chris @ RM

 

[ReeferMadnessUS]

xtm,

This is one of those Acropora where I scratch my head and wonder where all the corallites have gone... And because of this I have a really hard time figuring out what this might be. The tips (Axial corallites) have been chewed off and the radial corallites are smoothed over. I will have to request that this grows out for another few months and then retake it and allow me to take another shot at it.

I hope that it does well for you...

Chris @ RM

 

[murphreef]

your awesome chris!

ok heres two more

im pretty sure this is a valida its got very bright blue purple tips

now this next one im guessing is guna be a stag of some sort?

thanks again!

 

[murphreef]

opps that was a double post of the first coral sorry heres the one i was askin about

sorry

 

[ReeferMadnessUS]

murphreef,

The first one that you have listed here I believe to be A. valida. It seems to have pretty thin branches with small flush radial corallites.

The second is a bit too small for me to tell as of yet. The branches are so small and under-developed that I am having a hard time telling what this is at the moment. Take this again in a 6 months and try me again.

That is one gorgeous clam (Squamosa?) in the photo of the A. valida. I rarely see anything as beautiful as that.

Thanks again... Give me some more folks!

Chris @ RM

 

[murphreef]

cool thanks chris!

yeah the second one was just a lil frag all those protruding branches werent there when i bought it so its starting to take shape and ill shoot u a pic again in 6 months!

thanks for all the help with the ID's

hey heres a pic of the squamosa in its full its about 12" across and its growing like mad! ive had it about 7 months now and its grown a good 3-4" already.... its colors are so awesome i had to have it i picked it up at an LFS out by my house at the time for $120 but it was such a nice clam i thought it was worth the price

 

[rleechb]

Any idea what this is Chris? Thanks!!

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