ID Help Kevin

[returnofsid]

Hi Kevin,
So I've let this coral grow a lil' more and am hoping for some help IDing it. It came from Tracy, littlefishes. Any ideas?

 

[dailydriven911]

Looks like a Acropora Turaki sp...much like this one...

http://www.vividaquariums.com/10Expand.asp?ProductCode=05-6014-10

 

[returnofsid]

Well, I've got this ID posted on 3 forums that I respect. So far, I've had people think it's some type of Tort, a person thinks it's Tenuis, A. turaki, and finally, someone else says Acropora jacquelineae....lol. Quite the wide range of IDs there. Any more thoughts?

 

[kevinpo]

Hello,
Here are my guesses.
A. longicyathus
A. carduus

Both of the above are occasionally found in the blue color like yours.

Regards,
Kevin

 

[kevinpo]

If the tips are yellow then it could be A. subglabra.

HTH,
Kevin

 

[returnofsid]

Kevin, thank you for the possible IDs. Would it help to take a pic from the top? I do see some tips that might be a lighter blue/green color. Most tips are the same blue/slight green as the entire colony. Polyps appear to be either white or a light yellow.

 

[brandyrb]

Curious, any way to just contact Tracy and ask her?

 

[soyadrink]

I got the same coral from tracy a couple of months ago, sadly it died out of nowhere a couple of weeks ago. I believe it was a coral ORA used to propagate?

 

[returnofsid]

I'm pretty sure it is an ORA also...though Tracy didn't know what it was.