Smooth Skin ID

[Alex's Nano Reef]

Hey everyone I got these two in yesterday and only trade names were avail anyone know specifically what they are. As much detail as possible if you can.

 

[Alex's Nano Reef]

Where my smooth skin fans at?

 

[tehmadreefer]

Wil first they are not “smooth skin” aka deep water corals.

 

[sculpin01]

The first one looks similar to frags AquaSD sells. I have one and don’t know what it is. It looks to be in the loripes/granulosa spectrum but new growth will be telling. Not certain on the second one. Again, grow it out and see.

 

[Graffiti Spot]

Second looks like a latistella but the first doesn’t have enough to go on.

 

[Alex's Nano Reef]

The first one looks similar to frags AquaSD sells. I have one and don’t know what it is. It looks to be in the loripes/granulosa spectrum but new growth will be telling. Not certain on the second one. Again, grow it out and see.

Second looks like a latistella but the first doesn’t have enough to go on.

For some reason I didn’t get notified any of you replied I was coming to bump the post. Will do ima look into the species you mentioned tho

 

[Perry]

1st might be sarmentosa

 

[Alex's Nano Reef]

sarmentosa

i took a look online mine is more bulbus and alot less PE

 

[Alex's Nano Reef]

2nd acro is positively a acropora carduus

 

[Perry]

Acropora Sarmentosa is bulbus

 

[Graffiti Spot]

2nd acro is positively a acropora carduus

How did you come to this id? I can see parts that look close but has lot of coralites for a carduus and I don’t see any small pocket like coralites between branches and not much tapering of branch ends. I do see a number of appressed coralites which carduus don’t really show. Still not confident on my id for this one either though. Can you take a pic from the side?
The first pic I agree with Perry and I have seen sarmentosa fragments look like that when they don’t take off. Looking forward to an update on these two later. I love all the people wanting true ids for their acropora these days!

 

[sculpin01]

This carduus pic from Veron is fairly similar to the above frag:

http://www.coralsoftheworld.org/media/images/0014_C01_03.jpg

 

[Graffiti Spot]

Yea that’s the pic I was seeing similarities in as well, I am just not used to seeing carduus with so many coralites. I am curious to see how it turns out with new growth, maybe it was an Aussie carduus that was in some heavy shallow water.

 

[Alex's Nano Reef]

How did you come to this id? I can see parts that look close but has lot of coralites for a carduus and I don’t see any small pocket like coralites between branches and not much tapering of branch ends. I do see a number of appressed coralites which carduus don’t really show. Still not confident on my id for this one either though. Can you take a pic from the side?
The first pic I agree with Perry and I have seen sarmentosa fragments look like that when they don’t take off. Looking forward to an update on these two later. I love all the people wanting true ids for their acropora these days!

I was NOT as thorough as you when coming to this conclusion. I honestly found the most similar looking one which was the pac man acro I think and looked into the Latin name. I could 10000% be wrong I’m by no means a expert. But that second frag everyone I’ve talked to who has it said it has no PE what so ever and their keeping other acros in their tank very successfully.