pearlberry?

jvb89 · Nov 25, 2015

jvb89 · Nov 25, 2015

this was sold to me as a pearlberry and now that I look at it the structure looks different.... thoughts?

UFreefer · Nov 25, 2015

Coralites look different. Doubt it's pb

jvb89 · Nov 25, 2015

That's exactly what I was thinking. ...

jvb89 · Nov 26, 2015

Thoughts on the type ?

trido · Nov 26, 2015

Hard to tell without a true to the eye picture. This looks like three shades of blue to me. More importantly, it does not have the coralite shape of the pearlberries I have seen.

kschweer · Nov 26, 2015

I would say not a pearlberry. The growth structure and shape are different. Here's my pearlberry.

jvb89 · Nov 26, 2015

kschweer said:
I would say not a pearlberry. The growth structure and shape are different. Here's my pearlberry.

Nice!

Eckolancer · Nov 26, 2015

Looks like a tenius

jvb89 · Nov 26, 2015

My thought also ecko.

trido · Nov 26, 2015

Here is my pearlberry

jvb89 · Jan 9, 2016

jvb89 · Jan 9, 2016

Updated pic. Coloring up nicely but no noticeable growth yet. Still not 100% on what it is either.

jvb89 · Jan 9, 2016

Actually I think I just found it at
http://uniquecorals.com/acropora-tenuis-bali-blue-ice-tenuis-2-5-wysiwyg-colony.html

urbaneks · Jan 9, 2016

Agree with others that what you have is Tenius. A nice coral but it's not quite Pearl Berry. If you paid Pearl Berry prices, I'd go ask for a partial refund. Here is my ORA Pearlberry. I think you can see the growth structure is much different than Tenius.

jvb89 · Jan 9, 2016

Nice colony you have there. I only paid 60$ for the mini colony so I got a steal

Tab28 · Jan 9, 2016

jvb89 said:
Nice colony you have there. I only paid 60$ for the mini colony so I got a steal

That is a decent price for a tenuis of that size. It may even color up more. A pearlberry of that size would have cost much more than that price.

Eckolancer · Jan 10, 2016

jvb89 said:
Actually I think I just found it at
http://uniquecorals.com/acropora-tenuis-bali-blue-ice-tenuis-2-5-wysiwyg-colony.html

From your pics it's not a blue ice the polyps look different. Since you bought it as a pearl berry, and it's not that I would just call it blue tenius.