Mike Paletta Turquoise Lovelli ID??
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rhino509
New member
looks like the tips are more blue than purple,that i can tell...i think,lol
trinity1012
sps addict
i have a paletta blue stag that looks like that. either way thats a sweet piece
Blueline12
Member
Yeah the tips are more bluish than turquoise but not to far off. The structure seems similar to a acro lovelli though.
trinity1012
sps addict
very well could be...still beautiful piece
Frick
AZ FRAG President
It's not A. lovelli. The tips would be more blunt, and the axial corallites would be domes not little tubes. http://coral.aims.gov.au/speciesPages/species_metadata/0043/view#
And if you didn't get it with Mike Paletta's lineage then it definitely can't be called that. If you need a show name on it i would try to follow the one it came with or start your own. IMO it seems fraudulent to tag one show name on a coral that it didn't come with. And if you try to provide the care for the coral according to the fake show, you could end up harming it.
And if you didn't get it with Mike Paletta's lineage then it definitely can't be called that. If you need a show name on it i would try to follow the one it came with or start your own. IMO it seems fraudulent to tag one show name on a coral that it didn't come with. And if you try to provide the care for the coral according to the fake show, you could end up harming it.
MammothReefer
Active member
Donnu if it is or isn't
http://www.thegreenmako.com/coral/palettalovelli.htm
http://www.reeffarmers.com/limitedacroporalovelli.htm
But I know I like your frag better then the other 2 in these links (as nice as they are)
http://www.thegreenmako.com/coral/palettalovelli.htm
http://www.reeffarmers.com/limitedacroporalovelli.htm
But I know I like your frag better then the other 2 in these links (as nice as they are)
Frick
AZ FRAG President
The Acro from greenmako looks the same as the OPs, but that doesn't make it Mike Paletta's. I trust reeffarmers to be more credible with the lineage, and that Acro does look like lovelli. It's already a really nice coral there is no need to over exaggerate it with a show name.
So in short, I think greenmakos is a fake and naming yours with Mike Paletta's show name would further the fakeness.
So in short, I think greenmakos is a fake and naming yours with Mike Paletta's show name would further the fakeness.
AdamDeMamp
New member
That thing looks awesome.
MammothReefer
Active member
actually the more I look at it, I think it's a horrida. It looks rather similar to that "blue lighting horrida"
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/...P8Pu5Eibf50MBNugfFlcJE3pjIDL8dxe2Di8UkmMa_gk5
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/...P8Pu5Eibf50MBNugfFlcJE3pjIDL8dxe2Di8UkmMa_gk5
Frick
AZ FRAG President
A. horrida is usually has more extended polyps in the day time.
For a species i was thinking Acropora copiosa.
http://coral.aims.gov.au/speciesPages/species_metadata/0381/view#
For a species i was thinking Acropora copiosa.
http://coral.aims.gov.au/speciesPages/species_metadata/0381/view#
MammothReefer
Active member
Come on frick you know better then that. You can't base an ID off of polyp extension.
Compare the coralites (the best we can with this photo)
Compare the coralites (the best we can with this photo)
Frick
AZ FRAG President
No you can't base an ID on polyp extension, but i was ruling A. horrida out because it usually does have good polyp extension in the day.
I think this pic of A. copiosa works better for the comparison.
A. copiosa will also has "Axial corallites are small. Radial corallites are crowded, tubular, appressed, and are irregular in size and shape. " I was also guessing A. copiosa because of the evenly tapered tips that slope to a thick stag.
When it grows out more it will easier to ID when a full structure is established. If the OPs frag gets the signature knarley branches and longer polyp extension with irregular corallites then i would agree that it is A. horrida.
