Super fuzzy acro ID

SamMule · Oct 13, 2020

I can't seem to find anything out there like it.
Brownish under white lights.
Dark green/blue flesh and polyps. Almost has a metallic shimmer under actinic lighting.
Tips of new growth appear neon yellow/green.

LFS said staghorn acro, but I can't find any staghorn pics this fuzzy.
I thought maybe green planet, but it doesn't look like it wants to table.

Thoughts?

Will Wohlers · Oct 13, 2020

Looks like montipora digitata to me

SamMule · Oct 13, 2020

Definitely not a montipora. I will try to get better pics tonight.

BAUCE · Oct 13, 2020

looks like a millepora

Graffiti Spot · Oct 13, 2020

Take a pic with the polyps retracted.

SamMule · Oct 13, 2020

Here it is good and ticked off
Tough to capture color in the pic, but the flesh is purple with a dark metallic green accent.

DeniableArc · Oct 13, 2020

Looks like tenius blue/green

C. Eymann · Oct 13, 2020

Sublime Corals said:
looks like a millepora

+1

SamMule · Oct 13, 2020

Sublime Corals said:
looks like a millepora

Yeah, I think you may be right. It definitely seems to have that growth form. However, I thought Millepora radial corallites were more even in size and spacing?
Im a noob and don't know, which is why I am asking.

BAUCE · Oct 13, 2020

SamMule said:
Yeah, I think you may be right. It definitely seems to have that growth form. However, I thought Millepora radial corallites were more even in size and spacing?
Im a noob and don't know, which is why I am asking.

@C. Eymann knows his stuff and agrees. I think its a pretty safe bet.

Will Wohlers · Oct 14, 2020

Now that polyps are retracted and you can see corallites I take back digitata. I would go with eymann on this one too...mille

SamMule · Oct 14, 2020

Thanks!

SamMule · Oct 14, 2020

Will moving it to higher light intensify the colors? It's sitting somewhere just below 300par right now.

BAUCE · Oct 14, 2020

SamMule said:
Will moving it to higher light intensify the colors? It's sitting somewhere just below 300par right now.

I'd let it acclimate there unless you're running the same lighting as where you bought it. 300 should be fine but its possible more might color it up. Millepora generally like higher par but 300 is pretty good.