If help please. Stumped on 2

[turbo21]

Recently picked up this colony. And no one can give me a species id

Thinking horrida?

The round chunky tips have me stumped

Also have this nice orange and green one

Looks like a tort?

 

[Sobo's Reef]

First one looks like some kind of sarmentosa maybe?

 

[evolved]

The first one is A. sarmentosa: http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0061
The second one is tough, as there's not a lot of structure to it yet. It's not a tort, however. Something along the lines of A. vermiculata perhaps? Acropora vermiculata. Corals of the World - Photos, maps and information about corals and reefs

 

[turbo21]

thanks guys


even on the first one what about samoensis ? Acropora samoensis. Corals of the World - Photos, maps and information about corals and reefs


just thinking out loud


and looking at vermiculata i believe you are dead on

bob

 

[Sobo's Reef]

I'd say judging by the pictures, definitely not

 

[evolved]

even on the first one what about samoensis ? Acropora samoensis. Corals of the World - Photos, maps and information about corals and reefs

I don't think so; the structure of the tips doesn't match.
A. sarmentosa really looks spot on to me.

 

[turbo21]

I don't think so; the structure of the tips doesn't match.
A. sarmentosa really looks spot on to me.

Maybe because it's the first sarmentosa I have had in colony size
And the growth it's showing is what's confusing me
The frags of sarmentosa I have. Show the rounded tips but a little longer branches
Where this one has rounded everything. I like the id and will stick with it. Thanks you for the help

This guy is gonna be a stunner. Nice contrasting bright blue polyps

 

[evolved]

Maybe because it's the first sarmentosa I have had in colony size
And the growth it's showing is what's confusing me
The frags of sarmentosa I have. Show the rounded tips but a little longer branches
Where this one has rounded everything.

It looks to be a maricultured piece, yes? In which case, they're typically hammered with a lot of flow in the racks and then grow quite a bit more dense than you'd see in aquaculture.

 

[turbo21]

Yes a Mari piece

And definitely came from more flow than what I can give it lol

Thank you for the help and I will update this thread in the future when it shows some more growth