New Deepwater

[mbunaman]

I bought this Bali Maricultured piece about two months ago. It was pretty muched bleached yellow but I noticed it had very washed out blue tips. So i figured I would give it a try. This is how it looks now. This is under Helios 250W DE bulbs. Anyone know what type of Deepwater this might be.

 

[moo0o]

everything that is deepwater looks like a lokani to me =( haha

 

[Canarygirl]

It's really interesting how different the branching and coralites look from one side to the other...almost like two different corals!

 

[msman825]

yah does look like it is tabling out

 

[Amphiprion]

That is an amazing example of morphological plasticity. It is things such as that that make often-stated ids incorrect. I would assume that would throw off any expert, as well. In any case, it is a beautiful piece. I like the newer growth much, much better, BTW.

 

[moo0o]

upon closer inspection of the picture, i realized that wow...thats like 2 in one.. crazy. cant wait to see what it would look like grown.

 

[mbunaman]

^^

 

[Kip]

looks like turaki to me

 

[coralite]

I love 'fixing' corals. This is another success story of a beautiful coral (combo) which has been saved from the rubble bin. Looks like you got two corals there buddy. The one on the rigt tends to look like a lokani but the specimen on the right is going to need to grow out for a while before you can stab at the ID.

 

[gregm5]

i've seen weird growth like that on a lot of the cultured deepwaters. i have a feeling that the growth has something to do with taking a horizontally growing branch and then mounting it vertically. just an idea.

 

[SPSpirate]

i (think) its all the same species flow and placement can play a roll in disfiguring something like this maricultured piece maybe it was fraged then put in a entirely different flow situation.IMO

 

[mbunaman]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11774451#post11774451 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by coralite
I love 'fixing' corals. This is another success story of a beautiful coral (combo) which has been saved from the rubble bin. Looks like you got two corals there buddy. The one on the rigt tends to look like a lokani but the specimen on the right is going to need to grow out for a while before you can stab at the ID.

Acutally I believe they are the same coral because some branches have the blue tips where the other dont. I fragged one of the branches on the side that does not have blue tips a month ago. The frag today has a blue tip. This coral is weird. The skin has a metallic apperance to it. The picture does not do it justice. I guess I will just keep it as Acro. Sp. Deepwater for now.

 

[danfrith]

Looks like turaki to me too.

 

[Kolognekoral]

I think you have two different corals growing together. I had this happen once where, apparently, a planula from another coral had settled next to the frag and the frag base overgrew it. The planula eventually grew through the main coral and I had two growing from the same base. Very wierd looking and I doubted it at first, but the fragged coral was an Anacropora, which made it very distinct. The second was an Acropora, probably A. valida.

What ever the case, the main coral does look like A. turaki, or at least a close relative. A. granulosa can look like this under certain conditions. Keep us posted on the developement.

 

[Amphiprion]

I don't think they are separate (possible, but I don't think so in this case). If you look in the top-down pic, you can see the back right-hand side is also beginning to change morphology. Besides, I have seen supposed "deepwaters" completely change their shape into something similar to that.

 

[Rickyrooz1]

I AGREE with Turaki.

 

[Oldude]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11777222#post11777222 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Amphiprion
I don't think they are separate (possible, but I don't think so in this case). If you look in the top-down pic, you can see the back right-hand side is also beginning to change morphology. Besides, I have seen supposed "deepwaters" completely change their shape into something similar to that.

I agree with this, looks like another case of reticulate evolution.

 

[mbunaman]

I think its a Turaki also. I was digging pictures up on the web yesterday. And the polyp structure and coloration is looking more like a Turaki. I think it is still small and needs more time to grow out to be sure. Look at this link its very similar http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/701-800/Species pages/714.htm

 

[tamortman]

that is a great looking piece do deep water need more or less light and flow or the same?

 

[mbunaman]

I have it in on the bottom of my tank so I guess the lighting is low medium. Its not getting pounded by flow but it has moderate flow. It all depends on what Deepwater it is. Some can take more light than others. But most of them prefer moderate lighting.