id please!

[marty1979]

hello from canada!!

ty!!!!:thumbsup:

 

[marty1979]

wow 34 viewers and no id???

come on guys

 

[Frick]

Alright alright alright

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http://sdmas.com/corals/821.php
http://sdmas.com/corals/560.php
http://sdmas.com/corals/816.php

 

[marty1979]

ty very much!!! very appreciated!!

 

[gon08]

I have to disagree with #2. There is no way that's A prolifera which is a Caribbean species and illegal. It looks more like http://sdmas.com/corals/922.php to me.

 

[Frick]

There could be "a way" it could be caribean, slim chances yes. I did id a guy with Palmata on here recently. Those three were my ten second guesses tho.

I have only seen blue gomezi acroporas, a green one would be quiet the odd ball.

 

[gon08]

There could be "a way" it could be caribean, slim chances yes. I did id a guy with Palmata on here recently. Those three were my ten second guesses tho.

I have only seen blue gomezi acroporas, a green one would be quiet the odd ball.

Prolifera has no color variation at all nor does palmatta. They are always golden brown with white growth tips. I've seen both of them here in Florida while diving in the Keys.

Also his colonies seem to be maricultured which is not done at all in the Caribbean. If it were just a cutting or small frag I would have thought possibly brought in from Cuba maybe since he is from Canada and they have trade relations. I may be wrong on the gomezi but I'm sure it's not prolifera :beer:

 

[Frick]

It was just my quick guess.

And must of those coral you find in the wild are primary brown. It's when we subject them to higher amounts of UV-A that we exaggerate their color in our aquariums. So a brown coral in the wild could easily become green in an aquarium.

Maybe Navini, I have never seen a green one of those either but there structure is there. Navini is pretty rare ans typically teal/blue. http://sdmas.com/corals/835.php

 

[gon08]

It was just my quick guess.

And must of those coral you find in the wild are primary brown. It's when we subject them to higher amounts of UV-A that we exaggerate their color in our aquariums. So a brown coral in the wild could easily become green in an aquarium.

Agreed. I have seen them grown in captivity to be replaced on the reefs and they don't change color..... every coral gets at least a little fluorescence except these, wierd but true.

Navini looks like a possibility too.

 

[klepto]

It's when we subject them to higher amounts of UV-A that we exaggerate their color in our aquariums.

Actually, I think it works the other way.

Veron covers the change in coloration that occurs in aquaria.

"Over time, most coral colonies become unnaturally colourful due to the accumulation of zooxanthellae in their tissues in response to low levels of photosynthetic light." (page 15, vol 1 Corals of the World)

The chances that a hobbyist is providing more PAR than corals receive from natural sunlight on wild reefs are slim. Obviously, there are exceptions.

 

[Frick]

PAR is a different story to UV-A. I also doubt the reefer is getting close to the corals natural PAR but is saturating the tank with extra UV-A and other blue and violet wavelengths to provide a more of that color than what is seen in the wild.