Help ID these two acros please

[gatoralum69]

Well I went to a LFS and found these two beauties. The problem was that all I was told was that one was Indo and the other Aussie, but even then I kinda don't think they knew where they were actually from. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Frick]

The first might be Acropora loripes.
http://coral.aims.gov.au/speciesPages/species_metadata/0042/view#

Second possibly Acropora desalwii.
http://coral.aims.gov.au/speciesPages/species_metadata/0679/view#

 

[gatoralum69]

Thanks Frick! Wow how different they look from light to light...but I think you are spot on! I am getting into Acros, which are harder to identify as sometimes LFS has them browned out etc. Also, I hear that maricultured acros are harder to transition into aquarium so these are my first tries.

 

[Frick]

Thanks Frick! Wow how different they look from light to light...but I think you are spot on! I am getting into Acros, which are harder to identify as sometimes LFS has them browned out etc. Also, I hear that maricultured acros are harder to transition into aquarium so these are my first tries.

The pictures from the links are colonies in the wild, so under aquarium lighting they will very different in color.

Wild colonies could be the most difficult to acclimate to an aquarium. Maricultured coral can be difficult, not only because of the adaption to the lighting but the water flow as well. Make sure they get plenty of water flow, it you see the middle of the colony dieing off the best thing to do is to cut it up in to smaller manageable pieces.

 

[gatoralum69]

Thanks for the adivce! I heard that before too..if they start dieing frag them