Two new frags (with colony shots)

[pstank1]

I picked up two new frags the other day and was wondering about their id's. I was told they were enchinata's when i bought them and didn't have the heart to correct the guy at the lfs.

I think the one on the left is a <a href="http://coral.aims.gov.au/speciesPages/species_metadata/0791/view#">speciosa</a> and the one on the right is a <a href="http://coral.aims.gov.au/speciesPages/species_metadata/0015/view#">carolinia</a>.

Here are the two colonies.

 

[Afrankiewicz12]

The one on the left is an echinata the one on the right I don't know

 

[Whisperer]

Echinata and aculeus.

 

[Frick]

I am going with speciosa for the first http://coral.aims.gov.au/speciesPages/species_metadata/0791/view#

And yes aculeus for #2

 

[klepto]

I'm not sure about the first one, but I agree that the second is likely A. aculeus.

http://coral.aims.gov.au/speciesPages/species_metadata/0006/view

 

[NVfishman]

+1 Echinata and aculeus

 

[pstank1]

The reason i'm thinking speciosa on the first one is because you can't see it in the horrible pictures (sorry about those), but it actually has a cream base, then green with blue tips. I thought the enchinata's were just two colors with just the very tips being different than the rest of the coral. Both colonies were also tabling.

 

[Whisperer]

Never use color to determine the specie of coral.

 

[returnofsid]

It's a good thing you didn't have the "heart" to tell the LFS he was wrong...lol.

I do believe the first is an Echinata but possibly a speciosa.

I agree with A. aculeus, on the second.

 

[Frick]

Never use color to determine the specie of coral.

^^^YES!

I was going with speciosa because i spot quite a few "pocket-like" radial corallites. Echinata is more tubular and twiggy.