Coral ID issues

[JagerEinheit]

Ive got two colonies of coral that i cannot track down the name of. They were offered as Elkhorn coral, however they are not acropora palmata as far as growth shapes etc. I do apologize about the quality of the photos. they were taken with a video camera on picture mode. if these are not clear enough ill try to get more when i have access to a nicer digi cam.

Here are the photos the mystery coral is behind the marijuana leaf looking staghorn.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b201/JagerE/lisa%20the%20puffer%20album/DSCF0073.jpg


http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b201/JagerE/lisa%20the%20puffer%20album/DSCF0078.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b201/JagerE/lisa%20the%20puffer%20album/DSCF0085.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b201/JagerE/tank%20shots%203-3-07/PICT0037.jpg

anything close id wise would be very helpful. im trying to catalogue it for my records as i propagate it out.

[RCS]

That's going to be darn near impossible with those pictures. Wild stab in the dark judging on what the corallites look like on a cell phone pic from a distance (IOW, not very clearly) it could be an A. vaughani or similar...but better pictures would make it simpler to narrow it down at least.

[JagerEinheit]

ill get better photos soon as i can, i do apologize about the quality.

[RCS]

Remember that any ID is tentative and a guess at best anyway. About all anyone can say for sure, short of killing the coral and scoping out the skeletal structure, is that it's an Acropora sp.

[twon8]

i believe that is Montipora hirsuta
http://www2.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/501-600/Species%20pages/526.htm