Help with ID for placement

[Hasher76]

Coral shop made me a deal on this guy so I had to buy it, just not 100% on what it is. The tips are purple and body looks greenish. Not sure where to place in my tank for light and flow.
Thanks

 

[Hasher76]

I'm thinking A.Tenuis for my guess.

 

[Silent]

That depends on your lights for where to place it and how deep your tank is.

 

[Hasher76]

That depends on your lights for where to place it and how deep your tank is.

Yes it does, and once I get confirmation on the Coral I'll be sure to place it accordingly.

 

[SeaDweller]

Reminds me of a valida, not tenuis.

 

[wagner sanches]

It is an Acropora valida or nana

 

[Graffiti Spot]

Looks more like a nasuta than any of the above.

 

[Graffiti Spot]

I would place it high up for best coloration given its colors come out best in high light. Lower and the green in the base will take over more. Higher and the purple will cover more of the branches instead of just the tips.

 

[Hasher76]

I attached it to a new rock and took a pic with lights off. Looks so close to those suggestions above, I dinner know which to pick but the requirements sound solid and I placed it up top

 

[SeaDweller]

I attached it to a new rock and took a pic with lights off. Looks so close to those suggestions above, I dinner know which to pick but the requirements sound solid and I placed it up top

looks like a tricolor valida to me

 

[Graffiti Spot]

Maybe it is a validia, I thought it was purple with blue tips and white polyps from the first pic.

 

[Hasher76]

It's getting happier every day. Got a nice lighted picture. I swear the base looks like it's grown already. Maybe I'm crazy.

 

[C. Eymann]

Acropora secale

 

[SeaDweller]

It's getting happier every day. Got a nice lighted picture. I swear the base looks like it's grown already. Maybe I'm crazy.

It has. Just compare it to your above pics.

 

[Hasher76]

The nitrates in the tank I got it from were sky high so hopefully I can get the green base back from it's current brown coloration. Purple keeps extending down the tips. Really becoming one of my favorites.

 

[Hasher76]

First picture from September 20, second pic from last night. This things growing pretty fast and coloring up beautifully

 

[SeaDweller]

First picture from September 20, second pic from last night. This things growing pretty fast and coloring up beautifully

dont change a thing!

 

[Jeff Jarry reef]

Tri color valida I have two of them. I'm pretty sure that's what it is. And it needs high lighting.

 

[Hasher76]

Tri color valida I have two of them. I'm pretty sure that's what it is. And it needs high lighting.

Tri-color seems to be the census, just wish I would have grabbed the second one they had but sadly it's gone.

 

[SeaDweller]

Tri-color seems to be the census, just wish I would have grabbed the second one they had but sadly it's gone.

Why? Soon you'll be able to frag your own colony.