question on a coral

[jessp]

anyone know anything about this,

it is a euphyllia of some sort so it is related to hammers and torches, i have never seen anything like it in person.

http://www.reefermadness.us/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=617

is there a common name or is it just uncommon

 

[Rogger Castells]

Jess that is a branching frogspawn, I have a beautiful piece apprx 10 heads if you are interested in one, I kept it in my 210 when I sold my 75, but he does not like my high flow.

 

[jessp]

Is it just closed in that pic?

 

[Rogger Castells]

yes

 

[ReefWreak]

I hate how the colors in that pic come from it being so scrunched up, and as far as I've ever seen, being scrunched up like that is a sign of poor health or bad coditions, but if there is a species of it that is like that normally and healthy (as I'm sure Rogger would have it) then that's really cool!

 

[scubasteve247]

i agree 100% with rogger, and like reefwreak says the colors will change, working in a lfs has givin me some expereince in seeing many corals shipped in and the colors they take from shipping, for instance i say a purple/blue mushroom come in metalic green and within a few days turn purple, most corals come in all closed and scrunched up depending on the providor. and when that occurs greens, and purples, look much much more concentrated then they will after the coral opens.