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Originally Posted by Chowder (Post 757487)

Was sold as a Aussie Acan but not sure if it is something else? The Polyps are about an inch.

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/IMG_4962.jpg

Chris

It is an Acan, it's an Acanthastrea hillae.

:)

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Originally Posted by Bill@IA (Post 757815)

It is an Acan, it's an Acanthastrea hillae.

:)

Thanks for the ID.

Chris

Got this today, very different... tentacles are MAYBE 2-3 mils long has about 30 heads packed in it. Color I'm sure will improve as it had a rough ride getting here

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/d...ragalot003.jpg

This I got a few weeks back starting to show great color

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/d...ragalot004.jpg

Oh by the way, both from Fragalot:biggrin:

Oh wow that coral is gorgeous.

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Originally Posted by kien (Post 758565)

Oh wow that coral is gorgeous.

Thanks...some of the best corals I have came from Fragalot. But like they say he is evil!!:lol:

This one is my personal favourite!

[IMG]http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/...s/DSCF5221.jpg[/IMG]

And this one is coming along, it just started to colour up again! Ive got high hopes for it in the future.

[IMG]http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/...s/DSCF5223.jpg[/IMG]

Thanks! I'll post some pics once my tank's in a better looking state. Currently dealing with an infestation of flatworms and pyramid snails. :eek: Had no idea where the pyramid snails came from and only started noticing them after they killed off 15 of my black foot trochus snails - ugh. Finally found a shell of a common clam underneath one of my blasto colonies - I guess that's where the pyramid snails hitchhiked on. So now my tank's infested with nuisance algae, flatworms and pyramid snails. Just dandy.
:laluot_21: :laluot_08:

No clams and normal snails have been dead/ taken out 2 weeks now so there isn't any / much source of food left for the pyramid snails and about to use flatworm exit so tank should be back to normal in about 2 weeks or so. I don't think the colors of the blastos will change much; just look more 'fleshy' I suppose. Back to war on these little pests!
:snipersm:
:2gunfire:
:laser:

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Originally Posted by Delphinus (Post 757113)

Wow that blasto is going to look off the charts once it starts to relax and open up more. Please post a couple more pictures after it's been in your tank a week or two (please and thank you!)!

Nice macro of that gold torch!