What are my favorite acros?

[Piper27]

Help me with these few acros please! Had some ideas but not sure on a few.

This is an Aussie piece, the wild coral resembled a spath but the new growth looks like a Milli that only grows thicker! It was brown with a little gold when I got it and boy am I happy how it turned out! I cant believe I wasn't bombarded by people who wanted a frag when I posted it . Blue base green, gold, and pink. The branches look more pink from the top. The dark blue is on the base which is hard to see under the polyps and coralites. I have never seen growth like this before.



This is another Aussie acro, I have seen one or two colonies like it come in. They are always 6+ inch colonies. Pink with light red polyps, growth rim is blue.



This was a small spot that came on a maricultured base. The acro died and the couple polyps turned into this colony. I thought it was going to be a Nana but the branches are very long and the coralites are shaped different. The new branches come off at a very sharp angle almost parallel to the main branch. It encrusted forever until it shot up this pink growth. Still may be to small to tell but figured I would ask.



Merry Christmas!

 

[Piper27]

Patiently waiting for a little help

 

[ajcanale]

I think #1 is Acropora Aspera. It's definitely not a humilis.

#2 no idea, but I like it a lot.

#3 maybe Acropora Nasuta based on coralites, polyps, and how it encrusted first.

 

[Piper27]

I think number one is to fat of branches for an aspera, the are like cone shaped. Aspera has long straight branches, I actually just got a frag of a purple tip aspera today and the colony looks nothing like it. The polyps on my coral are very large and fat and fluffy. Like you said defiantly not a humulis, but is even thicker than one.

Number two I unsure of as well.

Number three is defiantly not a nasuta, its got long branches its just hard to see from the top. And the coralites are spaced out along the branches and not close.

I will try for some better pics to show the colonies.

 

[Piper27]

Actually number one resembles aspera, but even the original wild cut was a large encrusted area with a few small branches. Originally thought it was like a Millie or spath. If it is an aspera its the most colorful and slow growing one I have ever seen! Aren't they normally one color or just colors in the tip?

 

[Piper27]

No one has any guesses?

 

[tommyboynj]

3 looks remarkably like a valida I used to have. Unfortunately I lost it when I had a po4 spike after a tank transfer.