Lokani & Turaki

[waterfaller1]

Can you show me the difference?

 

[Kip]

lokani then turaki (middle)....

 

[waterfaller1]

Alright ..thanks so much..I can always depend on you. I was confused because some photos were conflicting. It's the turaki I like..it looks similar to purple pillow top. Is there a resemblence in size? Does it stay smooth and narrow like caroliniana?

 

[Kip]

Glad to be of service.

 

[waterfaller1]

Oops..editing while you were posting.

 

[Kip]

turaki pic from the wild from the aussie site

 

[waterfaller1]

So it's sort of what you would call a bottlebrush? I love it.

 

[otolith]

Nice pics, Kip.

I've never been big on "speciating" my corals beyond that they're an Acropora, but do you think this is a turaki? I was thinking that or a speciosa...What do you think?

 

[Kip]

i think speciosa is a good guess

i dont offer species names of my stuff unless i am pretty darn sure... or unless thats what they were called when i bought them/traded for them (and there can be mis-monikers in that as well)

i think anytime someone states a species name there should be a disclaimer somewhere in that post. I am just too lazy to write the disclaimer.

 

[otolith]

Regardless of the name, it's a cool coral to me, and that's what matters.

Actually, there's a funny story behind this coral...I was on a "buying spree," since I was going to set up a frag tank to sell frags, this was another "investment." I had made many "investments" quie recently, and my wife put an end to any more investments after this coral. :lol: (ok, she has loosened the leash every now and again )

 

[thereefgeek]

Here's a Lokani I grew from a single 1" frag into a colony the size of my fist (slow grower). I lost it two months ago to those damn AEFW! :mad2:

 

[Stoney Mahony]

The Lokani is definately a much thicker branched bottle brush. I have a Turaki frag that has layed down a 1 inch base in a month so I think it is definately a faster grower than Lokani. Ill put some pics up tonight, I am at work and they locked me out of photobucket .

 

[exoticaquatix]

what is this then? the mother colony seemed to be tabling. it grew really slow at first and just recently took off.
-nick

 

[waterfaller1]

That looks more like this to me..purple pillow top maybe?

 

[Stoney Mahony]

Heres my two:
Turaki

Lokani

 

[Chaotic Reefer4u]

very nice nonetheless...

 

[exoticaquatix]

i have never seen the polyps extend as far as that purple pillow, Waterfaller. not on my frag or the mother colony. it was in the display tank at my work, then in a sales tank and now in mine since at least Oct 05. it was just a little nub then...they grow up so....slow. anyway i have a pic of it in an ID thread so we'll see what the majority vote is
-nick

 

[Kurt448]

Nick your coral definitely isn't a purple pillow...A. lokani would be a good guess.

 

[exoticaquatix]

that is what i have been trying to tell my boss and co-workers. no one wants to believe me. oh well.

 

[Stoney Mahony]

White polyps right? Mine too. Just not as pretty as yours yet exotica.(Nice Avitar)