How rare is this?

[ericp351]

WOW! I spent over 3 hours reading this entire thread. Hard to stop once you start.

 

[BrandonFlorida]

Thanks for sharing! Great Thread!

 

[SputnikNYC]

cool thread, thanks for shearing.... Seen every page

 

[Nammy]

What would you say theses are?

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Nammy, as best as I can tell from the picture they appear to be Gonipora aka flowerpot coral

 

[OrionN]

Count the tentacles on the polyp. Goniopora have 24 tentacles per polyps. Related Alveopora have 12 tentacles per polyp

 

[Nammy]

Definitely 12 tentacles per polyps. Came in as a hitchhiker and resembles pic in previous post. Its very small so hard to tell
I'm thinking its neither Goniopora or Alveopora. not the best of pic.

 

[OrionN]

Definitely 12 tentacles per polyps. Came in as a hitchhiker and resembles pic in previous post. Its very small so hard to tell

Don't think so. You need to take a clear picture and count it. Soft coral ha e 8 (octocorals) while Goniopora and Aleoporal tentacles count are as above. Your corals does not look like 12. Maybe 24

 

[Nammy]

updated my last post

Looks like a extremely small galaxea. lol
Definitely not aiptasia or majano. lol
The more I look at it it could very well be crusting Alveopora

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Dude, you have changed pictures for ID. The first picture that you posted is this one and this is a Gonipora and has what looks like the 24 tentacles as Orion pointed out to you above. Now you throw in a different picture while you haven't figure out the first one and are saying we're wrong? :hammer:

 

[Nammy]

Sorry about the confusion.
In my first post the pic I provided was of corals I believed resembled a hitchhiker coral in my tank, not that those were my corals. I should of been clearer on that. My apologies. You and OrionN was right on track with your identification.
When I seen both your Id's I realized that most likely that's not the coral I have in my tank, I didn't mean to say you both were wrong about the first pic.
I was able to get a pic of what I had and posted it.
With OrionN response I was sure he understood what I was getting at.
Oh well no harm done.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Well the second picture that you're calling a galaxea is totally incorrect. Yes it is mojanos, several of them.

 

[Nammy]

Looked like or resembled a galaxea. but I didn't think it was.
What you see in the pic is all together around 1/4"
From my perspective it doesn't appear to be Majanos.
Thanks for helping

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Why is it that you're hijacking this thread with this? Why don't you go open your own thread.

 

[Nammy]

Ah right, it didn't dawn on me, but I guess I was responding to you

 

[Fieryfrog]

Is it possible to delete all of these last few posts. It ruined a terrific thread?

I come back to this thread once a week, just to see if there are any more pics. And this entire last page was just a hijack of the thread.

 

[vertigo01]

Is it possible to delete all of these last few posts. It ruined a terrific thread?

I come back to this thread once a week, just to see if there are any more pics. And this entire last page was just a hijack of the thread.

I agree. Can a mod clean up the derailment?

 

[Nammy]

I agree. Can a mod clean up the derailment?

My bad, I agree to

 

[Praslin]

Hello Mr Lewy
We miss your fantastic pictures from Darwin.
Cheers
Praslin

 

[Lewy]

Hello Mr Lewy
We miss your fantastic pictures from Darwin.
Cheers
Praslin

I'll see what I can do in the next few months. A bit busy at work at the moment.