Coral ID ...please help identify ..

fastpcuser · 08/31/2009, 12:25 AM

I have had its time for some time, it was all brown when I got it now it turned to its original color ( ice blue) and I kow its some kind of acropora (beacuse of red bugs) but can't find anything about it online.

here are some pics..

Red Firefish · 08/31/2009, 01:15 AM

Acropora sp. is probably the best accurate ID you'll get from a piece that size- species identifications require close examination of a colony's growth form in combination with microscopic examinination of its corallites' skeletal features. But you're right about the genus, it is Acropora. And it looks really pretty- nice find!

fastpcuser · 08/31/2009, 01:31 AM

Its actually only frag left from my LFS .. they had pretty big piece and it died and I was told I'm only one who's got piece of it.

08/31/2009, 12:25 AM	#1
fastpcuser Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sarasota,FL Posts: 68	Coral ID ...please help identify .. I have had its time for some time, it was all brown when I got it now it turned to its original color ( ice blue) and I kow its some kind of acropora (beacuse of red bugs) but can't find anything about it online. here are some pics..

08/31/2009, 01:15 AM	#2
Red Firefish Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: AZ Posts: 64	Acropora sp. is probably the best accurate ID you'll get from a piece that size- species identifications require close examination of a colony's growth form in combination with microscopic examinination of its corallites' skeletal features. But you're right about the genus, it is Acropora. And it looks really pretty- nice find!

08/31/2009, 01:31 AM	#3
fastpcuser Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sarasota,FL Posts: 68	Its actually only frag left from my LFS .. they had pretty big piece and it died and I was told I'm only one who's got piece of it.