ID and other colors?

[josee1013]

what's the name of this SPS:

and is there other colors available???

 

[josee1013]

polyps closed:

 

[Daimyo68]

Green Millepora

 

[Frick]

Green Millepora

Yep. Give it more water flow. It will get nice and fuzzy.

And yes they come in many colors.

Here is a Scripps Milli

Pink Milli

 

[klepto]

Green Millepora

I disagree. The coral in question bears few similarities to A. millepora. Millepora display axial corallites that "...are tubular in shape. Radial corallites are closely compacted and all the same size. They have prominent lower lips giving a scale-like appearance."
(Veron)
Frick's examples fit this description. Nice corals by the way!
Jose's Acropora is a cool piece and I highly doubt that it is a millepora. I have a green acro that looks very similar to the coral in question- with radial corallites that are very smooth (pretty much non-existent)- compressed against the branches. I will work on getting a picture of it to compare. I have yet to ID my coral.

How long have you been growing the pictured colony Jose?

 

[josee1013]

Not a milepora (got those in the tank and they dont look like this big branchy coral )

I got a respond on an other forum: A. Formosa

klepto: I have the coral for about 1 year now... It grows fast

december 2009:

september 2010:

 

[Whisperer]

Does it slime heavily when you touch it?

 

[josee1013]

Does it slime heavily when you touch it?

yes!
it's mad as hell when I touch it, big slimy

 

[Whisperer]

I think you have your answer.

 

[maroun.c]

My guess would be montipora digitata?
Still don't those slime as much as described by OP.

 

[Whisperer]

Montipora digitata does not have well defined coralites and their tips do not have a leading polyp like this one has. That it not a digitata.

 

[josee1013]

for does who miss it:
I got a respond on an other forum: A. Formosa

 

[klepto]

I doubt it is an A. formosa. The corallite structure looks completely different again. People see a staghorn growth pattern and they assume it's a formosa.

So what if it slimes a lot? Numerous species do this. I have never heard of determining an ID based on how much slime a coral excretes when you disturb it.

 

[returnofsid]

If it slimes, excessively, my guess would be A. yongei, though the corallite structure seems a lil' off. The corallite structure kind of resembles Montipora digitata, but the axial corallites, that are visible in the photo, are definitely NOT Montipora. It's also NOT a Millepora, as the corallite structure doesn't match that, either.

 

[mr. pluto]

i don't think it's a formosa. i had this coral 6 yrs ago

my guess it's an aspera

http://books.google.com/books?id=Y5...Q6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=acropora aspera&f=false

 

[Frick]

A. Aspera seems to look pretty valid.

Thanks klepto, don't steal them now LOL (interesting name)

 

[josee1013]

so anyone has a A. Aspera and can post pics please?

 

[klepto]

There are a few A. aspera on Divers Den, under the maricultured section.