Help with getting an ID please

edawq · May 24, 2020

Hey team I got an acro a little while back. LFS only had it labelled as acro, so it'd be cool if it could be narrowed down.

Graffiti Spot · May 24, 2020

Use a powerhead or baster to blow the polyps back into the coral so we can see the shape of the skeleton and coralites.

edawq · May 24, 2020

@Pedoconfuego does that help?

edawq · May 25, 2020

One day it'll get an ID but until then my partner calls it the Green Orangutan

Graffiti Spot · May 25, 2020

Yea but you still need to get it to retract the polyps before the picture.

C. Eymann · May 25, 2020

Give the rock its on a few taps to retract the polyps.

As long as these aren't growth abnormalities
this trait I circled is pretty much limited to one species of Acropora....

ScottB · May 25, 2020

I'd call it "Woolly Mammoth".

C. Eymann · May 25, 2020

ScottB said:
I'd call it "Woolly Mammoth".

Some vendors call this species "boo berry" or "cookie monster"
I believe its a sarmentosa

edawq · May 29, 2020

C. Eymann said:
Some vendors call this species "boo berry" or "cookie monster"
I believe its a sarmentosa

I'll try get a better picture today once the lights are on.

edawq · May 29, 2020

It really doesn't want to retract those polyps. I had to lift it out of the water to get it to this point haha.

Graffiti Spot · May 29, 2020

I agree, sarmentosa, love that coral. Awesome pink red tips when it’s happy and even though it’s not rare it is really unique. Nice pull finding those little branches in the middle out of all those polyps eymann. Crazy polyp extension on that thing op.