Could this be Alveopra

[Thisseemsfishy]

I will take new pictures when I go on lunch today. It has some new growth so maybe a new pic will help. I feel like if it was something unwanted, it would be stinging or creating problems with the Zoa's around it and thats not the case.

Just a side note...I've emailed the seller asking him and he hasnt returned any messages, this is making me start to think it's something I dont want.

 

[fishieness]

The problem is the pics aren't good enough to see the skeleton well.

You don't need to see it that well to know it's not galaxia. When galaxia is retracted, each polyp is on a separate skeleton that sticks out from a flat place. Each extension looks similar to a euphyllia/other branching lps polyp and is about the size of each one of the zoos pictures. If it is a galaxia retracted enough to see space in between each polyp, we would be able to see that each polyp would be MUCH bigger.
A closed, or even slightly closed goni or alveopora also looks very different than this, as I said, there is not as much separation between the polyps, and they are much, much larger.
I'm certain it's an sps, and almost certain it's a montipora.


Thisseemsfishy: Your paranoia really goes well with your user name. :spin2: Don't worry, it's nothing bad. We see monti and other sps hitchikers on zoas all the time.

 

[Caesra]

I keep comming back to this and looking at it, I had not looked at the 3rd pic. After seeing the 3rd, I have to agree not a galixia.

for reference fishieness, could you point to a pic somewhere that would help me understand your suggestion that it is a monti? I have not seen a monti with that skeleton structure.

 

[mrk88]

What about a Porites sp.?

 

[curlykid]

anyone else see montipora? it just doesn't look like alveopora or a gonipora to me.

 

[Thisseemsfishy]

The debate is still on. The guy I got them from said it looks like montipora, but I have an orange cap and superman monti and the skeleton looks so different, this is think. Im going to take more pics....

I guess it really doesn't matter too much as long as its not bad, it would just be nice to know.

 

[bridun22ajl]

montipora or cephastrea

 

[Thisseemsfishy]

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f362/jsho27/DSCF1803.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f362/jsho27/DSCF1801.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f362/jsho27/DSCF1807.jpg


Some new pics, the more it grows it kinda looks like a fuzzy Monti? I would still like opinions.

Thanks for looking

 

[curlykid]

:hmm5: this is really confusing. the polyps look like a goni, but skeleton structure is like a monti.

 

[Thisseemsfishy]

:hmm5: this is really confusing. the polyps look like a goni, but skeleton structure is like a monti.

I would agree.

First I was worried it might be bad, now I'm just curious! :hmm3:

 

[NanoReefWanabe]

we need a closer clearer pic,

my first thought was Montipora, but those last pics the polyps look very bushy....

 

[Al G Blenny]

Count the polyps. 12 (alveopora) or 24 (goniopora)?

You don't count polyps you count tentacles. Plus do you really think those are the only corals with 12 or 24 tentacles?

I'm gonna throw Astreopora out there.

 

[klepto]

I'm gonna throw Astreopora out there.

Okay... and I'll throw it right back at ya.
I can't find a species of Astreopora that looks even marginally similar. Which one were you thinking? Or was that just a complete stab in the dark?

 

[Al G Blenny]

Okay... and I'll throw it right back at ya.
I can't find a species of Astreopora that looks even marginally similar. Which one were you thinking? Or was that just a complete stab in the dark?

Not a stab in the dark at all. Just years of keeping lots of different corals. There is no way to identify tiny hitchhiker frags like that. We are all making guesses at this point and most of them are just as valid as the others. Which Astreopora species? I wouldn't even try to guess. If you have kept Astropra you might see the similarities.

 

[klepto]

Not a stab in the dark at all. Just years of keeping lots of different corals. There is no way to identify tiny hitchhiker frags like that. We are all making guesses at this point and most of them are just as valid as the others. Which Astreopora species? I wouldn't even try to guess. If you have kept Astropra you might see the similarities.

There was no offense intended. Just curiosity. You are the first I have heard talking about the genus. I couldn't find anything similar on the SDMAS database but after googling "astreopora" I found this image. http://www.frogfish.ch/species-arten/Histiophryne-cryptacanthus.html

Is this along the lines of what you had in mind?