Sweet new purple acro ID

[SDguy]

In interceptor dip right now. Bali cultured is all I know...the person I bought it from suggested grandis? Never seen a grandis, so I have no idea. TIA.

 

[JackKerouac]

Hi SD it might be a grandis,but well my first guess is A.hoeksemai ...very cool coral

 

[SDguy]

I thought that too, but when you see it in person, you see the difference...here's my old (RIP ) hoek. Note the more cup shaped coralites...

 

[JackKerouac]

can you take a side pic of your new entry?
I'm sorry for your beautiful lost

 

[SDguy]

It's still in interceptor. I'll have to snap a side pic tomorrow.

 

[SDguy]

OK, here's a side shot in the tank, with and without flash. The coralites seem too long for a hoek?:

 

[dvmsn]

I don't think it is a hoek either. I do know it is nice

 

[SDguy]

A "hoek" from liveaquaria:

And another that a fellow reefer got from Dr. Mac:

 

[dvmsn]

Here is mine, see how the corallites are spaced out and sort of cup shaped. Yours are packed in and more round, maybe closer to an Acropora austera?

 

[SDguy]

Beautiful piece. Yes, I agree, the cupshaped coralites are telltale, IMO, like on my original piece.

Now that they are both in the tank next to each other, I'll snap some pics. The blues are quite different.