Is this an anacropora or acropora (ID help)

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Was given these frag and was told it’s a green goblin. I’m new to sps and it was brown at first and then turned into a forest green color.

All I could found online was an anacropora, but I heard they don’t encrust so much. But this one has encrusted a significant portion of the rock. Tia.

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Was given these frag and was told it’s a green goblin. I’m new to sps and it was brown at first and then turned into a forest green color.

All I could found online was an anacropora, but I heard they don’t encrust so much. But this one has encrusted a significant portion of the rock. Tia.

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Definitely appears to be some type of montipora species, as mentioned above, could be and definitely appears to be M. Spongodes and not a Green Goblin Anacropora. We have fields of both types of corals growing in the facility, and the difference is apparent as it grows out and mature colors show. The Green goblin will branch (thinly though it can be thick in higher flow and lighting) and won't encrust whatsoever. The spongodes will eventually plate out similar to a monti cap, and also can form thick branches. Based on the "bushiness" of the polyps, structure and encrusting, I would bet its a Monti
 
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Was given these frag and was told it’s a green goblin. I’m new to sps and it was brown at first and then turned into a forest green color.

All I could found online was an anacropora, but I heard they don’t encrust so much. But this one has encrusted a significant portion of the rock. Tia.

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I'm sorry, but you really need to offer the lowest conditions to even try to achieve that growth pattern from an Anacropora sp. That is, by the pictures you've show here, a Montipora sp. Most likely the common Montipora spongodes.


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I agree it looks like a monti, encrusting is one thing anacropora do not do and I agree that’s an easy way to get a clue at what your looking at. I love how often people want to ifentify their corals these days. And not just hobby names, that’s a good change imo.
 
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