pics of A. Horrida?

[brett7768]

anyone have some quality pics of their colony? mine is light blue with white polyps but it has so much PE that the only blue you can see are the tips. I did a search but its hard to find pics. is this a rare sps?

 

[greg1786]

I am not 100% sure that this is A. Horrida, howver when I go it a while back, I posted a pic in the id forum and frick was thinking thats what it was. Perhaps someone else will chime in

 

[MammothReefer]

no they aren't rare they can just be really tricky to keep. Usually when things go sour for me it's one of the first pieces I always loose.

 

[biggles]

Jason ID'd this as horrida when i first got it, this was taken 2 months ago and it tolerates low to high light which is why i now have 3 other small colonies spread around my reef. It grows about an inch a month when it's happy and in higher light but still grows in low light areas, just not as fast.
And yes the bloody hammer really does look that crappy colored - i don't like flubber and flubber doesn't like me...........

 

[MarquiseO]

Here is one for you:

 

[brett7768]

http://s1364.photobucket.com/user/brett7768/media/IMG_07381_zpsc507e351.jpg.html
this is mine. doesnt look much like the others except mayme that last one. difference is that mine is a light blue. can anyone confirm this is A. horrida?

 

[brett7768]

 

[brett7768]

so light blue with white polyps? doesnt seem like too many people have seen this color??

 

[MammothReefer]

Tips are blue photo came out funky

 

[watchguy123]

I have always believed this to be a horrid

 

[MammothReefer]

doesn't look like one to me..

this is from aims -- au same as my piece which is from AU also

the coralites are rounded

http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0034

 

[joe22883]

ORA purple plasma looks to be A. Horrida. Seen the au blue horrida sell as blue lightning, might help your search for pics.

 

[tdb320reef]

 

[watchguy123]

doesn't look like one to me..

this is from aims -- au same as my piece which is from AU also

the coralites are rounded

http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0034

You appear to be correct, mine doesn't quite match the morphology. The tips on mine are cylindrical and those pictures have rounded tapering tips. I was focusing more on polyp form and extension. Unfortunately not my first missed id and likely not my last. Now on to the hunt for one

 

[MDO]

Don't get discouraged on Identification. There are lots of corals and some do resemble each other. I am pretty sure there are lots of people with corals they can't identify.

 

[MammothReefer]

Agreed. I have plenty I can't ID. Aims isn't perfect either I've seen some strange stuff in there.

 

[Rollins4Miles]

This was mine from some time ago