any idea on what these might be?
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Frick
AZ FRAG President
Loripes http://sdmas.com/corals/42.php
The second looks like it will grow out to be a milli http://sdmas.com/corals/47.php
The second looks like it will grow out to be a milli http://sdmas.com/corals/47.php
SpinyReef
Member
Thanks Frick!
What about Nasuta for the first one?
I'm hoping you're wrong on the second one, it was sold as hyacinthus
MammothReefer
Active member
cool be a hyacinthus they both look very similar at times.
Frick
AZ FRAG President
Definitely not Nasuta http://sdmas.com/corals/51.php
But yes the second very well could be a Hyacinthus http://sdmas.com/corals/36.php. If it starts to grown in to a nice table then you will know.
But yes the second very well could be a Hyacinthus http://sdmas.com/corals/36.php. If it starts to grown in to a nice table then you will know.
SpinyReef
Member
Thanks for the input! Yes, very unlikely a nasuta.. here's a pic from the mother colony at the LFS
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joe22883
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Yes.
I thought loripes before seeing the colony because of elongated and smooth look of the frag. Seems people mix up nasuta with microclados. Looks to be the same species as the shortcake acro in the colony pic.
Second frag looks to be a pink table like was said already.
madkeenreefer
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SSC & Red Planet fingers crossed ")
Frick
AZ FRAG President
How could you determine if is either of these if they where not bought as so? If it didn't come from ORA or a known Red Planet colony there should be no reason to call it Red Planet.
SpinyReef
Member
The microclados came from a wild colony and was sold as SSC. I however doubt it is one, considering there is NO green in the frag I have. The "hyacinthus" was sold as a red planet, the seller dives and picks his colonies to have shipped back to sell at the LFS, so it'll probably be a red planet look-alike, but knowing the guy, I highly doubt it could be traced back to ora
PS madken is from a local forum, he knew they were sold as such
PS madken is from a local forum, he knew they were sold as such
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Frick
AZ FRAG President
It just bugs me to see people throw funny names around without any concern of actually getting a proper ID. With chalices and zoas it has run rabid. I hate to see the same happen to SPS, granted it is half way there.
As hobbyist i hope one day we can see the reef hobby as a technique of preservation and not cheap name calling to make a quick buck.
madkeenreefer
New member
Merci Spiny,
I totaly agree Frick and my statement was indeed tongue in cheek :spin3: as we get alot of corals sold up here as the popular "Big Name Corals"
It would be nice if LFS would sell corals via their true Species names but for now most rely on forums such as this one and sites such as
http://sdmas.com/corals/species.php
and
http://www.coralsee.org/
