id (species)

[mainereefer]

anyone know what this one is? it has huge polyps and I dont think i have ever seen them closed more than in this pic (I moved it for the pic so its mad) its 3 colors of green, blue and purple

 

[bct15]

It's on photobucket so I can only look at a tiny picture of it from my phone but the tiny image I see resembles;

acropora horrida.

I'll try to look at it later from my computer to see it better.

 

[TarHeelReefer22]

Wait for Frick to chime in!

 

[mainereefer]

I was guessing Acropora Solitaryensis, but like I said I am guessing..... allot of these look allot alike

 

[Frick]

It's on photobucket so I can only look at a tiny picture of it from my phone but the tiny image I see resembles;

acropora horrida.

I'll try to look at it later from my computer to see it better.

I agree with Acropora horrida. Corallites, tips, PE all seem to fit the bill.
Acropora horrida. Corals of the World - Photos, maps and information about corals and reefs

 

[mainereefer]

I didnt think horrida was a tabling species?

 

[Frick]

I didnt think horrida was a tabling species?

It's not but yours is still too small to really say how it's structure will really turn out. Unless you know this came from a colony that was a tabling species. Usually tabling Acros frags will encrust something fierce before the branches take off.

 

[mainereefer]

I keep it on a 1 1/2" frag plug in the sand so the incrusting dosnt happen fast.... I have trimmed the inner branches out so they dont run into each other or this would be a blob