ID: valida, nana or xx?

[dnsfpl]

what is this sps?

thanks

 

[samuelkl]

Possibly a nasuta or a microclados

 

[Acropolooza]

looks like a nana to me!

 

[staceyd72]

Looks more resemblance to Nana compared to Valia.

 

[MammothReefer]

Definitely not a nana or valida. I'd lean more towards nasuta before the other 2 but not 100%.

 

[defchild84]

not that you were in need of my advice.... but.... watch out for that GSP!

 

[dnsfpl]

here is another pic

not that you were in need of my advice.... but.... watch out for that GSP!

noted

 

[pusanpa]

Looks like pearlberry to me.

 

[OneReef]

It looks like a Pearlberry that I used to have way up high in the light under 250 MH, like 6" under the waterline. The branches got thick and whitish and looked very similar to that.

Off topic, but I found the higher the light, the better the pearlberry looked. High high up it was thick and pearl white/blue colored. Lower down the branches were much thinner and darker.

 

[OneReef]

Looks like pearlberry to me.

Wow, you called it the same as me while I was typing all that....ha. Nice

 

[selje]

Acropora Desalwii perhaps?

 

[Reef264]

I....m leaning towards Pearlberry, it looks nothing like my Nana, or Valida.

 

[Soy]

thats a A. Batunai Sp. pretty rare coral according to aims

 

[FNHFan]

It's really impossible to say with certainty the exact species name of any coral. Experts in the matter have difficulty, even when examining the dry coral skeleton at a microscopic level. Family and genus names are as close as you are going to get in the majority of cases.

 

[Soy]

very nice colony you have there. in my experience, its a fast grower and the polyps are pretty. top down, it's beautiful. usually grows in table form but can show really interesting growth patterns in tank.

 

[Soy]

It's really impossible to say with certainty the exact species name of any coral. Experts in the matter have difficulty, even when examining the dry coral skeleton at a microscopic level. Family and genus names are as close as you are going to get in the majority of cases.

I'm pretty confident its a batunai. hopefully he will show a top down pic

 

[Soy]

the polyps and shape of the radial corallites are quite distinct

 

[dvanacker]

I....m leaning towards Pearlberry, it looks nothing like my Nana, or Valida.

Pearlberry is not a species and that coral is not an ORA pearlberry.

Im wondering what species pearlberry is?

 

[Soy]

Pearlberry is not a species and that coral is not an ORA pearlberry.

Im wondering what species pearlberry is?

pearlberry is an A. Ora sp.

 

[Soy]

Pearlberry is not a species and that coral is not an ORA pearlberry.

Im wondering what species pearlberry is?

here is my guess. the tanzania 10mm skeletal pic makes me think this could possibly be the same
http://coral.aims.gov.au/speciesPages/species_metadata/0814/image#