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Bali green slimer
Looks more like an green austera than a yongei. The coralites are too round, especially the tips. Slimers tips are different and the coralites more uniform on a slimer.
Softhammer
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I’m agreeing with the cat. I have a Jason fox super green stag that looks very similar to that. There are literally dozens of different acro species that have that brilliant green color but not all are the true green slimer. Doesn’t detract from your piece one bit though!
I agree that it also looks like A. Austera to me too. A. Youngei looks completely different.
Back when people were into 10 and 14k lit tanks, there was an A. Austera that would get greenish yellow that people would call a "Yellow Tort." It was not true yellow, but it had some yellow hints to it under this lighting. That same coral would look plenty green under a heavy-blue spectrum. In any case, I feel pretty good about A. Austera on this one.
The Bennett yellow tort? I have been trying to find a piece of that one but been a while since I have seen it.
True, no one runs 10k lighting which is what really made that coral shine a yellow sheen to it. I am probably dropping the radiums for a 10k bulb and once I decided to do that is when I started looking for that coral but it seems it’s gone.
Hi Paul,
When jda mentioned "yellow tort", I looked it up and found some pictures on the net that has the same growth pattern with what I got right now. This thing with the rounded coralites and "tabling" growth is similar to images that came back as Shawn Bennett Yellow Tort. Here are some updated pics of the directly horizontal view of the acro and the encrusting pattern that may lead to a more positive ID. Finally, when shelter in place gets lifted, I can cut you branch if you meet up closer to Tysons.
When jda mentioned "yellow tort", I looked it up and found some pictures on the net that has the same growth pattern with what I got right now. This thing with the rounded coralites and "tabling" growth is similar to images that came back as Shawn Bennett Yellow Tort. Here are some updated pics of the directly horizontal view of the acro and the encrusting pattern that may lead to a more positive ID. Finally, when shelter in place gets lifted, I can cut you branch if you meet up closer to Tysons.
