Supposed ORA?

[Littlebigaj]

I bought this as a supposed ORA coral. Does anyone know which coral it might be, or if it's even an ORA. Thanks!

 

[gilmour01]

borealis?

 

[macawmagic]

purple plasma?

 

[inactive]

Roscoe's or Joe possibly.

 

[Littlebigaj]

I was thinking Roscoes.

 

[BrooksReef]

I'm leaning more towards Joe.

 

[Troylee]

looks like roscoes to me....

 

[ReeferRob]

Can some of the SPS wizard please share some characteristics that help you ID them please? Im just getting into SPS.

 

[inactive]

Joe:

Roscoe's:

 

[ReeferRob]

Okay, so what do I see.... similar colors of each, but the difference is in the coralite growth structure or pattern? Right or wrong?

 

[fizhfly]

its a joe the coral

 

[inactive]

Hard to say.

 

[Littlebigaj]

Thanks for playing everyone!

I'll get a better shot once I replace my bulbs this week.

 

[Just Clownin Around]

i say roscoes or borealis but leaning toward sthe roscoes

 

[Littlebigaj]

Well, I have a colony of Borealis in the same tank and you can tell the two apart easily. So I am going to scratch Borealis off the list.

 

[johnanddawn]

Okay, so what do I see.... similar colors of each, but the difference is in the coralite growth structure or pattern? Right or wrong?

correct - color is not very significant when IDing corals
colony shape, coralite spacing and coralite structure are far more important, and those traits become more defined in colonies then frags

i don't have joes or roscoes and its hard to tell from kraylen's pics because the frags are still quite small, but it looks like the radial coralites are quite different:

joe's seem to be wider spaced, tubular coralites all of one size
roscoe's seem to tightly spaced, appressed coralties of two sizes

so if we assume it is one of those two possibiliities, roscoes appears to be the better guess??

 

[powderhound]

it is a purple plasma

 

[CoralBandit]

lol ORA shmo R A they all look alike now adays

 

[Littlebigaj]

I wanted to post another shot of this colony, top down to see if anyone could give a positive ID.

 

[swannyson7]

Looks like a Roscoe's to me