IDon't know what these are.. any IDeas?

xtm

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hello ID gurus

It would be awesome if I can get some names on these pieces.. they all started as mostly brown pieces but they started to color up and I just realized how awesome they look. Thank you in advance. :)

SPS # 1
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SPS # 2
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SPS # 3
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SPS # 4
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SPS # 5
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thanks
 
no ideas guys? The first one I really have no clue. the second one I was informed that it's an A. Lovelli? #3 no idea also. #4 was sold to me as Prostrata? #5 I was told it's a PM but as it grows it looks just like a regular valida(?)
 
That first one may be A. samoensis, but is a bit underdeveloped to know. A. nana could be 2, which typically starts with this cluster of uprights, plus the appressed and nariform radials.

The third one looks like A. valida. I have one that is similar. but more branched than the typical species.

The fourth one may be A. verweyi, which is rarely seen. And that last one may be A. valida, or even A. secale. This group of bushy acros can vary greatly according to lighting and current, making them tough to seperate via foto.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12615599#post12615599 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Marko9
#4 is the one that I am stuck on. I need to do some checking. I'll be back.

Jaime- Don't verweyi have more rounded coralites and this one looks to have cupped ccoralites.
 
Marco,

typically, yes. The axails are more domed and the radials are more tubular, but this specimen doesn't seem to have scale-like radials. At first glance I thought of the tenuis species, which it does resemble, but it strikes me as too 'plump' for lack of a better word and the axials are short and rounded, not exert.

Of course, I may be totally off on this, but it does seem to want to build a large base, sort of encrusting, which is often seen in A. verweyi.

If you come up with another candidate, please post!
 
I am still looking Jaime, but I definitely agree that it is not a tenius as the new growth do not shoot out. It also looks like it is on a mariculturd plug and as you mentioned verweyi are a little harder to come by.
 
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