SPS ID Please

[rtparty]

Can anyone tell from these pics what species this is? I don’t care about fancy trade names just trying to get a species ID. Thank you in advance

 

[ScottB]

Man that is a really tortured looking growth pattern. Like polyps were saying "guys, lets grow this direction!" Then a year later "guys, lets turn back the other way!"

Love the furry polyps. And the foxface photobomb is awesome as well.

 

[Petcrazyson]

That looks like an amazing tank!

 

[Troylee]

Looks like a tenuis with milli polyps lol.. that thing is crazy cool!

 

[Petcrazyson]

Looks like a tenuis with milli polyps lol.. that thing is crazy cool!

That’s got to be one of the craziest and coolest acros I’ve seen to date lol.

 

[rtparty]

Man that is a really tortured looking growth pattern. Like polyps were saying "guys, lets grow this direction!" Then a year later "guys, lets turn back the other way!"

Love the furry polyps. And the foxface photobomb is awesome as well.

Yeah it has grown quite odd even though it has been in the same spot since I started the tank last April. Added this piece in early May.

That looks like an amazing tank!

Thank you. It has a way to go but seems to be finding its groove quite nicely.

Looks like a tenuis with milli polyps lol.. that thing is crazy cool!

I am positive it was sold as a milli but it definitely isn't. I am thinking prostrata?

 

[Troylee]

Yeah it has grown quite odd even though it has been in the same spot since I started the tank last April. Added this piece in early May.



Thank you. It has a way to go but seems to be finding its groove quite nicely.



I am positive it was sold as a milli but it definitely isn't. I am thinking prostrata?

Very well could be! That looks similar with crazy long polyps it must be really happy!

 

[Perry]

A. Horrida my guess

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

It's definitely flame retardant, nice PE with that little nipper around! Sorry no help, but i just wanted to say it looks great :)

 

[rtparty]

This is a super early pic from about 2 years ago

 

[TopShelfAquatics Verified Sponsor]

Very tricky to tell from the pictures, but it looks like either a Acropora Hyacinthus or Acropora Millepora. The growth pattern on it is definitely crazy!

 

[Kasrift]

@encrustingacro is great with IDs. Looks like a mille to me.

 

[StatelineReefer]

Very tricky to tell from the pictures, but it looks like either a Acropora Hyacinthus or Acropora Millepora. The growth pattern on it is definitely crazy!

After studying the photo, hyacinthus might just be a winning ID. Horrida are more irregular, and Milles are more regular, and the corallites recessed more.

 

[TopShelfAquatics Verified Sponsor]

After studying the photo, hyacinthus might just be a winning ID. Horrida are more irregular, and Milles are more regular, and the corallites recessed more.

That is what I am leaning towards as well. Just tricky to tell.

 

[thamnasteroid]

@encrustingacro is great with IDs. Looks like a mille to me.

I'm not great with IDing Acropora. Keep in mind that captive-grown colonies can look very different from their wild counterparts.

 

[sculpin01]

Possibly A. pulchra:

http://www.coralsoftheworld.org/species_factsheets/species_factsheet_summary/acropora-pulchra/

 

[sculpin01]

Horridas have "flowery" polyps similar to kimbeensis. Pardon the poor quality cell phone photo:

 

[ScottB]

This is a super early pic from about 2 years ago

It looks so innocent in this pic.

 

[ScottB]

Very tricky to tell from the pictures, but it looks like either a Acropora Hyacinthus or Acropora Millepora. The growth pattern on it is definitely crazy!

That was my takeaway as well. Astonishing pattern.

 

[Hurricane Aquatics]

It looks like it has gone a bit brown from low lighting. The curves are from the Acro trying to reach light. It looks like a staghorn that was mounted sideways like you would a plating Acro and it grew upwards toward light.

I disagree with the Hyacinthus, it looks nothing like one. To me, it looks VERY close to a form of a current Acro I have from ORA called the Green Planet. It's more furry with PE than my Milles.

Yours is definitely not a Mille or Hyacinthus. Here is a Pic of my ORA Green Planet frag. I'll post a few lighter pics so you can see the fur like PE and some from the sides when I have accidentally bumped it and the polyps retract to show a smooth stalk on the bottom of the branch.

Now this is a wild Acropora Hyacinthus, otherwise known as a Red Planet. First Pic is the whole thing as it is a tabling Acro. Second and third are close ups of bottom and branches so you can see the cups similar to millepora. Milles have larger cups and longer PE than Hyacinthus.