mystery coral

[twon8]

do the corallites look like this
http://www.corallibrary.info/data/522/medium/41Echinopora_lamellosa.jpg

 

[twon8]

http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/101-200/Species pages/143.htm

 

[DaddyJax]

I have one of those and the polyps dont come out like his.

I am curious to know if there are any sweepers at night?

 

[twon8]

ime polyp extension of the same coral can vary greatly by tank, even when they are both my tanks.

 

[Aquatic Hamster]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7681586#post7681586 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by twon8
do the corallites look like this
http://www.corallibrary.info/data/522/medium/41Echinopora_lamellosa.jpg

Yes, I think they do. If you look at the pictures green7 and green8 you can see a small area in the center where I got the polyps to retract.

 

[Aquatic Hamster]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7681783#post7681783 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by DaddyJax
I have one of those and the polyps dont come out like his.

I am curious to know if there are any sweepers at night?

No sweepers that I've ever seen. Everything around it seems to be growing fine without being attached.

 

[twon8]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7684379#post7684379 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Aquatic Hamster
Yes, I think they do. If you look at the pictures green7 and green8 you can see a small area in the center where I got the polyps to retract.

then i believe you have an echinopora lamellosa, check the link to coral search a few posts up(edit: the next post down). So do i win free frag for coming up with the right species?

 

[twon8]

just reposting for the second page.
http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/101-200/Species pages/143.htm

 

[DaddyJax]

Not to be argumentative but I dont believe this to be an Echinopora. Echino usually has sweepers and the coralites in the pic doesnt seem to have the same structure as the echino. But then again I could be wrong!

 

[twon8]

I am just basing it on him saying the corallites look the same, which tells me it's not astreopora. I may not be right, but it's the best I could come up with.

 

[AWExotics]

Cyphastrea japonica

They started coming in heavy about 6 months ago from Vietnam shipments. Interestingly, they were sent in as Montipora danae. They said "Like the Superman Monti"

The plating thrpws me off a bit but I am pretty positive about the ID. I have a few colonies I am working with.

Todd

 

[Leishman]

Here's Tyree's Japonica

http://www.reeffarmers.com/limitedpurplegreencyphastrea.htm

 

[twon8]

no cyphastrea in borneman's book, only a mention, but i was close, in the right family at least.

 

[Aquatic Hamster]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7688932#post7688932 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by AWExotics
Cyphastrea japonica

They started coming in heavy about 6 months ago from Vietnam shipments. Interestingly, they were sent in as Montipora danae. They said "Like the Superman Monti"

The plating thrpws me off a bit but I am pretty positive about the ID. I have a few colonies I am working with.

Todd

Would you have some pictures you could share? I would like to see them.

Well this has been a fun thread which has traveled just about the entire reaches of sps.

 

[AWExotics]

Here's two different colonies:

 

[Aquatic Hamster]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7692821#post7692821 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by AWExotics
Here's two different colonies:

Wow, those photos are almost identical. At least from an amateurs gaze (like me).

 

[AWExotics]

almost identical?????look like two different photos to me?!?!?!?