bird
Nov 9 2009, 07:04 AM
Any idea? Person I got it from no idea what
6-line
Nov 9 2009, 07:33 AM
Acropora sp.

maybe with some more growth someone may get it down to species level...maybe a bottlebrush type or tri-color...
organism
Nov 9 2009, 03:43 PM
That's an aquacultured species that frequently comes in with colonies on mounted plugs, looks a lot like the "incredible hulk" acro, my guess is a horrida.
lakshwadeep
Nov 9 2009, 08:38 PM
How is your water parameters? The frag appears to show RTN symptoms.
bird
Nov 9 2009, 09:12 PM
QUOTE (lakshwadeep @ Nov 9 2009, 09:38 PM)

How is your water parameters? The frag appears to show RTN symptoms.
good as far as my other sps and corals are concerned. I got it yesterday. I took the pic about 1/2 hour after I got it glued in. Here it is today.
nanoreefnate
Nov 9 2009, 09:14 PM
still looks like its RTNing.
was it like that when you got it?
RyanR1212
Nov 9 2009, 09:16 PM
looks pretty cool. is that orange i see the the polyps maybe or green?
organism
Nov 9 2009, 09:37 PM
It looks like your alkalinity is low the way that it's peeling at the base, I'd get on that asap before you lose the thing...
bird
Nov 10 2009, 03:27 AM
It is not peeling. I got it yesterday.
bird
Nov 10 2009, 10:17 PM
Here is a better pic with polyps closed
doctaq
Nov 11 2009, 12:15 AM
haha, that looks like a completeley different coral of the same type, is there any chance that it cam from the bottom of a big colony
organism
Nov 11 2009, 12:19 AM
Oh, that one's usually referred to as a candlelight acro, turns very nice under higher lighting!
doctaq
Nov 11 2009, 12:23 AM
eh,i have a candlelight and it doesnt look like that at all, it looks a lot more like my bottlebrush
candlelight polyps are much pointier on the ends while bottlebrushes have the more rounded polyp tips
organism
Nov 11 2009, 02:42 PM
I had a candlelight and they looked identical...
bird
Nov 11 2009, 08:27 PM
QUOTE (doctaq @ Nov 11 2009, 01:15 AM)

haha, that looks like a completeley different coral of the same type, is there any chance that it cam from the bottom of a big colony
don't really know what part it came from. never saw the mother colony.
Here is a pic with flash and some polyps extended if it helps any. I looked at both bottlebrush and candlelight pictures and can't really tell apart though the images I looked at could themselves be misnamed.
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