Unknown Acro

aznreef99 · Sep 23, 2018

I was told by the seller that this acro is supposed to be a Strawberry Shortcake. Others told me that it is not. Any thoughts on what it may be?

Ranjib · Sep 24, 2018

bump
Its beautiful

Skep18 · Sep 24, 2018

Almost looks like a branching cyphastrea to me maybe? ;Cyclops

jda · Sep 24, 2018

Maybe A. Echinata, but I would need to see it grow more.

tautog83 · Sep 24, 2018

Skep18 said:
Almost looks like a branching cyphastrea to me maybe? ;Cyclops

id agree with this

29bonsaireef · Sep 24, 2018

Almost looks like branching cyphastrea, but I see some lil acro polyps coming out. I'd say definitely some type of SSC variant. Couple strains have that peachy color.

aznreef99 · Sep 24, 2018

jda said:
Maybe A. Echinata, but I would need to see it grow more.

i agree

aznreef99 · Sep 24, 2018

29bonsaireef said:
Almost looks like branching cyphastrea, but I see some lil acro polyps coming out. I'd say definitely some type of SSC variant. Couple strains have that peachy color.

its an acro for sure but not sure what kind

aznreef99 · Sep 24, 2018

i was also told that it is a deep water acro

jda · Sep 24, 2018

I am sure that it is an acropora. Green with pink tips is a unique color for A. Echinata. Do you have a photo in daylight? This could be really special.

aznreef99 · Sep 24, 2018

jda said:
I am sure that it is an acropora. Green with pink tips is a unique color for A. Echinata. Do you have a photo in daylight? This could be really special.

lol lights out

29bonsaireef · Sep 25, 2018

Did the seller tell you it was deep water? or SSC? Seeing the last pic, elongated tentacle on the polyp is very common for A. Microclados (SSC). That's probably what you have there. Just fragged off the growth tips.

rkpetersen · Sep 25, 2018

Not typical for either A. microclados or A. echinata, imo. Perhaps A. elegans, A. speciosa, A. striata, A. lokani, A. caroliniana.

29bonsaireef · Sep 25, 2018

OP, if you can find any similarities to your piece and this, then you got a nice sshortcake frag. A. Microclados. Trying to help you out with a correct ID. No sense in having a mislabeled coral.

(web image) for reference

aznreef99 · Sep 25, 2018

29bonsaireef said:
OP, if you can find any similarities to your piece and this, then you got a nice sshortcake frag. A. Microclados. Trying to help you out with a correct ID. No sense in having a mislabeled coral.

(web image) for reference

wow that is super nice. i would like to
believe that it is same acro. original pic looks similar

jda · Sep 26, 2018

This is what A. Microcloados and SSC look like:
https://uniquecorals.com/products/a...ake-acropora-1-stock-frag?variant=53015746323

That photo above is either very aberrant, or mislabeled, IMO.

29bonsaireef · Sep 26, 2018

I agree, that is the more typical shape.. especially coming in wild, for Microclados, but they will take some interesting shapes once in the aquarium. Not sure exactly what has to happen for it to get that thin look..seems to happen when they really settle in and spurt out new growth. I'd put money down this is A. Microclados

ORA original SSC, A. Microclados. You can see the the spurts of new growth are very thin, it's all on where the frag was cut IMO. Makes a lot of folks think they have got a deepwater (smooth skin) frag.

jda · Sep 26, 2018

I would feel better about it if there was even one radial corallite with a polyp in it. The polyps are just one axial corallites. These examples have radial corallites - quite a few of them. You could be totally right, though... as we will know more when it is baseball sized.