SPS Identification Help

[wickedxreef]

Hello Fellow Reefers-

I’m hoping someone can help me identify what the name of this sps is. I think it’s a Oompa Loompa Splice, but want to make sure that I’m not ID’ing it wrong.

TIA

 

[tzabor10]

Looks amazing. Great work. SPS can be tricky. They often change when placed in a new environment.

 

[A. grandis]

That coral is so deformed by the LEDs that it's basically impossible to identify. This is what I'm talking about.. The light is most times ignored to figure out what's going on with the corals, but it's the main problem today under LEDs!

 

[Baldyreef]

I think your right about it being an Oompa Loompa, if not that it’s still some kind of splice, very cool!

 

[Danjoethepirate]

That coral is so deformed by the LEDs that it's basically impossible to identify. This is what I'm talking about.. The light is most times ignored to figure out what's going on with the corals, but it's the main problem today under LEDs!

Every coral Id issue or what is wrong with x coral can't be LED based. Plenty of people have grown some extremely natural looking and healthy reefs with LEDs. Even to the point of reproduction in captivity. Most animal experts would agree an animal that is healthy enough to reproduce is having atleast the bare minimum of it's needs met.

I agree some of the spectrum is missing from LEDs because of the single wavelength emission from the individual diodes, mostly UV and infrared, but dang man. We get it, you don't like LEDs.....

 

[A. grandis]

Every coral Id issue or what is wrong with x coral can't be LED based. Plenty of people have grown some extremely natural looking and healthy reefs with LEDs. Even to the point of reproduction in captivity. Most animal experts would agree an animal that is healthy enough to reproduce is having atleast the bare minimum of it's needs met.

I agree some of the spectrum is missing from LEDs because of the single wavelength emission from the individual diodes, mostly UV and infrared, but dang man. We get it, you don't like LEDs.....

I will be following this thread until you can find the real reason why that coral is looking like that, then. Compare that coral to any Acropora species from the wild and let me know which one do you think it is.

 

[Danjoethepirate]

Every coral Id issue or what is wrong with x coral can't be LED based. Plenty of people have grown some extremely natural looking and healthy reefs with LEDs. Even to the point of reproduction in captivity. Most animal experts would agree an animal that is healthy enough to reproduce is having atleast the bare minimum of it's needs met.

I agree some of the spectrum is missing from LEDs because of the single wavelength emission from the individual diodes, mostly UV and infrared, but dang man. We get it, you don't like LEDs.....

I will be following this thread until you can find the real reason why that coral is looking like that, then. Compare that coral to any Acropora species from the wild and let me know which one do you think it is.

No one was looking for a reason why it looks like that. OP was looking for an ID. Still, my point remains valid. LEDs can grow corals just fine and look natural.