teambutterfield
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ID these please
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Kolognekoral
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The frist two are a bit too samll and the focus too soft, although the second has an interesting radial lip developement. The third is most likely A. valida, one of the tricolours. This colouring is common in Acropora and I have seen it in A. nana, A. valida, A. cerealis and a few not yet IDed. Always attractive. Also a culture note, they seem to prefer pretty strong light, otherwise they will go dark.
teambutterfield
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They are under 2x 400w xm 20,000k in a 120 gal
Kolognekoral
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Should be fine for them. There is an interesting article in the March Advanced Aquarist about lighting kelvin comparisons and their effect on pigments.
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Second pic looks like an A. valida to me, or something similar. Branches look too thick to be A. nana. The first one it's hard to tell from that angle, but it looks to be tabling and could be A. solitaryensis or similar.
I don't think the third one is a valida. Validas, from what I've seen, tend to have shorter radial corallites with a more defined tip to the axial corallite. Yours has a different growth pattern, similar to an echinata or turaki but not quite as distinct. Very nice piece though.
I don't think the third one is a valida. Validas, from what I've seen, tend to have shorter radial corallites with a more defined tip to the axial corallite. Yours has a different growth pattern, similar to an echinata or turaki but not quite as distinct. Very nice piece though.
