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Old 01-09-2014, 03:43 AM
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Just got this beautiful acro and I don't know the name so just wondering if any1 here knows what it is?
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Acropora sp. is my guess
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Old 01-09-2014, 04:09 AM
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spit.fire is right, Acropora sp.
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Oh crap forgot to add pic lol

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Yup, acropora
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Just got this beautiful acro and I don't know the name so just wondering if any1 here knows what it is?
Im assuming he knows its an acro as he mentions it in the first post, Is there a specific name for it? Im curious myself

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Im assuming he knows its an acro as he mentions it in the first post, Is there a specific name for it? Im curious myself
It's always tough to ID acropora, there are close to 400 species and they all grow differently depending on many factors. I'm sure someone will have a good guess, but in my tank it would be the "blue acro with green base"

I couldn't tell you the name of more than 2 pieces in my tank. -lol
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Haha fair enough, good point
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It's always tough to ID acropora, there are close to 400 species and they all grow differently depending on many factors. I'm sure someone will have a good guess, but in my tank it would be the "blue acro with green base"

I couldn't tell you the name of more than 2 pieces in my tank. -lol
Haha I call it by color a lot too. But I woul love to know the actual name for it but not the scientific name those r always too hard to remember lol. This acro has green polyps as well and the top is more purple than blue. Quite a beauty
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