Please help ID piece, ssc? Tierra en fuego?

[ReefPharmer]

Hey I grew this under Chinese leds and it was more colorful. It's under radions now and grows well but faded some. Quite a bit of polyp extension which is hard to see .

It is in the middle of the tank, good flow, medium light.


What is it? Thanks

 

[trueblackpercula]

Hey I grew this under Chinese leds and it was more colorful. It's under radions now and grows well but faded some. Quite a bit of polyp extension which is hard to see .

It is in the middle of the tank, good flow, medium light.


What is it? Thanks

it looks like an Acropora microclados

It's not an ssc? Or Tierra en fuego? And the reason it will never be either is you would have had to purchase this from the company that gave it this fancy name.
There for trying to get someone to tell you if it's either one of them would be adding a substantial amount of money to an acropora that really is just that an acropora.
Remember people make a living off these fancy names and I for one have fallen victim to it in the past, but not anymore as you should buy what you like not what someone give as name to and charges a high price tag for.
In the end sps all come from the same place and most are matriculated pieces that are fragged and then sold with fancy names. These maricultered pieces range in price and most don't sell for more than $25 to $35 per colony.
Don't get me wrong there are a few SPS name brands I want but only because I like the look of them not because they claim to be rare or expensive.

Michael

 

[ReefPharmer]

The person who gave me this mini colony has a tankful of named sps and is a recepient of totm award on another site. He said its a ssc.

I am not in the business of selling corals but using commonly accepted names for the right coral makes things much easier when discussing corals. Again I don't have a certificate of lineage but if he got it as ssc and fragged me some, it should still be ssc imo. I do appreciate your opinion.

 

[dodgerblew]

it looks like an Acropora microclados

It's not an ssc? Or Tierra en fuego? And the reason it will never be either is you would have had to purchase this from the company that gave it this fancy name.
There for trying to get someone to tell you if it's either one of them would be adding a substantial amount of money to an acropora that really is just that an acropora.
Remember people make a living off these fancy names and I for one have fallen victim to it in the past, but not anymore as you should buy what you like not what someone give as name to and charges a high price tag for.
In the end sps all come from the same place and most are matriculated pieces that are fragged and then sold with fancy names. These maricultered pieces range in price and most don't sell for more than $25 to $35 per colony.
Don't get me wrong there are a few SPS name brands I want but only because I like the look of them not because they claim to be rare or expensive.

Michael

The OP never posted he was fragging and selling it. He was asking for an ID. Not sure why you would presume he wanted an ID for any other reason.
I was under impression that SSC is a Microclados so if his ID is correct then if the TOTM seller sold to you as SSC then I'd believe it

 

[trueblackpercula]

The OP never posted he was fragging and selling it. He was asking for an ID. Not sure why you would presume he wanted an ID for any other reason.
I was under impression that SSC is a Microclados so if his ID is correct then if the TOTM seller sold to you as SSC then I'd believe it

I did give him an ID

 

[ZON]

Only you in the states call fancy names ( that double or treble the price) of acroporas .. Trueblack say truth ..here arrive big colony of microclados that costs half then a inches of a "named" ssc in a shop.. Think about it..

 

[ZON]

Also for me is a microclados