Pooky's 300

[mpoletti]

Too be honest Brian, I'm scared of those spots I had a couple frags get them awhile back and then they just turned into brown jelly. I have never figured out that piece.

 

[Dejavu]

Isn't that what they call Green Jacket?

 

[pookstreet]

Too be honest Brian, I'm scared of those spots I had a couple frags get them awhile back and then they just turned into brown jelly. I have never figured out that piece.

Dude, now you are freaking me out :hammer:

 

[pookstreet]

Isn't that what they call Green Jacket?

LOL......it's more like a green coral with an orange jacket :lmao:

 

[mpoletti]

Dude, now you are freaking me out :hammer:

Its just something to keep an eye out for. Like I said, mine has done it before as well and then the next time I look at it, its extra color is gone

 

[pookstreet]

For sure I'll keep an eye on it. The only downside to a small frag is that once it starts going south, it doesn't take but a blink of the eyes.

 

[pookstreet]

Speaking of turaki........or could this be something else???

 

[mpoletti]

Where are the polyps

 

[pookstreet]

I sucked them all in

Still can't figure out this piece. It actually has a nice yellowish green tone to it that I couldn't catch in the pic. The coralites are a little bit more elongated and slender compared to all the other turakis I've seen over the years. The tips are also more blunt and not rounded. They looks almost like a speciosa or echinata but the overall growth doesn't have that tight bottlebrush appearance.

 

[aquariumclown]

Looks like turaki, but hard to tell the size of the coralites from a picture. Mine are really thin and delicate.

 

[pookstreet]

Mine are really thin and delicate.

Dude, we are talking about corals here :hammer:

 

[mpoletti]

Is it a wild piece. I've seen pieces that have come in with the thinner coralites and after some time in captivity they get the rounded tips we are more customed to seeing. PM me the colony shot if you want, but I'm not seein the typical associations with a speciosa.

 

[aquariumclown]

Dude, we are talking about corals here :hammer:

I definitely am!

 

[pookstreet]

No, not a wild piece but an aquacultured one, hence the reason I am leaning more towards the turaki than anything else. It's just that the growth structure is very different, that's all. It's the only pic I have right now. Maybe I'll attempt a top down and see what shows up. I wanted a couple of test sticks and this one was interesting enough for me to try

 

[pookstreet]

I definitely am!

Alrighty then. So were you talking about your echinata or a turaki? I don't remember seeing a turaki in your tank.

 

[Dejavu]

Speaking of turaki........or could this be something else???

Looks like a turaki to me Kenny :thumbsup:.

 

[pookstreet]

Yeah, that seems to be the consensus, although I am still holding out the slim hope that it will turn out to be something different and a nice surprise. We'll know more once it puts on some serious growth.

 

[aquariumclown]

Alrighty then. So were you talking about your echinata or a turaki? I don't remember seeing a turaki in your tank.

I have the icefire which is a Echinata but I also have a purple turaki (same color as purple monster, almost identical) as well as the more common turquois w/ blue tip turaki. You prolly didn't see them because they are dwarfed by my other colonies. I also have one that that looks like ORA's blue iris but it's instead of purple tips it has blue tips, VERY slow grower that thing.

 

[pookstreet]

Leo, there just too many good things to look at in your tank. The Icefire is very nice though.

 

[pookstreet]