sps ID??

[spykes]

looks like a a. valida

 

[noodleman]

okay, lets try this again, same acro as the first post...

 

[scarf_ace1981]

whatever it is it looks nice.

 

[jackson6745]

Lokani?

http://www2.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/601-700/Species pages/621.htm

 

[noodleman]

think the polyps are too big and there's too many to be a lokani (most of the polyps retacted so i can get a close pic) :splitspin

you can't tell form the pic, but its actually purple with green polyps and a green growing tip

 

[JHOV2324]

SPS....Special Colored Stick

 

[jackson6745]

think the polyps are too big and there's too many to be a lokani (most of the polyps retacted so i can get a close pic) :splitspin

you can't tell form the pic, but its actually purple with green polyps and a green growing tip

Polyps and color shouldn't be used to ID. Look more at the skeletal structure. The Lokani is pretty close to your pic but its hard to tell until you get a full blown colony.

Could be a Humilis:tongue1:

 

[noodleman]

guess i'll update with a new pic every 6 months till someone id it :tongue1:

it could be :biglaugh:, it was labelled as one....or i can name it, slap on a LE and then i'll be in bussiness

 

[fritz]

The only way to tell what it is is to frag a piece and give it to me. I will grow it out and once it's large we'll be able to tell what it is.

 

[noodleman]

The only way to tell what it is is to frag a piece and give it to me. I will grow it out and once it's large we'll be able to tell what it is.

thought you got out of the sps game and returned to lps :bagfish:

 

[reefman]

slow growing bonsai

 

[noodleman]

i have a bonsai, and its definitely different....but i was looking for more of the scientific name, but thanks anyways

 

[lfsmarineguy]

seriously, everyone needs to calm down because the only way to positively ID an acro is through skeletal comparisons. Frag a piece bleach it and compare it. That is the ONLY way to positively ID an acro where there is no pedigree information. Trying to ID an acro from a pic of a juvenile colony is pointless. Not to mention that most corals do not exhibit the same actual wild growth patterns in captivity as they do in the wild and color is just never a way to ID an SPS......ever.

 

[Deanos]

the only way to positively ID an acro is through skeletal comparisons.

:agree:

 

[noodleman]

now if i did that, who would have the knowledge and expertise to positively ID it? besides having to mail it out to a laboratory. Atleast with progressive pictures of the pieces and eventually a colony, maybe someone has the same piece and can ID it, if i'm lucky

 

[cybermeez]

to me it resembles a bali tri color acro. but this is just a guess.

That's also what I was thinking it might be. I have something very similar that was sold to me as a tri-color.

 

[jhale]

find someone with a set of corals of the world,
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0642322368/?tag=reefs04-20

then frag and bleach the sucker. those books have skeleton pics of all the corals listed. have fun combing through them

 

[Tonyscoots84]

:idea: just call it LE purple noodles with green polyps

 

[noodleman]

J, i'll look into the book, seems like it could be worth wild

T, i like the sound of that name :idea:

 

[jhale]

purple noodles haha that actually works :lol: