Please ID this acro

xcorallusx · Apr 4, 2013

In all serious I am betting it is a tricolor that has been through rough times and the color you are seeing is new growth. Notice how the base is faded/light green, this happens under stress and poor parameters. I have had a few tricolors that were browned out and they get a nice orange color with the purple/blue tips. Like others said, you really need to wait till it grows and then it will show its true colors and structure, unless you have a picture of the colony that your friend has.

Alabamareef · Apr 4, 2013

xcorallusx said:
looks like the myfrags/cornbred/rnegret/tyree/rasta rainbow acro break off a 1/4" and sell it on ebay for $500

If I were on SC web site that might be true but I think the price would be higher. LM@O

Duddits · Apr 4, 2013

I'm not too crazy about fragging it just yet. It was only about 1/2" to 3/4" when I got it back in December. It's just now really starting to show its colors and style. I'm looking forward to it growing out. When it does, I'll frag it out then but unsure how much the frags will be. I'm more interested in trading the. Selling to be honest.

Frick · Apr 5, 2013

Duddits said:
I'm more interested in trading the. Selling to be honest.

If you're going to be honest when selling or trading then avoid using show names that already refer to another coral. Telling someone that it is something more than what it is just to get more money out of it is the most dishonest things i see when it comes to trading and selling frags. If it looks good and people can see that for themselves you can put top dollar on it.

cymaster007 · Apr 5, 2013

Could be an acropora nana or a tort-
Is it similar to any of these?

Duddits · Apr 7, 2013

Frick said:
If you're going to be honest when selling or trading then avoid using show names that already refer to another coral. Telling someone that it is something more than what it is just to get more money out of it is the most dishonest things i see when it comes to trading and selling frags. If it looks good and people can see that for themselves you can put top dollar on it.

I never claimed what it was hence the title "Please ID this acro". For what I've seen and researched it looked like an RR avenger acropora. I'm not interested in looking for top dollar. I got it in a trade and I'm looking to do the same, but not willing to hand over a nice frag for some common polyps or mushrooms.