Coral ID

[Jay Tosi]

I picked this very nice heathy colony up form my lfs , wild caught , had acro crab on it( it died during dip/quarantine ) I need some id if possible I just have no clue ?

 

[DSC reef]

Possibly acropora sarmentosa

 

[SeaDweller]

yep looks like sarmentosa, probably greenish with brown, red polyps? I would have tried to fish the acro crab out. I miss those

 

[Jay Tosi]

yep looks like sarmentosa, probably greenish with brown, red polyps? I would have tried to fish the acro crab out. I miss those

Thank you so much that’s exactly the coloration and I tried but he sadly passed and do you know if they are rare at all?

 

[SeaDweller]

Thank you so much that’s exactly the coloration and I tried but he sadly passed and do you know if they are rare at all?

They're pretty common on wilds, and on MC pieces, and every time I would get those back then, I'd get them out first before dipping. They were a nice find, always. They like to tend to the colony.

There were stores that sold them for $10+

 

[Jay Tosi]

They're pretty common on wilds, and on MC pieces, and every time I would get those back then, I'd get them out first before dipping. They were a nice find, always. They like to tend to the colony.

There were stores that sold them for $10+

i was thinking of ordering some they are super cool what about the coral is it rare or anything ?

 

[SeaDweller]

i was thinking of ordering some they are super cool what about the coral is it rare or anything ?

I mean, it's pretty pedestrian in terms of color, but the growth form is what's nice. I had a nice sarmentosa colony a few years ago before I lost it. It's not rare by any means, but who cares; collect what you like.

 

[C. Eymann]

Sarmentosa for sure, May not be rare or super pretty (beauty is in the eye of the beholder though) its morphology is pretty unique from other acropora, having very undistinguished axials as radial corallites will form practically on top of branch tips right next to the axials.