Green "Slimer" ID

[trevorhiller]

This coral (first pic, not black background) was sold to me as a Green Slimer by FishofHex. However, the corallites don't look like what a green slimer's look like. Is this just a green staghorn? I'm not great with coral identification, but while this is bright green it doesn't look like a slimer to me and I'd like to know what it is. The corallites appear to be flat and coming out of the main body rather than little bumps like that of a green slimer.

Also, are there any good SPS identification guides you can recommend?

Thanks!

Second photo credit tidal gardens

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Looks like green slimer to me

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

If it ever actually slimes up on you ull know for sure. I think green slimer is just a green acropora.
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[sculpin01]

Agree that it doesn’t look like a typical Acropora yongei, although growth can change due to tank conditions. There’s a false “green slimer” with orange axial corallites that pops up for sale occasionally. “Lime in the sky” is a mix of white and green and might be another candidate.

 

[rtparty]

Not the greatest pics but this my Green Slimer if it helps at all. My piece is straight from Tidal Gardens

 

[Graffiti Spot]

It might turn out to get some coralites once growing well. The bottom tiny branch looks to want coralites. When the body stays smooth with just slightly edged areas at the tips of the branches where polyps are, these are normally abrholosensis and get the orange axial coralites when happy. Often confused with a slimer (yongi), but they have much less tendency for branching and grow in long talk thick branches, fairly slowly.

 

[trevorhiller]

I just placed an order from top shelf aquatics and they had a green slimer for $30 so I grabbed one just to see. I believe theirs is the real deal because when gluing I had trouble getting all the “snot” off of it lol

Here’s another picture comparison between the two. I’m not sure what the one I got from Fish of Hex is, but it looks way different than this new piece. I also haven’t seen any growth of the FOH “green slimer.” I think this better illustrates the difference in the polyp structure.

 

[djf91]

Yea I’ve seen that variety before. Smaller coralites and more shaggy polyp coverage. I think it might be abrolhosensis. I’ve been looking for the tan/blue variety of this species for the longest time.

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

Mine is from wwc directly, it looks like that when messed with, the polyps look sucked in 70% on there but I get a lighter toned almost white skin on the shaded sides. I believe it to be a green slimer :)