Acro ID needed

[dryad001]

Got this from a local reefer a few months back, all the SPS gurus here have no clue what it is



I have a pic of the mother colony somewhere

 

[john90009]

possible upscales microladus, that's what mine looked like when it was a frag from the side.

 

[john90009]

or a raspberry limeade nasuta or how ever you spell it. You will know more when it grows out alittle.

 

[dryad001]

Here is a pic of the mother colony

 

[john90009]

huh- im not genius but yours is showing a thicker branches then mine did.

 

[dryad001]

Im thinking your right on the nausta (sp?)

 

[bct15]

Looks like maybe a nasuatu or microlados


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[john90009]

either what it is its nice- I bet if you get a nice top down picture the colors would be even wickeder, what lights do you have on them?

 

[dryad001]

The mother colony is not mine and not sure what he runs for lights.

The frag I have is under Lumenmax3 pendants with 250DE 14k phoenix bulbs that are about out of life.

 

[Badspstank]

Purple polyp nausta all day

 

[Frick]

Acropora nasuta by day, Acropora microclados by night. LOL jk The corallites are the only think to go by at the moment. A. microclados will have "Radial corallites are irregular, mostly tubular and appressed, with sharp edged nariform openings." and A. nasuta will "Radial corallites are usually in neat rows and are distinctively nariform in shape." So I am leaning towards Acropora nasuta.
Acropora nasuta. Corals of the World - Photos, maps and information about corals and reefs
Acropora microclados. Corals of the World - Photos, maps and information about corals and reefs

 

[dryad001]

Thanks all. Great help this site is!!!!

 

[MadCityReefer]

I own the mother colony unfortunately I'm not able to get a top down shot of this coral because I have a Oceanic tank with a very thick glass center brace in my way. Here's a close up pic thou...