Reef Pilot's Undersea Oasis

[Reef Pilot]

Just wondering if anyone can help ID this coral. Its colour is similar to my Pink Lemonade which is just below it. The base is the same lime green, but the tips are pink, and polyps are not as shaggy. I like the colour though, which contrasts nicely with the adjoining Tenuis, Cali Tort and Purple Cross.

[kien]

It doesn't look like a pink lemonade to me. Wrong colouration and growth to be a pink Lem.

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by kien

It doesn't look like a pink lemonade to me. Wrong colouration and growth to be a pink Lem.

No, I didn't think it was either, that is why I am asking. The only similar part is the lime stalks. But what is it?

[kien]

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

But what is it?

I'm pretty certain that it's an acropora sp.

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by kien

I'm pretty certain that it's an acropora sp.

I think that may be it. Thanks. Or at least I found another pic on the internet that is a pretty good match.
http://urbansage.com/images/Acropora_sp03.jpg

Never heard of it before, though. Guess it is not a designer acro,...LOL.

[kien]

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

I think that may be it. Thanks. Or at least I found another pic on the internet that is a pretty good match.
http://urbansage.com/images/Acropora_sp03.jpg

Never heard of it before, though. Guess it is not a designer acro,...LOL.

It can be. Do you want me to give it a name?

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by kien

I can be. Do you want me to give it a name?

Haha, no,... am afraid what that would be...

[hillegom]

lol

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

I think that may be it. Thanks. Or at least I found another pic on the internet that is a pretty good match.
http://urbansage.com/images/Acropora_sp03.jpg

Never heard of it before, though. Guess it is not a designer acro,...LOL.

Doing more research on the internet, it seems there are a lot of corals called Acropora Sp, and many don't at all resemble my coral, or the link above. So is this just a generic catch-all name? Haha, maybe I should give it a name..., before the kien does...

[lastlight]

There are a lot of species under the acropora genus. It's just a very specific way of describing a coral if you're like me and generally don't know what type it is.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acropora