Acropora ID

[AKL1950]

When I got this as a 3/4” Frag, it was sold to me as a Garf Bonsai. Now that it’s growing out, I’m being told it not a Garf Bonsai, but something else. What’s the consensus? Garf Bonsai or something else? Maybe Garf could tell me.

 

[StatelineReefer]

Acropora Carduus.

Closest color variant I can find is Vivid Space Dragon. Nice get.

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

Looks great, slight derail...what's that beauty!

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

My guess to your post, but not a very educated one. Sry

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[Derrick0580]

Looks like garf bansai

 

[Reefing102]

Looks like a Garf Bonsai to me

Edit: looking closer at it, looks more like green tips on coralites which does look similar to the Vivid Space Dragon and Garf is typically purple with green polyps

 

[AKL1950]

Looks great, slight derail...what's that beauty!

WWC “WOW”. Still waiting to see it start branching. I’ve only had it for about 4 months.

 

[i cant think]

When I got this as a 3/4” Frag, it was sold to me as a Garf Bonsai. Now that it’s growing out, I’m being told it not a Garf Bonsai, but something else. What’s the consensus? Garf Bonsai or something else? Maybe Garf could tell me.

+1 to Acropora carduus and getting one acclimated to your lighting is great! I cant get hold of any here because they just don’t acclimate well to my LFS’s lighting.

 

[AKL1950]

My guess to your post, but not a very educated one. Sry

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This is my WWC Black Sabbath. It’s close, but more dark purple.

 

[AKL1950]

I got the coral as a Frag off of what I was told was a Garf Bonsai out of the 1500 gal show tank at WWC. Now they are saying it looks like their WWC moonshine. I have that one as well and it’s quite different. They have me confused.

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

I got the coral as a Frag off of what I was told was a Garf Bonsai out of the 1500 gal show tank at WWC. Now they are saying it looks like their WWC moonshine. I have that one as well and it’s quite different. They have me confused.

I have several duplicate corals with different names from wwc, but from ebay auction, so I guess it's more ok than buying direct, with off names..otherwise why put a name on it if we can't keep track.

But hey they all looks good to me!

 

[AKL1950]

I have several duplicate corals with different names from wwc, but from ebay auction, so I guess it's more ok than buying direct, with off names..otherwise why put a name on it if we can't keep track.

But hey they all looks good to me!

Thanks. I really like the guys at WWC, but I’m finding that as well, that I’ve picked what I thought were different corals with different names, but as they grow out, some are really starting to look like duplicates. My original corals all came from WWC, but after I had the ones I wanted, I moved over to TSA and SBB. Finding some good ones with them. Here are some pics of my top ledge. First Acro’s went in 1 September. Some are growing fast, some are slow pokes. The Monti’s are all growing fast. These naming pics are a two months old. You can see in the second picture the Garf Bonsai. its doubled in size since then.

 

[AKL1950]

Also I haven’t updated
the file pics since SBBs last couple of sales. There’s a few more sticks squeezed in there.

 

[AKL1950]

This is my TSA Sour Patch. I think it’s suppose to be a Garf Bonsai clone. I’m thinking it will end up looking better than the other one as it grows out.