ID Help (Loripes, Lokani, Caroliniana, Bottle Brush or Granulosa)

boret

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Hello SPS experts!! I hope you can help me out IDing this coral.
I posted the name of some of the possible IDs I came up with in the title to help others that might browse the forum looking for it.

These are the options I am considering. But it could perfectly be something else:

Loripes, Lokani, Caroliniana, Bottle Brush or Granulosa

Here is a macro pic with flash with waterproof camera:

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Here is a cropped picture from outside the tank that provides a more realistic depiction of the coral's color:

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That's under 20k 400W Radium and VHO Actinic supplementation.
With the naked eye it looks bright green with cyan hues in some of the tips.
 
I can safely say its not granulosa, caroliniana or lokani. So it could be a loripes, but there is another that looks like it..
 
Man.... I was hoping it was a Caroliniana... you don't see them often.
VividAquariums has a bright neon one for sale that looks almost identical.
 
I do not think it is loripes because the shape of the openings of the coralites on loripes look somewhat flattened. Yours look round.
 
I was thinking Caroliniana too, but it seems the consensus so far is Lokani. Thanks for the replies guys!
 
Update!
I think I found what it is.

Acropora Turaki

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This is under 20k MH like my lights.

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Copyright Garretts-acropolis.
 
Thanks Bogg! I am pretty sure it is... I wonder if it is an uncommon coral. I don't see it often and the coloration it has in my tank under 20k Radiums is pretty nice.
 
Really wnaing? Do you have a picture? That would be cool, I am just surprised I didn't recall being told that at the LFS and, eventhough I do forget the names I tend to remember ORA, Tyree and the like.
 
I just did a quick image search on google and the ORA hawkins echinata has a deeper blue than mine.
My coral is bright green body with cyan tips. The hawkins looks to me deep blue body with almost purple tips.
Thanks for the post though. I still think it's a Turaki. Oh, and now I want a frag of the Echinata!!! :)
 
I think depends on the lighting and water parameter, the color change quite a lot in every tank. I have one frag of it and turn brownish with a little green color in some place. I still think it is enchinata.
 
I will see how it develops. It is under a 400w Radium 20k.
Maybe you are right... it looks fairly light compared to the pics I found online of the enchinatas but I will see how it does in a few months.
 
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