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[SteezySPS]

Just got this Nasuta and it's absolutely gorgeous!

 

[Salty Dog]

real nice

 

[dmorazan]

very nice

 

[SteezySPS]

thanks. different species but the colors reminds me of greg's aqua delight. Hopefully I'll be able to color it up better

 

[SteezySPS]

rocky mountain frags has the same one. they call it aussie rainbow? cant remember

 

[1986com]

very nice

 

[Madreef]

Look like a yongei and not nasuta. I bet it grows into a "stag" shape and not a "bush" like nasuta. Just a hunch.

Nice looking coral for sure.

 

[iReefer]

It was alrite stevy :wink:


Yeh I dont that is a nasuta acro.
Post some fts mang

 

[SteezySPS]

nope not a yongei. Green Slimer is a yongei. Keep in mind a lot of these maricultured pieces are broken off of large colonies so it's hard to id just based on overall shape of the frag. It's definitely a nasuta. I have anothe nasuta colony from Austrailia thats been positively id'd and the corallites and branch structure are consistent but more importantly the radial corallites are the same

 

[SteezySPS]

my fts is somewhere around here. I forgot where I put it. I have 4 frag plates on the front and sides covering the tank right now. As soon as i get rid of some stuff and change the rock work I will start my own tank/acro picture thread. Need to buy muriatic acid for the live rock but I'm too lazy.

 

[iReefer]

getting rid what stuff? acro? what is it.

 

[SteezySPS]

some acros. I cant decide which to get rid of.

 

[Madreef]

Can I see your nasuta that looks like that coral. Do you have Corals of the World?

I know this isn't an ID debate. Im just curious.

 

[SteezySPS]

Acropora nasuta

 

[SteezySPS]

just click on that Madreef. curious, what are you basing your nasuta on?

 

[SteezySPS]

Here's a divers den picture of a aussie nasuta i got from divers den a while ago.

 

[Madreef]

Here's a few photos that I'd agree with the ID of nasuta. Maybe it's just the angle of your photo. I just don't see it in your photos in the first post. I do not own Corals of the World. However I do enjoy reading it and learning about acros.

These are not mine. These came via google; but they repesent what I belive wild nasuta looks like.
Pink

Green

And

Blue-ish

Most common coloration ime, my favorite color polyp for this species.

 

[Madreef]

The coral in the LADD photo does look pretty close to the ones I posted, but I just don't see the same polyp formation and growth in your first photo.

 

[SteezySPS]

Ok. So here is a super steezy nasuta close up and another picture of mine. still doesnt look the same to you?

 

[SteezySPS]

the radial corallites are quite distinct from other species that have the same type of nariform corallites