Acro ID Please

[DLANDINO]

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/9048/newredacromi1.jpg

Hi bought this yesterday. It is cranberry in color. The LFS didn't have an exact name for it. I have yet to see any PE because it is still settling into it's new home. Anyone have an idea?? Thanks.
Dave

[rigleautomotive]

looks like a tort

[dots]

Is it on a plug? It looks like it is.

Where did the store get it?

[DLANDINO]

Yes, it is on a plug in a perfect hole in one of my live rocks. Got it at Fin and Feather in Groton, CT. I went and picked it up because I am local but this is their web site.


http://www.finandfeatherpets.com/

[dots]

A lot of the time if the LFS doesn't have a clue what it is, because its just listed "cranberry acro" on thier manifest, they will usually provide where they got it. Sometimes that can be traced back to the supplier.....say ORA for instance where you just narrowed the possibilities down, or to another store which got the same piece, but is in better/more mature condition for identification. (just trying to explain the method behind the madness so you can try next time)

I am not for sure, but Tort probably isn't a bad place to start for now. BTW, It looks like its going to turn blue from the pic.

Plugtypes can be a tell tale sometimes, which is what I was after.

[DLANDINO]

Thanks dots, I appreciate the insight very much. I am learning every day. Best.

Dave

[dots]

That makes two of us.....

[DLANDINO]

Dots, if you are still following this thread, it looks like you are right. After only a few days under my halides it looks like it is turning blue in some spots. The LFS had it under T5's. Do you happen to know about how long the color up process would usually take? I hope it continues, the blue will be beautiful. Thanks.

Dave

[dots]

Well thats good to hear, it looks like my Magic 8-ball actually is working.......

It can take months sometimes for a piece to completely adapt to captive lighting conditions, and even then will only be a product of it enviroment......so the time length varies.

I would guess a couple of weeks.

[DLANDINO]

Hi Dots, if you are still interested and on RC, YOU WERE RIGHT. Here is a pic I snapped tonight of the same coral in this thread. This is the color and growth from Nov, 6 months in the making. \



http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/3185/bluetorttopdown.jpg

[dots]

Once in a while I get lucky :) Thanks for the update!!

I think it looks a lot better.......good job!!

I thought it might turn a bit more blue though....soooo.....

[Atomikk]

For some reason, I am on the "not a tort" side of the fence.

From what I have seen, torts have a thinner stalk (body), and not a lot of coralites coming out of the stalk. The above has much closer coralites than A. tortuosa.

Here is mine..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Atomikk/320%20Monster%20Reef/May2609/Oregon-Acropora-tortuosa10K.jpg

Let me see if I can ID yours DLANDINO

[Atomikk]

Found it... A. cerealis