Another coral ID request

[Auquanut]

I bought these two corals about a month ago as unnamed acro's from the LFS. They're encrusting well and growing fast. The picture doesn't do them justice. The top one has a teal color to it, and the bottom one is a kind of pastel purple.

By the way, that is not bubble algae you see in the picture. It's uhmm... Kryptonian Reef Pearls. Yeah! That's it. Reef pearls. Very rare. Probably never heard of them.

 

[P-Dub]

I bought these two corals about a month ago as unnamed acro's from the LFS. They're encrusting well and growing fast. The picture doesn't do them justice. The top one has a teal color to it, and the bottom one is a kind of pastel purple.

By the way, that is not bubble algae you see in the picture. It's uhmm... Kryptonian Reef Pearls. Yeah! That's it. Reef pearls. Very rare. Probably never heard of them.

That explains why you don't have a Superman Acro...

 

[Auquanut]

But seriously, no ideas what I have? Maybe I should have posted in the SPS section. For anyone whose curious: Yes. The Reef pearls do have tiny oysters nestled inside. Very small. Probably couldn't find them.

 

[P-Dub]

But seriously, no ideas what I have? Maybe I should have posted in the SPS section. For anyone whose curious: Yes. The Reef pearls do have tiny oysters nestled inside. Very small. Probably couldn't find them.

Acropora are so difficult to definitively identify. Even among leading scientists studying Acro's, there seems to be extensive uncertainty. Add to the fact that corals of different yet similar type can fertilize each other to really make it confounded. The only way to be certain is through DNA analysis and even then, if there is no database with a representative specimen.... To really mess with you, the sellers will have two different names for the exact same coral ;Blackeye, and that coral may color morph depending on nutrients, light, flow, and placement within your aquarium. Likely you will never really know so, grow it out and name it yourself. Whatever you name it, it will likely be no more or less accurate than what someone else may ID it as. I'll call the top one Aquanutus beautimus...

 

[Auquanut]

So what I'm getting out of this is that if I give them really cool names, I might be able to charge stupid prices for them? Just kidding. But they really do look awesome. Just kind of curious what kind of growth pattern to expect.