acropora coral? ID...

[rgun2515]

What type? Bad picture, but it's all white with blue tips.

 

[john90009]

deff taken from the ocean- good luck with it i think it could be a loripese or something- try getting a closer pic please

 

[rgun2515]

I got a frag of it. When I get it acclimated, I will try with a real camera.

 

[Master Shake]

it looks nice what ever it is, good luck with it

 

[House of Laughter]

Rudy, tough to tell - pretty close to a loripes.

Might be a valida.

Better pics after it settles in would be best

House

 

[rgun2515]

The structurelooks like valida. But not the color. Maybe it will change.

 

[rgun2515]

would be nice if it turned out like this...

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTb_ua_FxLyMEASUWjzbkF/SIG=12ckqfba7/EXP=1264471578/**http%3A//www.reefland.com/gallery/files/2/0/4/9/Valida.JPG

Right now, it looks most like this, without the brown. It's all white with blue tips.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kien_tran/3872213198/

 

[rgun2515]

This is it...

http://coralidea.com/coral.html

Go to Acropora - Picture 7 of 43

Even the CoralIdea database doesn't have a name. (infact, it is missing names for a bunch.)

What is it?

 

[prattreef]

If Coralidea is missing a name it is because it is exceedingly hard to assign one at the species level from a photo of an aquarium specimen. Even in the best of circumstances these are guesses and most coral taxonomists find it laughable that we even try. In fact, with newer DNA sequencing techniques the idea of coral species is a contested area within the scientific community and many "species" are now thought to be variants not unique species. I wouldn't get all hung up on the name-- the "nice blue acro with the pink tips I got from XXX" is probably just as useful on the hobbyist level as anything else.

 

[rgun2515]

If Coralidea is missing a name it is because it is exceedingly hard to assign one at the species level from a photo of an aquarium specimen. Even in the best of circumstances these are guesses and most coral taxonomists find it laughable that we even try. In fact, with newer DNA sequencing techniques the idea of coral species is a contested area within the scientific community and many "species" are now thought to be variants not unique species. I wouldn't get all hung up on the name-- the "nice blue acro with the pink tips I got from XXX" is probably just as useful on the hobbyist level as anything else.

I Agree it's a huge job. It's just nice to have a name for everything. I guess it's just our society where every thig has a name. The name could be something like Ice acropora. Just something all could identify an item by. Like they/we do with zoanthids coral.

 

[jrobbins]

So make up a clever name for it. You can sell it for more money that way


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[rgun2515]

So make up a clever name for it. You can sell it for more money that way


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I know you are only kidding, but I just wanted to say, it's not about that for me. I give away way more than I sell. I just like to know what I have and be able to research to learn more about where it came from san such. LFS know nothing except the cost... IMO...