Need an I.D.... possibly a Reef Raft acro?

d2mini · Jul 9, 2015

Any idea? Size is only about an inch right now but it's coloring up nicely.
Vihn had been mentioned but at this size it doesn't look like it to me.
Who knows though once it gets bigger.

afamousjohnson · Jul 9, 2015

Maybe a miyagi tort?

Diesel · Jul 9, 2015

Mmmmm...........
You'll find the Mama in the Diesel tank for sure.
I got a bunch of unknown SPS from RR Tony in my tank and i have a few that that this may broke of from.
You'll see after you took some pics of them............... maybe this weekend

d2mini · Jul 10, 2015

afamousjohnson said:
Maybe a miyagi tort?

hmmm... google says that looks really close.

ChristopherKriens · Jul 10, 2015

I keep the Vinh and that's not it. It looks like Acropora austera

afamousjohnson · Jul 10, 2015

I have all but the vinh. I'll try n snap some comparison pics for ya today. Looks exact to my miyagi not so much the austera but close

afamousjohnson · Jul 10, 2015

here a couple of them as frags. Lil one on left is miyagi and on right is the austera

Diesel · Jul 10, 2015

Here's Mama!!

d2mini · Jul 10, 2015

Colors are the same, but the polyps would have to get much darker.
Also not sure about the corallites... they would have to get smaller in relation to the body as it grows.
Tough call when it's a small frag like this.
So far that Miyagi seems the closest... but if you never had a Miyagi... lol

afamousjohnson · Jul 10, 2015

Cali tort is a close call with miyagi in some cases?
Man - @Diesel is that your vinh colony - sick - you sure rock some awesome sps.

Diesel · Jul 10, 2015

afamousjohnson said:
Cali tort is a close call with miyagi in some cases?
Man - @Diesel is that your vinh colony - sick - you sure rock some awesome sps.

Nah, the Vinh is a littler smaller but that's my Miyagi you guys see.
When I rearranged all my corals 4 months back I had at least 150+ frags of all my SPS that broke off the colonies.
I gave some away as I had no idea what the were any more in my frag tank, all were mixed up, most I sold for $5 till $10.
Dennis was one of the lucky reefers close to me, when he will make a show for some pics of my tank I have a nice Mighty Dragon for him.

Still have a few left but they are all nubs but incrusted most of the 0.5" plugs.
Here a pic of the Vinh that Dennis took in November.
I'm pretty sure it came from the Vinh, than again I have maybe a 5 or 6 corals that look similar.
When you going to make the top-downs you'll will say that's what it is.

d2mini · Jul 10, 2015

Diesel said:
Dennis was one of the lucky reefers close to me, when he will make a show for some pics of my tank I have a nice Mighty Dragon for him.

You blew me off last weekend

but I'm trying again for tomorrow (sat). Text me late morning.

Eckolancer · Jul 10, 2015

It kinda looks like pearl berry a little bit unless you can prove RR I wouldn't claim that.

Diesel · Jul 10, 2015

d2mini said:
You blew me off last weekend but I'm trying again for tomorrow (sat). Text me late morning.

I did and I didn't...........
I was out for a meeting and ending up with my client designing his whole backyard and it took me freaking 4 hours but at the end I walked out with a signed 137k contract and a check for 25% and that for my Sunday

Tomorrow I promised to take the lady early to a farmers market (I HATE farmers markets) just some valuable time together.
Will text you late morning as your request.

butts182 · Jul 10, 2015

It's definitely a reef raft acro. Where did you score such a rare acro, the LFS?

hybridazn · Jul 10, 2015

I dont think its a miyagi, a true miyagi gets a gold/green tip on the branches from new growth.

bustayanky · Jul 11, 2015

what about like blueberry fields?

Diesel · Jul 11, 2015

Eckolancer said:
It kinda looks like pearl berry a little bit unless you can prove RR I wouldn't claim that.

It's not the PB, got that one too in the Diesel tank, still small though maybe 2" but growing steady.

afamousjohnson · Jul 11, 2015

hybridazn said:
I dont think its a miyagi, a true miyagi gets a gold/green tip on the branches from new growth.

Not mine - branchs yes but the ends cap in a blueish/purpleish.

Diesil feel ya on loosing track. After my last moves if I didnt know their shapes (started over with frags)they all wouldve been mixed up. All frags made were the same. With your load can only imagine the confusion - be like it's either this or this but their both awesome so god bless lol :-D
Looks sweet.either way - great color only to get better.

Ike · Jul 11, 2015

Diesel said:
Nah, the Vinh is a littler smaller but that's my Miyagi you guys see.
When I rearranged all my corals 4 months back I had at least 150+ frags of all my SPS that broke off the colonies.
I gave some away as I had no idea what the were any more in my frag tank, all were mixed up, most I sold for $5 till $10.
Dennis was one of the lucky reefers close to me, when he will make a show for some pics of my tank I have a nice Mighty Dragon for him.
Still have a few left but they are all nubs but incrusted most of the 0.5" plugs.
Here a pic of the Vinh that Dennis took in November.
I'm pretty sure it came from the Vinh, than again I have maybe a 5 or 6 corals that look similar.
When you going to make the top-downs you'll will say that's what it is.

That's not The Vinh. It looks to have different growth form, coralites, structure and lacks the blue polyps and body color of The Vinh. If you had told me it was pearlberry I would have had a hard time arguing. The original is also not The Vinh. It sort of looks like a small cali tort getting too much light or too few nutrients, but really hard to say.