Acro Id? Type more than “name”

[Coastie Reefer]

Can anyone help me determine what kind of acro this is? Any info is appreciated. Gets crazy polyp extension, but only at night.

Thanks

CR

 

[DSC reef]

Looks like a bonsai. Ours like medium light, high flow.

 

[Coastie Reefer]

Looks like a bonsai. Ours like medium light, high flow.

I agree somewhat, but it's more of a teal blue and white with dark "blurple" tips (hard to tell from the pic - taken under LEDs)

 

[Coastie Reefer]

found this with a google search though... Quality Marine's Bonsia... Looks identical.

 

[DSC reef]

I wouldn't go by color too much but by the growth itself. You might have to let it grow a bit but it has a strong growth pattern of a typical bonsai. I believe the pic you just posted is acropora secale correct? Either way man, it's a sweet coral!

 

[acro-ed]

Looks like A. secale to me ("bonsai").

 

[Sallstrom]

Looks like A. secale to me ("bonsai").

Another species to mix up with A. nana and A. valida
Thanks!

 

[acro-ed]

Another species to mix up with A. nana and A. valida
Thanks!

The color (that "tri-color" look) can be exhibited in all three, but the corallite structure and growth forms are distinct. The nana has more delicate, longer, thinner branches than the secale. Typically the valida corallite structure looks more "swollen" than the nana. The secale is known for those tubular shaped corallites.

A valida and secale would be much easier to confuse, whereas the nana may have similar color scheme but the branches and corallites are distinct enough. The trouble in captive tanks is that odd flow/light/chemistry can make for some unusual physiological response in appearance.

I have all three in my tank and they do look very similar.

Here's a pic of the corallite structure of each. (nana, secale, valida)

 

[Sallstrom]

The color (that "tri-color" look) can be exhibited in all three, but the corallite structure and growth forms are distinct. The nana has more delicate, longer, thinner branches than the secale. Typically the valida corallite structure looks more "swollen" than the nana. The secale is known for those tubular shaped corallites.

A valida and secale would be much easier to confuse, whereas the nana may have similar color scheme but the branches and corallites are distinct enough. The trouble in captive tanks is that odd flow/light/chemistry can make for some unusual physiological response in appearance.

I have all three in my tank and they do look very similar.

Here's a pic of the corallite structure of each. (nana, secale, valida)

Thanks!
Yes, I'm trying to ID the Acropora's at my work using Veron's pics and descriptions. We have A. nana and A. valida, and they are, just like you're saying, pretty different when it comes to the morphology. But Acropora secale was new to me

 

[Coastie Reefer]

The color (that "tri-color" look) can be exhibited in all three, but the corallite structure and growth forms are distinct. The nana has more delicate, longer, thinner branches than the secale. Typically the valida corallite structure looks more "swollen" than the nana. The secale is known for those tubular shaped corallites.

A valida and secale would be much easier to confuse, whereas the nana may have similar color scheme but the branches and corallites are distinct enough. The trouble in captive tanks is that odd flow/light/chemistry can make for some unusual physiological response in appearance.

I have all three in my tank and they do look very similar.

Here's a pic of the corallite structure of each. (nana, secale, valida)

That's extremely helpful. Thanks!