Purple with green polyps

[dsmhero]

Any idea? I am very new to SPS.

 

[KidReefer]

Garf Purple Bonsai Acropora

 

[dsmhero]

Thank you for the reply.

So I am guessing $25 was a good deal?

 

[RynosReef]

Could be the Starry Night Acro, but it does resemble the garf bonsai... for 25 yep. Good deal

 

[Krenshaw22]

Any idea? I am very new to SPS.

really pretty coral.

 

[klepto]

Could be the Starry Night Acro..

That's unlikely as that acro hasn't been widely distributed.

Seeing as we don't know the lineage of the coral, I think we should stick to a species ID.

My guess would be for Acropora cerealis. That is little more than a guess though. Until the frag matures, ID'ing it with any certainty will be difficult.

http://coral.aims.gov.au/speciesPages/species_metadata/0016/view

 

[dsmhero]

Thank you klepto. I will continue to let it grow out and post more pictures in the far future lol.

 

[klepto]

Thank you klepto. I will continue to let it grow out and post more pictures in the far future lol.

Your welcome. Don't take my first post the wrong way. Growing pieces out from frags is the way to go! Do you know if it was an aquacultured frag? or just chopped from a wild colony?

 

[M Woodhill]

i got one, 2. it cost me 25 canada bucks.

thought it was bonsai

 

[acroholicreefer]

Acropora Cerealis is a good guess.

Can you guys get ORA frags in Canada? It looks very similar to the ORA Marshall Island Purple and Green Acro but I agree that it is much more accurate to ID by species vs trade names.

 

[M Woodhill]

Acropora Cerealis is a good guess.

Can you guys get ORA frags in Canada? It looks very similar to the ORA Marshall Island Purple and Green Acro but I agree that it is much more accurate to ID by species vs trade names.

i dont guess so. canada's just tryin its best to protect local markets that range from cars to frags

but lfs's sometimes have nice stocks

so here, it's very different than in nyc. u gotta do more personal interactions, goin out to lfs's and talkin and goin social

in nyc, most of my time was spent searchin online and then waitin for fedex guys.

 

[dsmhero]

Your welcome. Don't take my first post the wrong way. Growing pieces out from frags is the way to go! Do you know if it was an aquacultured frag? or just chopped from a wild colony?

I believe it came from a local tank so who knows.

 

[klepto]

My guess would be for Acropora cerealis.

I later realized that I wrote a different species than I had in mind. I was thinking of Acropora secale. The bright green polyps are pretty common with the species. Divers Den often has numerous colonies in their maricultured section.
A. secale:
http://coral.aims.gov.au/speciesPages/species_metadata/0062/view

A. appressa may be a contender too.
The axial corallite structure looks especially similar to your frag in this example from Veron.

A. appressa:
http://coral.aims.gov.au/speciesPages/species_metadata/0744/view#