ID ? Pearlberry and Booberry ???

[TravisParsley]

Can anyone ID these two Acros?..?

I have had these two mystery frags which have now grown into large colonies for years.

Pearlberry and Booberry are my best guesses.

 

[lapin]

Maybe nobody can
Bump

 

[TravisParsley]

Yes, I'm still hopeful someone can chime in.

 

[SamMule]

That bottom one looks like A. Sarmentosa. If it is, that thing is HUGE! How long did it take you to grow that?

 

[SeaDweller]

First one looks like it's a Pearlberry wannabe, so if it wasn't sold to you as such, I wouldn't call it that. The second one is sarmentosa for sure. call them whatever you want.

 

[SamMule]

First one looks very dense for pearlberry? Mine looks like this.

 

[SamMule]

 

[Ghostbuster]

Can anyone ID these two Acros?..?

I have had these two mystery frags which have now grown into large colonies for years.

Pearlberry and Booberry are my best guesses.

Travis, do you really want to know the names of these acro colonies, or are you showing off a little bit, haha… they look phenomenal! The second one looks like BC Strawberry Fields, if having pink/reddish tips

 

[TravisParsley]

That bottom one looks like A. Sarmentosa. If it is, that thing is HUGE! How long did it take you to grow that?

Bottom one - about 5 years, and thats after a bacterial tank crash about 2 yrs ago. Nearly the whole acro tank was wiped out over the course of 3 days, one colony after another after another...... except this one.... its apparently invincible.

 

[TravisParsley]

First one looks like it's a Pearlberry wannabe, so if it wasn't sold to you as such, I wouldn't call it that. The second one is sarmentosa for sure. call them whatever you want.

1. I did say it was a guess.
2. I didn't know corals aspired to be like other corals.

 

[TravisParsley]

First one looks very dense for pearlberry? Mine looks like this.

If this is a Pearlberry, then mine is not a pearlberry then.
I honestly don't care what mine turns out to be, I just want this identified.

 

[rtparty]

I agree the top isn’t a Pearlberry. I can’t help if it has another name. There are only a couple names I can actually remember and identify. The Mythos from Tidal Gardens is often mistaken for the Pearlberry

There are 2 main issues with finding the legit Pearlberry

1) ORA lost the original colony years ago
2) Even if one finds a legit Pearlberry, it doesn’t look the same under LEDs

 

[TravisParsley]

Travis, do you really want to know the names of these acro colonies, or are you showing off a little bit, haha… they look phenomenal! The second one looks like BC Strawberry Fields, if having pink/reddish tips

Yes. I have about 30 different acro species in my tank, but these two, im clueless on. Legit.
I wish I could say I was showing off, but I actually lost almost all of my colonies a few years ago, Everything I have now is from the rebuild / restart from frags, except these two.

 

[TravisParsley]

I agree the top isn’t a Pearlberry. I can’t help if it has another name. There are only a couple names I can actually remember and identify. The Mythos from Tidal Gardens is often mistaken for the Pearlberry

There are 2 main issues with finding the legit Pearlberry

1) ORA lost the original colony years ago
2) Even if one finds a legit Pearlberry, it doesn’t look the same under LEDs

This is the first time I'm hearing all this, ...........now all the comments and snide remarks I see in a lot of places make sense.

So there seems to be some agreement that the second one might be "Sarmentosa' so I might just go with that.

The top one however is weird because when I first had it as a colony before the crash 2 yrs ago it was completely purple, but after the crash it grew back from a small remnant of what was the base into a colony of light pastel light green with purple at the tips and going completely white at the new growth tips when it has growth spurts.

 

[TravisParsley]

This is the first time I'm hearing all this, ...........now all the comments and snide remarks I see in a lot of places make sense.

So there seems to be some agreement that the second one might be "Sarmentosa' so I might just go with that.

The top one however is weird because when I first had it as a colony before the crash 2 yrs ago it was completely purple, but after the crash it grew back from a small remnant of what was the base into a colony of light pastel light green with purple at the tips and going completely white at the new growth tips when it has growth spurts.

Heres a photo of it before the crash 2 yrs ago. Ill post more detailed close up photos of its current form soon.

 

[TravisParsley]

The death in real time: (2yrs ago)

 

[TravisParsley]

The current day rebirth:

 

[SamMule]

Thats wild! And awesome. Like a metamorphosis

 

[TravisParsley]

Thats wild! And awesome. Like a metamorphosis

I dunno? maybe? is it possible it morphed into something new? and that’s why it’s hard to ID?

seems unlikely, so i’m still searching for an ID.

 

[WhatCouldGoWrong71]

Funny thing. I was sold this as Pearlberry, lol!