Please Help me identify this SPS coral

Tripod1404 · 03/07/2018, 10:53 PM

Hey guys, I have this coral for nearly 6 months. It was a small encrust with few polyps. I always assumed it was a type of montipora. But more it grows, less it looks like a monti and more looks more like an acropora. It started to form these “bumps” and polyps are not like monti polyps.

Can anybody me identify what it is.

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vhuang168 · 03/07/2018, 10:55 PM

The one in the back? Sarmentora.

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Tripod1404 · 03/07/2018, 11:06 PM

Oh yes. Thanks a lot. It definitely is a Acropora sarmentosa. For a long time I though it was a monti, until well... it stated not to look like one

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It has a special value for me because I got it almost as a single polyp.

flawedexistence · 03/14/2018, 05:40 AM

Nice clam btw.

03/07/2018, 10:53 PM	#1
Tripod1404 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 1,821	Please Help me identify this SPS coral Hey guys, I have this coral for nearly 6 months. It was a small encrust with few polyps. I always assumed it was a type of montipora. But more it grows, less it looks like a monti and more looks more like an acropora. It started to form these “bumps” and polyps are not like monti polyps. Can anybody me identify what it is. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

03/07/2018, 10:55 PM	#2
vhuang168 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 2,136	The one in the back? Sarmentora. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Vincent 40g custom AIO --> DSA190Pro

03/07/2018, 11:06 PM	#3
Tripod1404 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 1,821	Oh yes. Thanks a lot. It definitely is a Acropora sarmentosa. For a long time I though it was a monti, until well... it stated not to look like one . It has a special value for me because I got it almost as a single polyp.

03/14/2018, 05:40 AM	#4
flawedexistence Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 46	Nice clam btw.