ID Please - Milli

[Tactics]

Hi can someone please help me with the scientific name? My pink milli doesn't grow in this pattern/structure.

 

[phenom5]

Acropora millepora?

 

[karsseboom]

prostrata acropora

 

[Buzz1329]

[Image of Homer Drooling]

 

[7Reef]

scientific name "thatsa beauty"

 

[chefzif]

Sweet Milli

 

[Tactics]

prostrata acropora

Karsseboom, I Googled images of prostrata and none of them table like the image I posted.

Any other ideas anyone? I don't think I've seen Diver's Den post one for sale - been wanting to buy this coral for a while now.

 

[Big E]

All millis won't table like that picure. Try buying a frag from someone that has that growth pattern. Some have the branches fused closer together as they grow and some are more spread out.

Laying the frag flat instead of straight up like a tree will help also.

Flow can also be a huge factor.

 

[ricordo]

this formation doesn't occur until the coral starts competing with itself for light

 

[DaddyJax]

That is a Milli.
Prostrata's are often confused with millis due to their similar structures but growth patterns are branching/staghorn like while millis are tabling.
Flow can be a factor in growth patterns as well due to Millis loving lots of good random flow.

 

[Chaotic Reefer4u]

Very sweet acropora colony