Help with ID and Placement please

[tas5tas]

I purchased this at my LFS today as it looked white with blueish tips(Phoenix 14k). Now that I've got it home it looks more of a teal color with darker teal tips(Reeflux 12k). Here is a picture......the frag is about 2" tall if that helps with scale and thickness estimations.

 

[mpoletti]

ID Forum Link

You might try here. Are there any polyps?

 

[smiller]

[moved]

 

[tas5tas]

None noticeable, but was just added about 30 minutes ago. The owner of the fish store said it really stated to gain more of it's color over the last couple of weeks. They had it about 9-10" from the bulb on 150w Phoenix 14k's on a frag rack. I didn't notice any polyps in the LFS either....I've had my eye on this coral for about a month b/c I though it was bleached when they first received it....it was WHITE.

 

[tas5tas]

Thanks for moving.....hopefully someone can help.

 

[mpoletti]

I know it may be the picture, but its looks unhealthy

 

[tas5tas]

I think it's the picture.....hopefully. I know it looks alot better now than it did a month ago when the LFS first got it.....that's why I waited so long to get it. It was solid white about a month ago....looked completely bleached. Over that time it slowly started gaining color and now has a pale teal tint to it in my tank with a little bit darker teal tips. I've got it about mid way down in my tank and about 4-5" off center from the middle of a lumenbright mini. I'll keep an eye on it over the next week or so and see how it does. I just hope it's not green.......I've got too much green in my tank already....I was hoping it was going to be either blue tipped or like a tourquoise tipped acro. It looked blue at the LFS.

 

[tas5tas]

bump

 

[tas5tas]

bump

 

[tas5tas]

Update.....

This coral has now started to turn a deep purple color at the tips. Most of the tissue is still white, but purple tips and all polyps are out and fully extended. The polyps are white also. There has been no growth at all since purchased, but I feel that will change now that it is showing color and polyps.

 

[tas5tas]

Here is an updated photo from Wednesday the 8th.......

 

[Johnny C]

I'm not 100% on what type of acro it is, but I like it!

 

[tas5tas]

Thanks...it's actually starting to encrust more now also....so growth of new branches should be coming.

 

[Atomikk]

Look around in the same group as A. chesterfieldensis. It has similar corallite shape.

 

[tas5tas]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15369791#post15369791 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Atomikk
Look around in the same group as A. chesterfieldensis. It has similar corallite shape.

I don't beleive this is what it is. It does not look anything like the pictures I saw online while researcing A. chesterfieldensis. It also has lost the teal color that most A. chesterfieldensis have. It is not green either. I'm not sure what it is.....maybe a tenuis though. Here is a picture of a tenuis that it is starting to very closely resemble.......

<img src="http://www.reefland.com/gallery/files/2/0/4/9/tenuis.JPG" alt="Acropora tenuis" />


Mine has almost the same exact colors and growth pattern.