Couple ID's please

[Bello]

Hi Jason,

These 2 have been bugging me for a while, any idea what these are?



While we're at it...


Thanks Jason

 

[Desisto941]

The top picture looks like they have been bleached and are just starting to come back. And the bottom one looks like a red planet. The middle one has me stumped though. sorry

 

[Bello]

The top one is a bit weird, its always looked like that . It grows very well, but with that same color.

Here's a pic of frags of it in a another tank, you'll notice that some of the frags have encrusted pretty well. Just wish it it would turn one color or another :lol:

 

[Frick]

The first looks very close to Acropora carduus. I am 98% sure, if it keeps growing like that.
http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0014

The second looks like A. lokani with more tiny radial corallites than usual.
http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0621

The third is not ORAs Red Planet. Doesn't look like it and I believe Bello you are not from the states, correct? If that is true there would be no way to get any ORA corals. Judging by the outer branchlets and the corallites I can see, I would initially guess it to be A. hyacinthus if it is tabling.
http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0036

 

[Bello]

:lol: Jason, you're 100% correct... All I can get are wannabe ORA corals :lol:. No lineage whatsoever . I just wanted to know the species name for the wannabe Red Planet

Carduus sounds spot on for the first one. Oddly enough, I was easily able to get a wannabe "Red Dragon" mari 3 years ago, but not possible anymore

The middle one is from an unknown location (local reefer), and does seem like a lokani. I have a lokani frag though, and this still appears unusual.

Thanks for your time, Jason, sorry to bombard you with ID's

 

[Frick]

Thanks for your time, Jason, sorry to bombard you with ID's

That was only 3. It wasn't a problem to figure out in my spare time.