acan bowerbanki ??
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paininthewrasse
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I dont have an answer to you but wow thats a beautiful acan!
ikuwaseven
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id also like a positive ID on it too...
i have this acan too but was leaning towards hemprichii or hillae...
i initially thought it was echinata so i put it with my echinatas and they started to fight each other... i seperated em just in time to avoid any major damage... and it once fell on one of my lords and the lord was definitly loosing... so its stronger than lords...
but yeah i was thinking hemprichii cause it kind of looks like one of the pics on the coral search page...
http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/501-600/Species pages/511.htm
im not sure bout bowerbankii tho cause the ones ive seen tend to have bigger and kind of oval-ish thick polyps... but i could be wrong... there has been a surge of bowerbankii's being shipped in, in the past few months tho...
but if any of you acan experts can positivly ID it id appreciate it too...
-brad
i have this acan too but was leaning towards hemprichii or hillae...
i initially thought it was echinata so i put it with my echinatas and they started to fight each other... i seperated em just in time to avoid any major damage... and it once fell on one of my lords and the lord was definitly loosing... so its stronger than lords...
but yeah i was thinking hemprichii cause it kind of looks like one of the pics on the coral search page...
http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/501-600/Species pages/511.htm
im not sure bout bowerbankii tho cause the ones ive seen tend to have bigger and kind of oval-ish thick polyps... but i could be wrong... there has been a surge of bowerbankii's being shipped in, in the past few months tho...
but if any of you acan experts can positivly ID it id appreciate it too...
-brad
ikuwaseven
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i dunno... like i said in my post i initially ID'd it as echinata too...
but ive been sucessfully keeping echinata's and subechinatas close together even touching... when i put this one right in the middle of my echinatas all the echinatas sent out their stingers and this one sent out its stingers as well... there was just cobwebs between em all...
i wont rule out echinata or subechinata since makoj ID'd it as that... and since that was also my inital ID as well... but are there any second opinions???
-brad
ikuwaseven
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jendub has this acan
labeled as UFO Ishigakiensis...
its on her wishlist page..
labeled as UFO Ishigakiensis...
its on her wishlist page..
JenDub
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makoJ I have a similar one and it was labeled as a acanthastrea hemprichii when I bought it a couple years ago. I still believe it to be a hemp in comparison with others alike.
The ishi on my website that ikuwaseven is referring to has much smaller heads and grows different then the hemprichii. When comparing the 2 side by side you can see the difference.
Make sure you keep it low in the tank, they can shift colors if blasted with light.
Ciao, Jen=)
The ishi on my website that ikuwaseven is referring to has much smaller heads and grows different then the hemprichii. When comparing the 2 side by side you can see the difference.
Make sure you keep it low in the tank, they can shift colors if blasted with light.
Ciao, Jen=)
ikuwaseven
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cool thanx jen...
