Could anybody ID These Three Corals ?

Well I just found this thread and this is great, I think its wonderful that someone in the industry is dedicating time to lend us all a hand. With that said I do have a few that I could use an ID for. My appologies for the bad pics.

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This last one is green w/ lavender tips. Thanks so much!
 
A little help with these two blues, TIA.

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mattheadington I would say the first one is an A. Selago check spelling. The same color but my green is much darker.
 
Big E,

I understand your confusion when it comes to the differences between A. efflorescens and A. solitaryensis. I have a hard time as well until I look at the amount and size of the Axial and Incipient Axial Corallites. Soli's have much larger and more defined Axial and Incipient Axial Corallites. They also have larger vertical branchlets that form as the colony matures. Both can form branches as they grow out but one will see a predominance of smaller less defined branching on the A. efflorescens. So I believe that what you have here is a very mature A. efflorescens. I have one in my display that has a similar growth pattern to it.

I hope this helps you as I am starting to confuse myself.

Chris @ RM
 
Big E,

To answer you second ID request...

This piece that you show here has very tubular and long axial and incipient axial corallites with a short staghorn branching structure. The one Acropora that closely matches this growth pattern is A. proximalis. I get them from time to time and they are quite hardy.

I hope that it does well for you,

Chris @ RM
 
mattheadington,

I am sorry I am taking my dear sweet time answering these posts.... I wish I had a different excuse but I don't. Please accept my apologies as I will answer these as soon as I have a chance.

Wow, quite a lineup you have there. I will do my best trying to help you out with these but I have am having a hard time as I cannot see the overall shape of the coral (I prefer seeing a closeup as well as a overall photo). If you could post another photo of the overall colonies I will be able to give an even more accurate guess :) ...

1) A. insignis

2) A. glauca but I am having a hard time with this one as I cannot see the overall colony and therefore I cannot see the branching structure.

3) A. valida but then again I cannot see nor compare the size of the branches...

4) A. cerealis but just a guess as it has not fully grown out and shown its true structure.

5) A. tumida as I get these from time to time and they look just like this.

6) A. vaughani as it looks to be a Staghorn and it has barrel shaped corallites.

Let me know what you think of my guesses :)

Chris @ RM
 
dandy7200,

Hmmm, a little tough for me to ID as they have not fully grown out. But there are beautiful and I will give it a shot.

The one towards the back looks to me like a wild colony of A. tortuosa possibly from the Solomon Islands.

The second is A. millepora with the classic shelf shaped radial corallites.

I hope they thrive for you!

Chris @ RM
 
Thanks Chris! I will try and post a "grown up" pic later on of the one in the back, I had a few people guess and come up with A. maryae and I thought it looked close to your "Monty's Blue Monster" although not nearly as blue.
 
Chris,

I'm hoping you can help me out. I've been calling this gomezi, but after seeing some other pieces of pieces called gomezi, I wonder...
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Also, what is this guy? The cylindrical polyps stand out from anything else I have in my tank... Sorry for all the blue (in QT and the 15K XM's ring very blue on my camera)... The corallites look almost like an octopusses suckers.
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BTW, the second pic form is almost staghornish. There are three 3-4" stalks with no branching off of the stalks yet (stalks come from on central point, though).
 
how about this one?
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I had originally thought turaki, after seeing some turaki's i know it is something else.
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gflat65 the first one lookls like the one i got. except mine is purple and green. A gomezi

twon8 yours looks almost like the A. tenius in the background of the second picture. but i say A. nasuta check spelling.
 
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