id help

[bruno21447]

Looking to find out what this sps is called thanx

 

[swannyson7]

Are you looking for a species or a trade name?

 

[bruno21447]

both plz

 

[bruno21447]

bump

 

[returnofsid]

Any chance of a much closer and in focus photo?

 

[bruno21447]

not sure this pic will be any better light makes it look kinda bleached.

also need help with this one

 

[bruno21447]

bump

 

[swannyson7]

Without a clearer pic, it's almost impossible to get a difinitive ID on the species. I'd try looking through here to see if you can ID the particular species:

Species

 

[bruno21447]

k I will check it out. yea hard all I have is my droid to take pics so not the best. thanx

 

[swannyson7]

Sorry I couldn't be more help, but there are so many similar species of acropora, that I don't want to guess and provide you with the wrong species

 

[bruno21447]

lol yea I see that from that link you posted. Well will be good to learn as I look :nerd:

 

[swannyson7]

FWIW, if I had to guess, the first one looks like an Acropora cervicornis (staghorn), while the second one looks like Acropora sarmentosa

 

[bruno21447]

another pic tried gettin closer to show polyps

 

[bruno21447]

what about the trade name? think the first one is a acro tenuis from research.second one im still not sure about

 

[swannyson7]

The corallites look a bit small to be a tenuis IMO, that's why I was guessing a stag (But it could definitely be Acropora tenuis as well). Although most large stags have long branches without many forks, that is pretty dependent on flow. I have a stag in high flow that is branching like crazy, while some of the ones in lower flow have long branches that don't seem to split much. Did you look into the Acro sarmentosa as a possible ID on the second one?

 

[bruno21447]

Acro sarmentosa hmm not sure everything kinda does look like that but not sure bout polyps they are a color i havnt seen kind of a gold. while the rest is a blue green color

 

[bruno21447]

k Acropora glauca? for the second one

 

[bruno21447]

Bigger piece of last pic

 

[Landon]

The second picture looks like a millepora that does not have polyp extention.