Help with a couple of Acroporas

[selje]

Hi,

I hope some of you can help me to identify some of these Acroporas.

All except #4 are most likely from the area around Australia.

#1 and #2

#3

#4 Maybe A. Desalwii?

#5

 

[Frick]

Okay sorry a little late i looked at this once and knew this was going to be a challenge. You have some unique pieces there.

1. Might be good ol A. tenius or A. vermiculata.
http://coral.aims.gov.au/speciesPages/species_metadata/0074/view#
http://coral.aims.gov.au/speciesPages/species_metadata/0787/view#

2. Maybe a crazy green Acropora austera.
http://coral.aims.gov.au/speciesPages/species_metadata/0010/view#

3. Could be a green A. cerealis.
http://coral.aims.gov.au/speciesPages/species_metadata/0016/view#

4. Could be A. desalwii. Maybe A. plana if the axial corallites grow thicker, and the polyps get fuzzier.
http://coral.aims.gov.au/speciesPages/species_metadata/0679/view#
http://coral.aims.gov.au/speciesPages/species_metadata/0676/view#

5. I am 90% sure that is Acropora nasuta.
http://coral.aims.gov.au/speciesPages/species_metadata/0051/view#

 

[selje]

Thanks Frick, you always give me good ID's:thumbsup:

I got a good batch of frags from a crash a friend of mine had earlier this year. These included. Most or all are from an import from Cairns Marine in Australia. I'm trying to keep these babies alive (some have RTN'ed already (including a very nice A Spathulata frag:sad1.

#1 Is hard. Tenuis is a good tip. But I hope that it may be the same as #5?
#2 I'm not sure if it could be Austera. It seems like a "deepwater" with very smooth skin. Never seen anything like this before. Maybe easier too conclude when it grows a couple of cm
#3 Cerealis is a good tip. Thanks It is very similar.
#4 Thanks, I also thought it would be one of those. I hope it's a Desalwii.
#5 Nasuta is a good tip. I hoped it may be A. Microclados as I know it was a couple of these on the import. But they are very similar as I understand

Thanks again, Frick. Which one of these do you think have the highest potensial?

 

[Frick]

1 and five are very similar, they probably are the same. Only one way to find out, touch them together for a few days if they are fine or grow together then you will know.

2 was tough because there were a few features that pointed towards completely different species. It made it confusing.

3 if it keeps growing like that bu eventually tabling out then A. cerealis, But it could do so many other growths that would cancel that out.

4 you might be right, A. desalwii will grow into a thicker table of branchlets like this;

A. plana would be more horizontal branches that fuse together.

#2 looks like it will be very cool. Maybe because it is the most unknown right now, but the vibrant color and unusual growth make it interesting.