"challice" pics...lets see em!
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yoshiod9
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i dunno if it is what randy says it may be(Scolymia vitiensis)... my piece is definetly more than a single large polyp as seen at the link randy provided as well.
http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearc...20pages/340.htm
the growth of my piece seems to be more flattened(the thickness of the actual coral tissue is maybe 1/4 inch when expanded).
anyone else have any ideas?
http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearc...20pages/340.htm
the growth of my piece seems to be more flattened(the thickness of the actual coral tissue is maybe 1/4 inch when expanded).
anyone else have any ideas?
RandyO
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They do look similar, but I don't think they are the same. It's hard to tell from just a picture, but Gary's look like the corallite diameter is large. It also looks like Gary's piece is just 3 or 4 corallites. Your piece looks like smaller corallites, less than 15mm, and more polyps. Though the color is astoundingly similar, your's looks more like what people have been calling A.echinata.
Then again, maybe Gary has a serious Macro shot there, and I'm way off.
Then again, maybe Gary has a serious Macro shot there, and I'm way off.
Gary Majchrzak
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The corallites on my coral are very large, and there's only 3 of them. You are probably right Randy. I can't seem to find anything else similar to this thing.
Jus Reefin
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yoshiod9 said:
Send me half of it for inspection and I'll try to ID it for ya
Looks like A.echinata but hell I'm a rookie
yoshiod9
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lol. next time you're out by arden mall, you can come check it out. if it is an echinata...score one for me! lol. until i figure out what it is...i'm gonna keep hunting to figure this one out.
oh yeah, did you end up getting that red echino from that store? if you wanna half it we can offer him 100 for it...i am new to the area and someone told me of the store so i went to check it out...saw that piece and talked to the owner about it. he is the most clueless man in the world for coral. when i told him i wanted to ask about a piece of coral to see if he would sell it he said," oh the toadstool...yeah, that's not for sale."....... i was kinda dumbfounded that anyone would want to buy that thing...but to each his own, ya know? anyway, i saw your post here not too long after and yeah.... so let me know if you wanna go half and half or something. =)
danny
oh yeah, did you end up getting that red echino from that store? if you wanna half it we can offer him 100 for it...i am new to the area and someone told me of the store so i went to check it out...saw that piece and talked to the owner about it. he is the most clueless man in the world for coral. when i told him i wanted to ask about a piece of coral to see if he would sell it he said," oh the toadstool...yeah, that's not for sale."....... i was kinda dumbfounded that anyone would want to buy that thing...but to each his own, ya know? anyway, i saw your post here not too long after and yeah.... so let me know if you wanna go half and half or something. =)
danny
va_reefman
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Their size are kinda small for vitiensis...If it is an acan then my best guess would be acan ishigakiensis. Pic number 4 or 8, page 31, volumne 3 in the Veron set. Pic number 8 is a much closer resemblence.
Please understand that this is my best guess from your pic and the pic in the Veron set.
Rare find btw.
HTH,
John
Please understand that this is my best guess from your pic and the pic in the Veron set.
Rare find btw.
HTH,
John
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