what type of coral is this? or these?
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Topic: what type of coral is this? or these?
Posted By: tom-
Subject: what type of coral is this? or these?
Date Posted: October 30 2004 at 4:54pm
1 2  3  ------------- 120&125 mainly sps 801-897-2000 kearns, Ut Ryan |
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Posted By: smatney
Date Posted: October 30 2004 at 4:58pm
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The first one I've seen in real life and I think it's acanthastrea. The second, third one looks like favites. ------------- Susan Matney Farmington, UT |
Posted By: tom-
Date Posted: October 30 2004 at 5:00pm
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yea it grows like acanthasrea but looks different. And it is about 9inches around.
------------- 120&125 mainly sps 801-897-2000 kearns, Ut Ryan |
Posted By: bugzme
Date Posted: October 30 2004 at 5:34pm
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I don't know what they are but i want some!!!!!! ------------- Jeff 125 tank 50 gallon sump T-5 lighting Rum drinker, Carbon User I KNOW ROCKS THAT ARE YOUNGER THEN ME!! I AM A Realist! I write what I think!! |
Posted By: SSpargur
Date Posted: October 30 2004 at 5:56pm
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The first one is either Acanthastrea or some kind of favites. Acanthastrea has short feeding tenticles and around the crown, the skeleton has sharp points. If the the tenticles are long or if the ridges are smooth, it's a kind of favites.
2 and 3 also look to be a favites. ------------- Sean Spargur West Valley, UT |
Posted By: tom-
Date Posted: October 30 2004 at 6:08pm
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the ridges are sharpe on the 1rst pic and smooth on 2nd and 3rd
------------- 120&125 mainly sps 801-897-2000 kearns, Ut Ryan |
Posted By: jfinch
Date Posted: October 30 2004 at 7:23pm
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1st one looks like Scolymia to me The other two look like Favia sp., not Favites, Favites share adjacent corallite walls while Favia have separate corallites like those pictured. ------------- Jon https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6y_EzjI_ljbIwf2n5uNzTw" rel="nofollow - What I've been doing... |
Posted By: SSpargur
Date Posted: October 30 2004 at 7:41pm
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Ryan - on the first picture, could you get a closer picture? Also maybe a picture with the flesh retracted so I can see the skeleton. ------------- Sean Spargur West Valley, UT |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: October 30 2004 at 8:14pm
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Posted By: jfinch
Date Posted: October 30 2004 at 8:32pm
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I'll revise my Favia id on the 2nd and 3rd. It looks a lot like Diploastrea heliopora (p. 287 in Borneman's Aquarium Corals and p. 512 in Veron's Corals of Australia and the Indo-pacific). ------------- Jon https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6y_EzjI_ljbIwf2n5uNzTw" rel="nofollow - What I've been doing... |
Posted By: reptoreef
Date Posted: October 30 2004 at 11:19pm
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#1 Symphyllia valenciennesii or scolymia(possibly a single mussismillia hartti). #2and #3 look like the same coral,imo, with #3 just being a bit closer... an acanthastrea sp. jason ------------- www.captivereefing.com |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: October 31 2004 at 12:30am
Looks to me like that second coral is begging to be fragged. I'll bet Steve Lopez could do it like a blastomussa.  Or else it will be as easy as a Galaxia.
It ought to be fragged before it dies and we never see it again.  ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member
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Posted By: smatney
Date Posted: October 31 2004 at 8:25am
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Hmmm - I just went and read up on Scolymia. It's a donut shaped coral. This only has one head and is donut shaped. scolymia is green or red and dull colored. This may be scolymia instead of acanthastrea. ------------- Susan Matney Farmington, UT |
Posted By: tom-
Date Posted: October 31 2004 at 9:49am
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can you post some pics of scolymia and some ot these other corals they might be? ------------- 120&125 mainly sps 801-897-2000 kearns, Ut Ryan |
Posted By: jfinch
Date Posted: October 31 2004 at 12:50pm
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My appologies to Veron and Borneman for posting these pics... Scolymia: And Diploastrea: ------------- Jon https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6y_EzjI_ljbIwf2n5uNzTw" rel="nofollow - What I've been doing... |
Posted By: tom-
Date Posted: October 31 2004 at 1:59pm
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Diplostrea is defenently the same as mine. but the scolymia looks much different. thanks everyone you guys are great.
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Posted By: SSpargur
Date Posted: October 31 2004 at 2:14pm
------------- Sean Spargur West Valley, UT |
SSpargur wrote:Posted By: jfinch
Date Posted: October 31 2004 at 3:00pm
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Scolymia look like this when fully inflated (never mind the color, they come in all sorts of colors):
------------- Jon https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6y_EzjI_ljbIwf2n5uNzTw" rel="nofollow - What I've been doing... |
Posted By: reptoreef
Date Posted: October 31 2004 at 4:06pm
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Seen the one in the show tank of Aquatic Dreams??? VERY MASSIVE!!! It's friggin' huge!!! Did I mention how big it was??? IMO, at least 10-12" in diameter. Jason ------------- www.captivereefing.com |
Posted By: tom-
Date Posted: October 31 2004 at 5:06pm
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ok yes I have had one of those. it was awsome. so I will have to keep a
close eye on this and see how it grows thanks John for the pictures and
everyone else also. Ryan
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