ID on SPS please - New one added Oct 7

[Myka]

Jeez, I haven't even heard of most of these!!

You might be right with squarrosa...if not, that is very close. Definitely not maryae. After hunting around on that site you linked to above, I think it might be Acropora plantaginea. The color descriptions match too seeing as the base color is yellow-brown. That's a great site! Book marked it.

[sphelps]

Looks deepwater to me, other than that can't help. You may get better results here

[karazy]

it looks like a colorful fuzzy stick to me

[Atomikk]

A. squarrosa is the closest to the picture displayed. The Axial corallites look exactly like its radial corallites.. a big distinction in A. squarrosa.

[shrimpchips]

Yeah, don't think it's a maryae either.

The AIMS coral pages are probably among the best online place to ID SPS corals - although a bit tricky to navigate. But they have pictures of whole large colonies to close up of bare skeletons, which makes for easier IDing.

And a lot of pretty pictures

[noirsphynx]

Does the frag you received look like the pic? I'm asking because Ken does have one coming so I think I'll grab it.

[Myka]

Thanks Atomikk, I think that's the best ID I can get for now. Maybe revisit it in a year when it has grown.

Originally Posted by noirsphynx

Does the frag you received look like the pic? I'm asking because Ken does have one coming so I think I'll grab it.

Yep, they match. All the frags I got from Fragalot were correct to the photos.

[TheMikey]

Myka, when those colonies get a little larger, I may need to procure a small frag... for identification purposes >>

[shrimpchips]

Originally Posted by Myka

Thanks Shrimpchips, I think that's the best ID I can get for now. Maybe revisit it in a year when it has grown.

I know Vlad knows his stuff and all, but just saying

[Atomikk]

No, you take the credit...