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Mangodude
03/26/2013, 11:48 AM
first one:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8530/8592142427_7663677090_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericsreef/8592142427/)
IMG_7320 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericsreef/8592142427/)

second one:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8508/8593243188_863d3be80d_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericsreef/8593243188/)
IMG_7318 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericsreef/8593243188/)

Thank you!

Frick
03/26/2013, 02:01 PM
From what i see the first could be Acropora bifurcata.
http://coral.aims.gov.au/speciesPages/species_metadata/0819/view#

If the second one keeps branching out ward into stags then maybe A. formosa.
http://coral.aims.gov.au/speciesPages/species_metadata/0029/view#

Mangodude
03/27/2013, 09:15 AM
Both look correct! thank you very much!

Mangodude
03/28/2013, 12:24 PM
Hey Frick, just checked A. Sarmentosa and it looks like the first one, what do you think of this?

Frick
03/28/2013, 01:54 PM
Acropora sarmentosa is pretty distinct. The tips will blend in to the rest of the branch, almost like it has been filed down to be smooth. Yours look like they are flat and cut off evenly.
http://coral.aims.gov.au/speciesPages/species_metadata/0061/view#
http://coral.aims.gov.au/coral-images/preview/0061_C1_04.jpg