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Went to visit a fellow reefer's home and saw some incredible acros but I have no idea what are they.
1:
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2:
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3:
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4:
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5:
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6:
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7:
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Top one i believe is Acropora valida, one below it maybe Acropora speciosa...
 
Nice corals. I'm just guessing, but I reckon the following:

1. probably A. valida
2. probably A. turaki, but could be A. echinata (both speciosa and turaki used to often be mislabled as echinata in the hobby).
3. A. speciosa
4. maybe A. granulosa but there are others that can look like that, so not too high confidence on that
5. I'd guess A. caroliniana, but could be A. jacquelineae (because A. jackie tends to have 'pointier' axial coralites)
6. I'd guess A. aculeus
7. Could be one of many, but if I had to guess I'd go with A. austera
 
Nice corals. I'm just guessing, but I reckon the following:

1. probably A. valida
2. probably A. turaki, but could be A. echinata (both speciosa and turaki used to often be mislabled as echinata in the hobby).
3. A. speciosa
4. maybe A. granulosa but there are others that can look like that, so not too high confidence on that
5. I'd guess A. caroliniana, but could be A. jacquelineae (because A. jackie tends to have 'pointier' axial coralites)
6. I'd guess A. aculeus
7. Could be one of many, but if I had to guess I'd go with A. austera
He did say that he thinks 2 is an A. echinata, it comes from south china sea and looks pretty similar to some aussie echinata.
 

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