Id sps

[kdpuffer]

So I got some new coral today and one of them is a frag of some form of purple sps. No idea what it is but it wasn't looking to good in the sellers tank and hopefully will do well in mine. It's odd cause it looks like it almost died and came back which caused odd encrusting flares at the bottom of the new growth (about halfway up the coral). Any help in identification would be awesome.

 

[Convict2161]

I'll give it the high school try lol.

Looks like some type of Acropora or maybe a Birds nest?

Just a new guys guess. Only been in the game for 9 months. I'm curious to see if I'm even in the same ball park.

 

[kdpuffer]

Well your along the lines of what I was thinking too so thanks.

 

[Convict2161]

Well your along the lines of what I was thinking too so thanks.

Curious now to see what it is but it does look like one or the other to me.

 

[kdpuffer]

Well that's what I was thinking and given the score I got today it was worth the gamble. I found a guy selling his tank and managed a green and orange encrusting monti, orange ricordia, orange and green acan plus this sps and to top it all off I got a brand new unopened 5g pail of salt and a tube of epoxy for 100. Considering for me to go get salt it requires a 45 minute drive plus it's 80+ for the salt I think it's a touchdown.

 

[Convict2161]

Well that's what I was thinking and given the score I got today it was worth the gamble. I found a guy selling his tank and managed a green and orange encrusting monti, orange ricordia, orange and green acan plus this sps and to top it all off I got a brand new unopened 5g pail of salt and a tube of epoxy for 100. Considering for me to go get salt it requires a 45 minute drive plus it's 80+ for the salt I think it's a touchdown.

I'd say a HUGE score!! Nice job.

 

[kdpuffer]

Thanks con I like to think so. Check out my 55g build thread for pics.

 

[Convict2161]

Thanks con I like to think so. Check out my 55g build thread for pics.

Will do!

 

[Sniperhank]

I have one of those. Bottle brush.

 

[Sniperhank]

Drs. Foster and Smith Diver's Den® - Acropora echinata

 

[kdpuffer]

Sweet thanks hank that looks like the one.

 

[Sniperhank]

Np. The more I kept looking at it I knew it was a bottlebrush, but it didn't look right. So I checked into deepwater. Def a deepwater one IMO.

 

[Convict2161]

So I was kinda right? lol

 

[Sniperhank]

IDK convict...I just think I'm going to get a small chalkboard so we can track out ID's.

 

[Convict2161]

IDK convict...I just think I'm going to get a small chalkboard so we can track out ID's.

Haha sounds good

 

[kdpuffer]

Should we get nunu in on it? I suspect he will say frogspawn lol.

 

[Convict2161]

Should we get nunu in on it? I suspect he will say frogspawn lol.

Where is he anyway. I figured he would have been here by now.

 

[Mrc8858]

I don't think he deals much in sps but hear that Nu-nu you've been called out haha.. my guess would be a birdsnest but I'm terrible at IDs on sps lmao

 

[kdpuffer]

Nunu and gboy are on holidays.

 

[Mrc8858]

Nunu and gboy are on holidays.

Like that's stopped them from posting on here lol. With that said when you read this you two, GET OFF AND ENJOY YOUR VACATION! haha