Saved(maybe) acropora...what is it? (with pic)

Hey,

I was at my LFS yesterday and they had a huge colony of acropora that i was going to have them frag a few pieces for $10....well after looking at it and talking to them they said it might have RTN/STN...i took a chance and bought the entire colony for $10...took it home and fragged it...so far so good. I'll have to wait and see but for $10 it was worth the risk.

It said blue/purple acro, but does anyone know what it is. I think it is a little brown from stress but I am hoping I can get it to live and color up.

I fragged it into 10 pieces and I have 4 this size and bigger.

 

wow very nice acro, and a great deal!! congrats, hopefully the frags make it.

I'm not good at IDing but I;m sure someone else will jump in and help you figure it out

 

Yeah, I thought it a was a good deal...I'm just hoping 1 out of the 10 makes it.

I see pics of others similar online but it is hard to tell what it is.

 

I know, every time I try to ID something by looking at pictures I see 5 things it could be, lol. Luckily theres a lot of people here with a better eye for this stuff. Here's another bump for you

 

Anybody know what kind this is?

 

[unresolved]Saved(maybe) acropora...what is it?

any ideas?

 

Always difficult to tell with Acroporas. So many species look the same. It looks like it could be a tenuis.

 

Looks like a tenius. Does it have any polyps extension?

 

no polyp extension yet. yeah it could be...it is really tought to tell. i am hoping it will make it a bit and color up so i can know for sure.

 

It's a Tenuis. Place it in high light and it should turn a very nice blue. It looks like it just had a rough time and as long as its not diseased it should be just fine.