Is this Garf Bonsia ?

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I bought this a while back and was told it was a Garf Bonsai ,what do you think .thank you

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[DiazE]

I don't know if it is, but I would love a frag.

 

[chris4869]

It looks like one, but the color of the polyps is different. It must be your lighting.

 

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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14587540#post14587540 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by chris4869
It looks like one, but the color of the polyps is different. It must be your lighting.

The polyps are green if that helps all of my pics are from a nikon point and shoot Camera nothing fancy just a simple crop and that's it I should learn how to use photoshop to clean my pics up a little .

 

[Frankenpora]

You have a few posts on this one, so I'll chime in here.
It could be the GARF BONZAI, however GARF is the not in any way
a scientific classification for a Coral. It is mearly a coral that was
named By G.A.R.F. I would say that if you can trace it back to them
, or get it ID'd by them you could call it the G.A.R.F. but without
trusting your source it would be hard to say for sure.
I do not want to take away from your coral because it is nice.
Any attemp to ID LE or named corals in a forum like this other
than scientifically is going to be a tough road to hoe IMO.
For what it's worth I believe (although I could be wrong) the coral
you have, the bonzai, the purple monster, and others are A.
Valida's. The name is going to be descriptive of a certain
coloration or growth pattern of a strain.
Hope this helps.

 

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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14599397#post14599397 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Frankenpora
You have a few posts on this one, so I'll chime in here.
It could be the GARF BONZAI, however GARF is the not in any way
a scientific classification for a Coral. It is mearly a coral that was
named By G.A.R.F. I would say that if you can trace it back to them
, or get it ID'd by them you could call it the G.A.R.F. but without
trusting your source it would be hard to say for sure.
I do not want to take away from your coral because it is nice.
Any attemp to ID LE or named corals in a forum like this other
than scientifically is going to be a tough road to hoe IMO.
For what it's worth I believe (although I could be wrong) the coral
you have, the bonzai, the purple monster, and others are A.
Valida's. The name is going to be descriptive of a certain
coloration or growth pattern of a strain.
Hope this helps.

Thanks that's what I kind of thought I have 3 types of purp bonzai what I wanted was anyone that has a Garf bonzai to see if mine looks the same as there's ,and sorry about the repost hit reload when I saw it it was to late to erase it .

 

[Frankenpora]

No worries, I think this is a good rule of thumb for the LE crowd, because it's the unique features of a coral that brings the originator to name it. However, it's a discovery, not an invention.
In this sense it could be the very same coral, and still not have come from the person that named it.
Happy reefing