ID Acro Please Pale Bushy w/ green tips

[CaliO]

I know it's an acro but does anyone know the scientific name. Pale branches with green tips. I believe it to be a "deep water" acro. Sorry for the pic Tablet camera and all others I have suck for these close ups. Need to get a macro lens! lol..

But non the least for fun add in how much you think you would pay for such a coral? it is about 6" widest point and 6" tall.

 

[bct15]

It looks like I has some coloring up to do, but I have something basically the same and it was IDed as acropora aculeus...sorry about the bad pics through algae in the glass. The coral is to close to the glass to clean it without moving the coral and I didn't feel like moving it right now.

 

[CaliO]

It looks like I has some coloring up to do, but I have something basically the same and it was IDed as acropora aculeus...sorry about the bad pics through algae in the glass. The coral is to close to the glass to clean it without moving the coral and I didn't feel like moving it right now.

not it. The growth pattern of the branches are different. wish I could get a close up, I'll try with a few other devices to show it better. Thx for the info and I'm including a link that I love using. And to be truthful am just to lazy to open all the acro links to better ID the coral.

Acropora aculeus. Corals of the World - Photos, maps and information about corals and reefs

 

[bct15]

I'm telling you, the coral i posted and yours are the same. Here is some older pics from closer to when I first got it. They are bad iPhone pics, but these corals are the same, just mine has been in captivity a while. Not sure if I'm totally convinced on the aculeus ID, but that is what I got from members of this sight. I use the same website that you linked.

 

[CaliO]

I miss my phone.

Granded you maybe right.

 

[CaliO]

Looks very close but idk it just doesnt look right to me. Your main branches seem be a little more wild, where mine appear to be very tubular.. Time will tell but I hope it stays closer to its color now, rather than be another green eye sore in my tank..

What did you pay for yours?



GUYS dont stop throwing ideas. Just because one member answered doesnt mean you need to go silent. Even if you agree. Speak up What other species are commonly "Bottle brush" acros? And give a price you'd pay for such a corl. I am interested in all your opinions..

 

[bct15]

When I got mine it looked almost exactly like that. The pictures dont show the color well because I took them through some algae on the glass, but mine is deep purple with yellowish green tips. Extremely bright, by far not an eyesore...everybody that comes by wants a piece. Coral grow oddly in my tank...this one has an odd shape because it gets kind of rotates on that PVC its resting on. It is about 7-8 inches wide (that is 2.5 inch PVC its sitting on).

 

[CaliO]

When I got mine it looked almost exactly like that. The pictures dont show the color well because I took them through some algae on the glass, but mine is deep purple with yellowish green tips. Extremely bright, by far not an eyesore...everybody that comes by wants a piece. Coral grow oddly in my tank...this one has an odd shape because it gets kind of rotates on that PVC its resting on. It is about 7-8 inches wide (that is 2.5 inch PVC its sitting on).

Mine isnt purple but doesnt mean it wont turn. But I have a ton of purple and green corals in my tank. And I wasnt saying yours was an eye sore just the fact I feel like my tank is all purple and green already.
Do you have a par meter ? Or what lights do you run. Just wondering about your placement. Maybe ill try something different and get a different coral color. Like a "Red Planet" being green at under 150 par or red over 150 par

 

[bct15]

It is sitting at about 280 PAR about five inches off my sand under 14k halide t5 combo...and gets good flow. I have some pieces in lower light as well, under t5s. T5s being out more base color and less electric green, but to low and the purple looks tannish. Under LEDs it is a lavender with green tips...an really high up under my halides (over 500 par) I've brought out some blue just behind the green with lighter purple base. Polyps are pinkish colored.

 

[CaliO]

Nice thx for the info.

 

[CaliO]

I would say this is my winner. - Upscales Fish and Reptiles

 

[evolved]

Agree it could be either navini...

I'll also throw out elegantula.

 

[Frick]

I am going with Acropora aculeus. The OPs Acro does not appear to be a bottlebrush type to me. The colony's growth is a corymbose clump with horizontal branches that are thin but not completely a bottle brush form. Radials are appressed and mixed with the Axials. I do think the OP's colony is not completely colored up yet and it will be some form of yellow to green. I think bct15 is right on the money and has shown a good example of what it will become.
Acropora aculeus. Corals of the World - Photos, maps and information about corals and reefs

A. navini is a good guess but the Axial corallites are spread farther apart and thicker by comparison, and A. navini keeps a very strict bottlebrush structure. The one Upscales is showing is also A. aculeus, not A. navini.
Acropora navini. Corals of the World - Photos, maps and information about corals and reefs

 

[CaliO]

I am going with Acropora aculeus. The OPs Acro does not appear to be a bottlebrush type to me. The colony's growth is a corymbose clump with horizontal branches that are thin but not completely a bottle brush form. Radials are appressed and mixed with the Axials. I do think the OP's colony is not completely colored up yet and it will be some form of yellow to green. I think bct15 is right on the money and has shown a good example of what it will become.
Acropora aculeus. Corals of the World - Photos, maps and information about corals and reefs

A. navini is a good guess but the Axial corallites are spread farther apart and thicker by comparison, and A. navini keeps a very strict bottlebrush structure. The one Upscales is showing is also A. aculeus, not A. navini.
Acropora navini. Corals of the World - Photos, maps and information about corals and reefs

UPDATE: Two weeks ago. I took three frags and placed in higher light. Mother colony sits in around 75par, no color change yet. Frags sit in 150par color change: tips have paler yellow tips. (Maybe from recovering)

I will keep updated as long as I remember, and will get pics up soon. Maybe I can get a closer shot or kill a piece to see the skeleton to compare. I am on the fence with this. As both have characterists that seem right and wrong. Explain what I mean later with better pics

 

[CaliO]

Oh and no one wanted to play. Guess how much I paid or what do you think its worth in your tank. Lol

 

[CaliO]

I made this side by side to better show you what I am seeing. The middle pic is my colony. So vote rather you thinkit is closer to pic 1 or 3.

 

[bct15]

It's clearly the one on the right.

 

[Frick]

It's clearly the one on the right.

+1 The right looks to be right to me as well.

CaliO, I must admit I am very impressed with that picture you took of your Acropora in the middle. What camera and techniques did you use to get that photo?

 

[CaliO]

Samsung Galaxy 3s camera Auto settings .Tank lights off / camera flash on.

Then used Android App KD Collage to made Black & White and to make the side by/editing

WINNER ; Acropora aculeus. Corals of the World - Photos, maps and information about corals and reefs
Now we know.. lol

+1 to btc15

 

[Frick]

Samsung Galaxy 3s camera Auto settings .Tank lights off / camera flash on. Then used Android App KD Collage to made Black & White and to make the side by/editing

WINNER ; Acropora aculeus. Corals of the World - Photos, maps and information about corals and reefs
Now we know.. lol

+1 to btc15

Well it turned out very well. Better than Veron's photos. LOL

Good call btc15