Acropora sp. ID

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Hey r2r SPS community,

This acro originally came encrusted on a piece of rock without any axial corallites, so until the axial corallites started forming I had no idea it was even an acro. Now it's started shooting new branches up and I was wondering if anyone can help me ID this acropora sp. Thanks!

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Kinda looks like a bleached out red planet to me. You might have to wait until it colors back up and throws more defined branches
 
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For sure not a red planet, the branches are much larger. It's under full spectrum lighting right now but it's lime green when the blues kick on. Very fuzzy
 
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Different angle. Check out that fuzz
 

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Post a close pic of those new growth branches with the polyps retracted
Seems like the corallites are different from anthoceris. Also does anthoceris get this fuzzy?

Yes a happy anthocercis can have decent PE. However, not sure that what you have there is anthocercis.
 
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Post a close pic of those new growth branches with the polyps retracted


Yes a happy anthocercis can have decent PE. However, not sure that what you have there is anthocercis.
Posted close up picks of the new growth above this post. My apologies for the delay.
 

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