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[donfishy]

Can someone tell me what species this acro is?

 

[mainereefer]

bleached

 

[justreefin]

looks like a loripes. hope it colors up for you

 

[donfishy]

no, it is not bleached, it is a cream color

 

[returnofsid]

My first thought was an Acropora loripes. The "cream" color reinforces that thought. However, while it may not be bleached, it should be showing more color than just a cream color.

 

[Russellaqua]

The Australian Institute of Marine Science maintains a database of corals showing their global distribution, and gives facts and photos of the corals. It certainly does look like an Acropora loripes, but there are other similar species out there, though I'm not sure those other species are in the hobby. Not all A. loripes specimens are colorful. Often the tips are a blue/purple/pink color, but some are cream.

Here's a link to a photo of a completely cream specimen.
http://coral.aims.gov.au/coral-images/largest/0042_C1_02.jpg

 

[donfishy]

not that my coral is that one, but I think that looks cool

I was leaning towards a possible lokani but never sure

under my t5's it was greenish, and this is currently after months under LED's

 

[IIsnake]

It looks to me like A. granulosa. A. loripes is a definite possibility too. It's difficult to distinguish the two. Can we see a top down photo?

Corals of the World Factsheet and images - Acropora granulosa