acan maxima pictures

[abereefur]

feel free to post your own as well.
i have two polyps (all i could afford because of the outrageous prices on these things)

mine, blue, red, grey, and white.

oh, and dont forget to post the picture of yours!

 

[ianiwane]

Looks like a small scoly to me.

 

[sufunk]

My vote is on Acan Lord.

Nice looking but not a Maxima,imo.

 

[budgetyourself]

(IMG)http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/22819tank__5-1-2008_0011.JPG(IMG)
The larger polyp is about 2" across and the smaller one about 1"

 

[RandyO]

Not Maxima

 

[budgetyourself]

My first attempt at posting pictures and seems I did not get it right. How do I get the picture in the post? thanks,

 

[sufunk]

Here's my Maxima/lobo/scoly/???. Let the fun begin!

 

[Hormigaquatica]

The first photo posted is, without a doubt, NOT A. maxima. Im not sure its even Acanthastrea (though its likely some kind of Mussid).

From the Australian Institute of Marine Science:

Colonies are cerioid with corallites up to 50 millimetres diameter. Septa are coarsely toothed. Polyps have a fleshy mantle up to 100 millimetres diameter and with a Lobophylliaâ€"œlike texture... The fleshy mantles are more extensive than those of any other Acanthastrea.

No part of the description matches the coral shown above- sorry...

 

[abereefur]

guess its not maxima... but its not a lord or scolly. larger polyp is 2" across, and the smaller one is 1" across. they are perfectly round. just sayin, bought them as maxima... anyways, i'm happy with the colors.

 

[sufunk]

I guess the pic is deceiving?

Based on the frag plug in the front of the pic, the polyp looked about 1" across at most to me

 

[abereefur]

the frag plug in the picture is 4" in front of the polyp... the polyp is bigger than the plug in the picture, kind of lets you see the scale of things i hope.

 

[Justin74]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12452552#post12452552 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by budgetyourself
My first attempt at posting pictures and seems I did not get it right. How do I get the picture in the post? thanks,

Hey stranger! Maybe I can help, looks like you used ( ) instead of [ ];

There ya go!

-Justin

 

[anguswu]

Same species. The big one is 1.5 inch.

 

[143gadgets]

 

[JenDub]

I've got a weird bright orange piece that falls into the same mystery category....came in on a blasto combo rock

 

[abereefur]

pictures?