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Acro species ID


NorthGaHillbilly

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NorthGaHillbilly

Im not much of an SPS guy up to this point, but had a guy locally selling an acro colony that I couldnt pass up. As you can see its got thin branches, but dense growth. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas as to what kind of Acro it might be.

 

Frag

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Branch I kept

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Thanks

NGaHB

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My first thought was a lokani or granulosa. The branch density is often dependent on water flow so it can change quite a bit depending on the conditions.

 

It's definitely not a Lokani or Granulosa - I have one of each and they look nothing like that. Both Lokani and Granulosa are smooth skinned with tiny polyps and few radial corallites. My best guess is A. Nana or A. Pulchra

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NorthGaHillbilly

It's definitely not a Lokani or Granulosa - I have one of each and they look nothing like that. Both Lokani and Granulosa are smooth skinned with tiny polyps and few radial corallites. My best guess is A. Nana or A. Pulchra

A. nana looks pretty close to me, expecially when I looked into corallite growth

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NorthGaHillbilly

coralsee.org is a website with an acropora key. I have tried to ID corals with it and its kinda hit or miss, but worth a shot.

Thanks, I just went through the key on there, gave a 93% match for nana. Thats what Im going to go with for now, not that it makes any difference really, but its neat to have some idea.

 

Thanks guys

 

This picture of a nana looks very similar, with some time maybe mine will color up like this

a-nana.jpga

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