honkit Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Hello fellow SPS lovers, Is this an an acropora efflorescens? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedricang Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Looks like it. But how come your placing is upright ? Their natural growth form is horizontal tabling Quote Treat others the way you wanna be treated... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member spkentchai Posted June 12, 2012 SRC Member Share Posted June 12, 2012 Nice piece.. Quote -5x1.5x2ft Tank 5x2.5x2 Full Height Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honkit Posted June 12, 2012 Author Share Posted June 12, 2012 On 6/12/2012 at 12:58 PM, cedricang said: Looks like it. But how come your placing is upright ? Their natural growth form is horizontal tabling Got it identified at chuisui.com the malaysian reef forum - it's an acropora solitaryensis. I have fragged it into 2 pieces and placed epoxied it the right way i.e. horizontally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedricang Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 On 6/12/2012 at 2:49 PM, honkit said: Got it identified at chuisui.com the malaysian reef forum - it's an acropora solitaryensis. I have fragged it into 2 pieces and placed epoxied it the right way i.e. horizontally. Id is not easy especial for similar looking within the same acro family. Mind sharing with us how was this piece id as solitaryensis and not efflo ? Quote Treat others the way you wanna be treated... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellyfisch Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 You are correct, the two species are similar, however, A. solitayiensis has strongly fused branching and is rarely a solid plate until quite mature, while A. efflorescens is almost always a solid plate, even smaller specimens except at the edges. Also, the radial corallites of A. efflorescens are smaller and more upright pocket-shaped and barely different from the axials, while the axials are prominent and distinct in A. solitaryensis, and the radials are essentially appressed tubular to pocket shaped (on older parts of the colony). Hope this helps, Jamie Quote Jamie Vande Vertex Aquaristik Cologne, Germany http://kolognekoral.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member kueytoc Posted June 20, 2012 SRC Member Share Posted June 20, 2012 An informative description useful for identifying such similar acros. What about the characteristics diffs between Millepora & Prostrata? On 6/20/2012 at 8:23 AM, jellyfisch said: You are correct, the two species are similar, however, A. solitayiensis has strongly fused branching and is rarely a solid plate until quite mature, while A. efflorescens is almost always a solid plate, even smaller specimens except at the edges. Also, the radial corallites of A. efflorescens are smaller and more upright pocket-shaped and barely different from the axials, while the axials are prominent and distinct in A. solitaryensis, and the radials are essentially appressed tubular to pocket shaped (on older parts of the colony). Hope this helps, Jamie Quote WRASSEY REEF PARADISE 4ftx2.5ftx2.5ft SRC Site: Welcome to My World of WRASSEYS !!! CHUISUI Site: WRASSEY World of REEF Paradise !!! mio CAN-REEF Site: Wrassey World !!! SiamReefClub Site: WRASSEY MASTER Hyper ไฮเปà¸à¸£à¹Œ ; Silly Fools ; Labanoon ; I-Nam ไà¸à¸™à¹‰à¸³ ; Modern Dog ; Sirasak Ittipolpanish ; Annita - Nisita Pongsong Twin-CAMs Power Module ! ; MIO Dream Car ! ; MIO Alter-EGO ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honkit Posted June 20, 2012 Author Share Posted June 20, 2012 On 6/14/2012 at 2:19 AM, cedricang said: Id is not easy especial for similar looking within the same acro family. Mind sharing with us how was this piece id as solitaryensis and not efflo ? The spacing between radial coralites. I have no idea how and what the reference point is and take it as it is from an experienced reefer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedricang Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 On 6/20/2012 at 8:23 AM, jellyfisch said: You are correct, the two species are similar, however, A. solitayiensis has strongly fused branching and is rarely a solid plate until quite mature, while A. efflorescens is almost always a solid plate, even smaller specimens except at the edges. Also, the radial corallites of A. efflorescens are smaller and more upright pocket-shaped and barely different from the axials, while the axials are prominent and distinct in A. solitaryensis, and the radials are essentially appressed tubular to pocket shaped (on older parts of the colony). Hope this helps, Jamie Thanks Jamie for your input. Your comment on "A. efflorescens is almost always a solid plate, even smaller specimens except at the edges." makes it crystal clear on differentiating between the two. Cheers ! Quote Treat others the way you wanna be treated... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellyfisch Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Millepora and prostrata! Where does one start. To be honest, as we typically get only frags, it is not easy. Generally, I do not even try to really seperate them, as the descriptions given by Wallace are different than the descriptions given by Veron! From my own experience, we actually have at least 4 similar corals which vary in 1) branch thickness, 2) radial corallite shape, 3) branching and 4) colony shape. Are they different species or just morphs? No idea, really. When seperating them for my own convienience, I consider the digitate colonies to be millipora and the more corymbose, angular branched colonies to be prostrata or spathulata. From what reef fotos I have, the A. millipora colonies tend to be true tidal reef colonies, often exposed to the air, while prostrata and spathulata tend to be subtidal, but this is only a brief observation from fotos made by friend on the reef. I think, in the end, with this group of corals, we just need to accept that there is no final decision as to what is what, at the moment. Jamie Quote Jamie Vande Vertex Aquaristik Cologne, Germany http://kolognekoral.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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