Acropora ID Please

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BlennyBabe

Rachel
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Here is the acro that we have growing in most of the coral tanks here at point defiance.

Under different light and flow, it is different colors, but the growth form is mostly the same.

Here are some photos:
acropora29if.jpg

acroporacolony6dd.jpg

acropora1xa.jpg



Im going to get some skeleton pictures soon when I get access to the disecting microscope
 
You can not ID acro's from a pic, all you can due is say it is an Acropora sp

The worlds leading coral ID expert will tell you the same thing, especially those in a aqaurium.
 
I'm certainly no world expert but it may be A. nana. The growth forms get so skewed in an aquarium it is very difficult to ID. I'm pretty sure it is Acropora though :)

Regards,
Kevin
 
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