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thrillreefer
06/24/2007, 03:03 PM
I have a couple colonies of this coral that I got from a friend who had forgotten what it was. Grows quickly, and has shown up as "spontaneous" colonies in a few places in the tank. Because of this, I am leaning towards it being a Pocillipora (planula propogation). The colony on the right was recently broken, and the white is the interior of the colony with clear polyps. Does anyone have a definitive species ID they can give me here?
Here it is under 20K halides:
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb186/thrillreefer/pocilliporaenlarged.jpg

checkinhawk
06/24/2007, 03:08 PM
pocci

Whisperer
06/24/2007, 05:33 PM
agree, pocillopora damicornis. Also comes in pink suit.

thrillreefer
06/24/2007, 10:12 PM
thanks, mostly looking for confirmation. i'll make a note

thrillreefer
06/24/2007, 10:20 PM
Heck, while we're at it, I'd love to know what species of Acropora I have here (if anyone knows)....

A pic from 9 mo. ago:
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb186/thrillreefer/acropora.jpg

And a recent pic, you can see a couple of branches that have grown over recent frag points
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb186/thrillreefer/tricolorpretender.jpg

Dav
06/25/2007, 09:58 PM
Looks like Tri Color
Acropora Validia ( my spelling maybe a little off here)

thrillreefer
06/26/2007, 01:20 AM
Yeah, it tends toward tri-coloredness when it is growing well: greenish-brown base color, purple growing tips with pale green (almost white) terminal polyps. Otherwise it stays a drab greenish brown. Frags do well though