Strange SPS
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dudley moray
sisternofuselessknowledge
sure is sweet but i don't think it's a granulosa
TXChewy
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Thanks for posting something.
Wish I could post this question in a forum that gets more traffic. :hmm2:
Emailed ST and this is his thought:
Was great meeting you in Houston. That new coral has some potential.
Very nice. Reminds me of some super rare corals we used to see come
in from the Solomons back in the 1990's. Looks kinda like a Robusta.
Reeffarmers
Wish I could post this question in a forum that gets more traffic. :hmm2:
Emailed ST and this is his thought:
Was great meeting you in Houston. That new coral has some potential.
Very nice. Reminds me of some super rare corals we used to see come
in from the Solomons back in the 1990's. Looks kinda like a Robusta.
Reeffarmers
dudley moray
sisternofuselessknowledge
check here http://www.garretts-acropolis.com/
TXChewy
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I checked out the website and ended up emailing them.
Here is a larger picture:
<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/-MhBYmBdehmYEdFyNE0Nog?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_0rIFxD6KSu4/S4c3BBzztiI/AAAAAAAAAdY/Q4u-bFdU_1s/s800/DSC_6260.JPG" /></a>
TXChewy
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From Steve at http://www.garretts-acropolis.com/
It looks like what people are calling "Strawberry cheese cake" out here.
It is impossible to put a taxonomic Id On this until it is fully grown into a colony, and even then you may have 3 or 4 species it could be. Keep it happy and growing and perhaps once it is 6-8" you may get an idea of how it grows (table, stag, bush) then using the corallites structure and types of corallites you can get an idea.
It looks like what people are calling "Strawberry cheese cake" out here.
It is impossible to put a taxonomic Id On this until it is fully grown into a colony, and even then you may have 3 or 4 species it could be. Keep it happy and growing and perhaps once it is 6-8" you may get an idea of how it grows (table, stag, bush) then using the corallites structure and types of corallites you can get an idea.
TXChewy
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Thanks
I have posted the picture on an Australian Reef Message Board and their thought is A. Echinata. Which I fully disagree with. All A. Echinata I have seen is very delicate and fragile. This coral can be lifted by one branch and fliped upside down. It has some very strong branches.
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TXChewy
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You can see more pictures in my build thread:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1541978
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1541978
Scooter902
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I have no idea what it is but is sweet looking.:dance:
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I have no idea what it is but is sweet looking.:dance:
TXChewy
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kyles 90g reef
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that is a very nice peice of the reef
Atomikk
SPS OG
I think the Aussies had it right. It resembles an A. echinata. The radial corallites are very long and are slowly growing laterally.
