ugh that was long, I mean - to clarify
What makes 'pink lemonade' different from all other Acropora nasuta (if that's the right species), is that true 'pink lemonades' are direct frags, however many steps removed, off the mother colony that was originally given that name. Theoretically, there could be other A. nasuta colonies out there in people's tanks that look EXACTLY the same in terms of coloration as 'true' pink lemonade, but if they weren't grown from frags off that one specific colony that was originally named 'Pink lemonade', it's technically not.
Pink Lemonade has an interesting history in captivity, it started out as just some random wild acro from Reeffarmers (owned by Steve Tyree, hence 'Tyree's Pink Lemonade). It got passed around a small community of reefers for a while, had a couple of different names, and now, 15 years later is a staple in the hobby. Your pink lemonade is a clone (aka, frag) of that original coral. You could have three other A. nasuta in your tank, even looking very similar, and they wouldn't be 'pink lemonade' because they're not clones of that one original colony, which itself is a clone of probably a single wild specimen. It's why there's more corals than common names, not many morphs get branded like that
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