Pretty sure this is acan maxima

[al abaqueta]

All Delight, very nice specimens. that is an impressive collection. Al

 

[All Delight]

Thank you for the compliments.

The texture on the polyps are different then most acans. I'm gonna snap a close up pic today so you folks can see.

 

[Jon in SW Ohio]

Did anyone else see the piece Extreme Corals had for sale as a maxima from the Walt Smith collection? It was very drab colored but the polyps weren't very irregularly shaped.

I suppose the only way to know for sure is to collect one from Oman yourself...but then it may literally cost you an arm and a leg if you got caught.

 

[mufflerguy]

I bought this as part of a collection as an acan maxima?
What do you guys think?

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[mufflerguy]

Jim (jcigars) got it from Anthony Yang, when MACNA was in Chicago a while back, I guess....

 

[WendyMc]

I can't really help with the ID...but, drooooool....

 

[djmuzzi]

This is one of my morphs. Many people called this a maxima when I bought it. That fish is 1.50 inches long. I personally think it is just a regular acan with no neighbor polyps. Thus it is free to expand as much as it likes.

 

[Beccas_dad]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9214814#post9214814 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mufflerguy
I bought this as part of a collection as an acan maxima?
What do you guys think?

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Dark Lord Coral has the mother colony of that piece and it's amazing

I'm surprised Jimmy parted with that. Did you get his whole collection?

 

[mufflerguy]

Ya, all his LPS..
Are you sure he has the whole colony of this morph?
This polyp is 3" across when expanded with multiple mouths. I looked on his site & I didnt see it.
If he does have it, I would love to see a colony pic!

 

[Beccas_dad]

They got banned so you won't see a pic from them here.

I know for sure they have it, Jimmy & Mike know each other.

 

[mufflerguy]

ANy more info?
DO they think its a maxima?
Origin?
Maybe you can post a pic here?
I am very interested now.....

 

[Beccas_dad]

I just talked to Elizabeth at DLCC:

"None of our pics will be on RC because they banned us for a rediculous reason, over a fish out of our personal display when we first started the businesss"

I'm staying out of that one

 

[zeppelin]

That doesn't look anything close to any of the pics I have seen in Whelks, etc. A couple characteristics of Maxima are more drab colors, and HUGE polyp extension, with polyp extension over 2-3 times the size of the polyp closed. Never seen anything published showing bright oranges or greens, etc.

 

[racerw]

whatever it is it sure is pretty