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[hreef]

What do I have? Polyps are purple. I had to frag the colony up as I did not want to lose it. Got this back in 2007 from Dr Mac. I remember it came in as a "Limeaide". It has morphed to green, blue and now this.

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Now to this: yes it is the same acro, what is it? Thanks!

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[Frick]

The first picture looks like Acropora loisettaea.
http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0837
The second looks like it could be a variety of any deepwater species. Maybe A. turaki.
http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0714

It is really tough to say, there is not enough in the pictures, and they look like two completely different Acroporas. I see very little info on Dr. Mac's Limeaid Acro to give any insight. I am not sure if that is a legit name at all.

 

[hreef]

thanks Frick....it's the same acro. I think it's a DW Acro too. I got this in 2007 and it came in as a "limaide".

 

[Frick]

thanks Frick....it's the same acro. I think it's a DW Acro too. I got this in 2007 and it came in as a "limaide".

The Limaide is just a attempt to glorify a coral, and I have seen the same name on a few different Acros. At that point the name has no value, other than a quick attempt glorify a unknown coral. It's up to you if you want to keep the name but might get confused with the many other Limaide Acros.

 

[hreef]

Thanks Jason