Supposed ORA?

Littlebigaj · Apr 4, 2010

I bought this as a supposed ORA coral. Does anyone know which coral it might be, or if it's even an ORA. Thanks!

gilmour01 · Apr 4, 2010

borealis?

macawmagic · Apr 4, 2010

purple plasma?

inactive · Apr 4, 2010

Roscoe's or Joe possibly.

Littlebigaj · Apr 4, 2010

I was thinking Roscoes.

BrooksReef · Apr 4, 2010

I'm leaning more towards Joe.

Troylee · Apr 4, 2010

looks like roscoes to me....

ReeferRob · Apr 4, 2010

Can some of the SPS wizard please share some characteristics that help you ID them please? Im just getting into SPS.

inactive · Apr 4, 2010

Joe:

Roscoe's:

ReeferRob · Apr 4, 2010

Okay, so what do I see.... similar colors of each, but the difference is in the coralite growth structure or pattern? Right or wrong?

fizhfly · Apr 4, 2010

its a joe the coral

inactive · Apr 4, 2010

Hard to say.

Littlebigaj · Apr 4, 2010

Thanks for playing everyone!

I'll get a better shot once I replace my bulbs this week.

Just Clownin Around · Apr 4, 2010

i say roscoes or borealis but leaning toward sthe roscoes

Littlebigaj · Apr 5, 2010

Well, I have a colony of Borealis in the same tank and you can tell the two apart easily. So I am going to scratch Borealis off the list.

johnanddawn · Apr 6, 2010

ReeferRob said:
Okay, so what do I see.... similar colors of each, but the difference is in the coralite growth structure or pattern? Right or wrong?

correct - color is not very significant when IDing corals
colony shape, coralite spacing and coralite structure are far more important, and those traits become more defined in colonies then frags

i don't have joes or roscoes and its hard to tell from kraylen's pics because the frags are still quite small, but it looks like the radial coralites are quite different:

joe's seem to be wider spaced, tubular coralites all of one size
roscoe's seem to tightly spaced, appressed coralties of two sizes

so if we assume it is one of those two possibiliities, roscoes appears to be the better guess??