Yep I agree with this. I think Green slimer has always traditionally been Acropora yongei as seen in your first picture. I consider the one in the second picture a fuzzy green staghorn, either A. abrolhosensis or A. aspera.In the past 20 years I have always thought of a green slimer as Acropora Yongeii. Produces lots of slime, yellow/green in color, grows fast with white growth tips. Lately I see guys posting picture of what I always called Acropora abrolhensis. This one also produces a ton of slime, darker green in color with fuzzy polyps and orange growth tips (fast grower). Just wanted to clear up the confusion. All comments welcome.
My slimer looks like the 2nd pic. Color, pe and tip color.In the past 20 years I have always thought of a green slimer as Acropora Yongeii. Produces lots of slime, yellow/green in color, grows fast with white growth tips. Lately I see guys posting picture of what I always called Acropora abrolhensis. This one also produces a ton of slime, darker green in color with fuzzy polyps and orange growth tips (fast grower). Just wanted to clear up the confusion. All comments welcome.
I would say abro for sure. I’ve also never seen a yongei get anywhere near as fuzzy as an abro can get.This is my old abro. People used to argue with me saying it was a slimmer and they still do. One way to tell them apart is the slimmer corallites extend a little more from the main body. Also abro grows some thick branches
Beautiful old school reef. Love the potters wrasse.This is my old abro. People used to argue with me saying it was a slimmer and they still do. One way to tell them apart is the slimmer corallites extend a little more from the main body. Also abro grows some thick branches
I have one of these super furry ones that the OP is referring to. I always thought it was A. Abrolhosensis, but after some googling, I'm really starting to think it's A. Aspera.
Wow...sorry to diverge, but what is that Leopard Wrasse? I want one...This is my old abro. People used to argue with me saying it was a slimmer and they still do. One way to tell them apart is the slimmer corallites extend a little more from the main body. Also abro grows some thick branches
It's a potters wrasse. More expensive and a little more temperamental than other leopards aside from maybe chaoti
Tumida can be another imposter. Here’s the link to a short thread when I was asking about aspera
www.reef2reef.com
I believe this to be Aspera, and was recently looking for a piece to grow as this colony has been long gone.
While at the LFS I saw it and said,”bag me up a chunk of that aspera”. Dude looked at me like I had two heads. He said that’s a green slimer. Well, I couldn’t convince him and they still sell it as a slimer. Glad I found it and for the record it grows as fast as I remember.
Slimer
I am no expert by any means but from that skeleton I would say it’s not yongei.Wow, that is a LOT brighter than mine hahaha.
The last pic does look very similar to the dark green one. This is about as bright as I've seen mine get.
Lost about 3/4 of that original about 6 months ago. A single branch survived. Chopped it up into 3 prices and have been growing them out in multiple tanks. It seems rare enough that it would be tough to replace!
Here's some of the old skeleton if it helps for ID. Interesting that there are none of the normally pronounced axial corallites. In hindsight, this thing must have stopped growing for awhile before it died.
