acropora id??

[Talentedminds]

Can someone please help me id this acropora? Sorry if pic isn't that good. some of the branches are fused together and under the halides it had bluish tips but under my t5's it has withish blue tips. The colors is a yellow to a light green blend, it shows all of its polyps throughout the day. This is my 1st acro that has been slimmed out the tips during daylight feeding fish Mysis/brine, any reason? I know they say it may do it to gather more food but i just want to make sure it is ok. my alk is about 10.6 and calcium is 410-420 ish, no trates and all other parameters are fine. I use bionic to keep parameters in order. I just moved it up about 4 inches off the sandbed after having it a week or so. I noticed that it also slimmed out the tips on sand bed also while feeding so i dont think is is from the move. If someone has info on this acro i would greatly appreciate it. Thanks again..

 

[ZANYMASTER]

Probably a Tenuis but Deanos might know.Too many Latin names for them.

 

[Deanos]

Deanos might know.

It's a colored stick :dead1:

 

[noodleman]

your going to need a much closer and detailed picture than that, and theres still wont be a positive ID unless you send a skeletal sample to a expert to examine :flower:

 

[ZANYMASTER]

That expert would be Deanos:biglaugh:

 

[DevIouS]

Deenos expert on SPS?
:biglaugh:



Go ahead Deen "WAG" it...

 

[Talentedminds]

sorry is this any better

 

[Deanos]

Go ahead Deen "WAG" it...

Fine :grumpy:

I'd say with 97.9% certainty that that coral is Acropora Sp. and will be found on this page.

As already stated by noodleman, simply compare your coral's skeleton with those found under acropora on the above page.

 

[DevIouS]

Good WAG

Happy searching through that link TM:happysad:

 

[Talentedminds]

thank you deanos, its appreciated. now i must name the coloring stick, but would a alk reading of 10.6 do that?

 

[bigbris1]

Name it The Pink Panther & sell frags for $1,000 each

 

[autoponicz]

you will probrably have to give it some time to color up (or it may be the actual color) before guessing which acro is might be...

 

[Talentedminds]

i was really just curious on the mucus its throwing while feeding, I was searching the name to see if the mucus is related to the specie.