Bowerbanks / hillae show off thread

[Hooci]

Remember the CLIFFHANGER?

Remember the CLIFFHANGER?

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[/IMG] It was so hard to cut it because I didn't know how it would do. LADIES AND GENTLEMAN for her RC debut. SAY hello to my little friend.

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[Hooci]

These little guys

These little guys

They have gotten plump from the good old days.

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[wishntoboutside]

anyone have anything new to share.. lets see it.=)

 

[airinhere]

Here are my Bowerbankis eating in time lapse video.
I have a bunch of time lapse videos at http://www.airinheresreef.com/Time Lapse.html

 

[64Ivy]

Acans-hillae, I believe.

 

[limestro]

My first bowerbanki that I got just recently a quick closeup.

~Mike

 

[wishntoboutside]

limsto... nice score..

 

[limestro]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12771157#post12771157 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by wishntoboutside
limsto... nice score..

wishntoboutside,

Thanks. These things are pretty cool. I wish there was more information out there on these guys.

~Mike

 

[extinguishfire]

Here is a pic of two of mine.

 

[limestro]

What do you guys feed your bowers/hillae? I've just started silversides. How slow do these guys grow?

~Mike

 

[All Delight]

I feed mine mysis and brine

 

[ct_vol]

PE Mysis...

Growth is pretty slow with my Bowerbankii's... My Hillae grows moderately...

 

[abereefur]

dont know what it is.. i think bowerbanki... could be an scolly australis though... since it grows like one and kinda looks like same skeleton structure.. o well. i call this one the partriot because of the red white (actually kinda grey) and blue coloration

only picture i had where you can see both heads.

and a front on shot, wadda y'all think?

 

[limestro]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12789062#post12789062 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by abereefur
dont know what it is.. i think bowerbanki... could be an scolly australis though... since it grows like one and kinda looks like same skeleton structure.. o well. i call this one the partriot because of the red white (actually kinda grey) and blue coloration

only picture i had where you can see both heads.

and a front on shot, wadda y'all think?

My guess would be more of the Acan Lord. If you look at the texture of the bowerbanki and hillae. You will notice significant differences between them and the acan lord. The bowerbanki is easier to tell. The texture resembles that of a pair of denim pants. The Hillae seems to show more of the spikey type texture the lords have. I think the thing that gives it a way is the fact that the coloration shown is more common in a lord than that of the hillae that are being imported. To me IMO. The stripping gives it away. Just my two cents.

~Mike

 

[abereefur]

acan lord? no. polyp too big 1.5" to 2" large... WAAAAY wrong skeleton formation.

 

[CoralJunkieXXX]

I would say acan lord as well.

 

[sharkbyte1023]

3rd on acan lord. Looks like an ordinary indo variety.