Is it really Acropora abrotanoides?

Got this browned out acropora for $40. It looked like an abro(tanoides) so of course I had to jump on that, despite being brown. What do you guys think? a. abrotanoides? a. robusta? some other acropora?

 

Acropora robusta is my guess.

Good price, congrats.

 

Could be and abro, but I'll tell you this...once it loses it's red/green color, it doesn't come back.

 

Thanks, my understanding is a. robusta is MUCH easier to keep than a. abrotanoides

I've seen a couple people talk about buying browned out abro's, on average taking 3-6 months to get color back. You have an abro in your tank right? do you have pictures?

 

Nah, I've lost both that I have had...one to an Alk dosing malfunction (controller), and one slowly to a bactierial infection (guessing, as it was the only acro affected). I've read some people that were able to color back up, but none of those had before/after pics.

 

Very true, no documented evidence. How long did you have them for? no pics of them at all?

I see some green on the tips of the coralites and the growth tips are a shade lighter red/pink than the rest of the browned out body. Who knows.

 

Only one I can find right now...horrible phone pic.

 

Still a nice abro. I'm thinking mine is an abro and not a robusta because of the lack of an encrusting base, but we shall see.

Do you know of anyone else that has one on the site?

 

I don't know of anyone else. It is a very hard species to keep. Very few last a year.