SPS identity

[kingspade]

How about an identity on this SPS also

 

[viper_930]

Common name for that type of branching growth form would be a staghorn coral.
Can't really make a sure ID without a closer pic, but A. formosa would be a good guess.

 

[kingspade]

my uncle and i bought a couple nice sized frags from that exact one you see in the pic. it was green when fragged, when we got home to put it in the tank it was a tannnish color, i hope that doesnt mean it is dead?

 

[murph145]

yup first thing that came to mind was a. formosa

 

[murph145]

what kind of lkighting was it under b4 and what is it under now??
changes in color often times will stress a coral and make it brown out... given time it should color back up

 

[kingspade]

went from halides to PC's but it was brown before we put it in the tank, im gueesing that would be caused by stress as well?

 

[murph145]

yeah but it wont last under PC's long hopefully u get some MH's on it and when u do ur guna have to acclimate it or it will deffinately bleach and die

 

[kingspade]

its my uncles, i will tell him everything i find out about it. thanx

 

[murph145]

not a prob bud just hope it gets under some MH soon and slowly cuz it will deffinately stress out