birds nest??

[FishNutty]

i picked up this frag yesterday, and it's supposed to be birds nest, but it looks a little more chunky/fuzzy than the birds nest i usually see, so i thought i'd run a few pictures past you guys.
with flash--
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx341/AnnasHope04/IMG_0264.jpg
without flash--
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx341/AnnasHope04/IMG_0265.jpg

 

[mrfish55]

Looks more like pocillipora to me.

 

[jtasmul1]

Looks more like pocillipora to me.

Agreed:hmm5:

 

[dubaygv]

looks more like pocillipora to me.

+1

 

[Leena2674]

I fragged a piece from my green birdsnest, and glued it to a plug. The way it grew, it looks a lot like that. Conditions can make a huge difference in how corals appear, and how they grow out.

 

[returnofsid]

Probably a Pocillopora damicornis but a similar "birdsnest" with thick branching form would be a Stylophora pistillata. I'm really leaning towards P. damicornis though.

 

[2 TAZ]

+1 on pocillapora

 

[FishNutty]

pocillipora it (probably) is then. thanks guys!

I fragged a piece from my green birdsnest, and glued it to a plug. The way it grew, it looks a lot like that. Conditions can make a huge difference in how corals appear, and how they grow out.

that was what i was wondering, since stuff can color up so dramatically different with altered lighting, or grow weird because of flow! keeps life interesting, doesn't it?

 

[Brent6b]

That is an acro you can have some fun with because of its high tolerance to many light, flow, and nutrient conditions, also with its rapid growth it is a great indicator tank conditions.

 

[Met3112]

Pocillopora is not an Acropora.

 

[FishNutty]

when i turn the lights on the skeleton actually does look a bit like birds nest, maybe it's got something to to with PE?