Coral ID??

Moondawg · Sep 30, 2019

Can anyone ID this coral? It was listed as a "blueberry fields acro" but I believe it was mislabeled.

DSC reef · Sep 30, 2019

Looks like a frag of a bonsai that has not grown vehicle yet.

Moondawg · Oct 1, 2019

DSC reef said:
Looks like a frag of a bonsai that has not grown vehicle yet.

Is it an acropora? I didnt know they started out flat like that.

C. Eymann · Oct 1, 2019

They can, just hasn't developed pronounced radial and axial corallites. Sometimes with frags like these, I like to make a very small nip or two with bone cutters once its stable/ been in the system for a few weeks. The inflicted injury usually promotes formation of an axial corallite and spur vertical growth, esp with "dormant" frags or acros that show lots of basal growth but little vertical growth.

It can a helpful "nudge" to start growing new branches.

Moondawg · Oct 1, 2019

C. Eymann said:
They can, just hasn't developed pronounced radial and axial corallites. Sometimes with frags like these, I like to make a very small nip or two with bone cutters once its stable/ been in the system for a few weeks. The inflicted injury usually promotes formation of an axial corallite and spur vertical growth, esp with "dormant" frags or acros that show lots of basal growth but little vertical growth.

It can a helpful "nudge" to start growing new branches.

Interesting, I had no idea, but I'm still fairly new to reefing.