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Borderjumper 11-28-2007 12:04 AM

help Id'ing
 
any ideas what this is? doesnt look right for either an Acan or a favia

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y24...hatisit002.jpg

tang daddy 11-28-2007 12:07 AM

my guess is acan

fencer 11-28-2007 12:24 AM

Blasto?

Der_Iron_Chef 11-28-2007 12:48 AM

Looks like Acanthastrea Echinata to me.

Chowder 11-28-2007 12:50 AM

Looks like a Acan to me.

Salmon King 11-28-2007 01:11 AM

try here I think it is picture 51 http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgur...%3D1%26hl%3Den

Borderjumper 11-28-2007 01:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Der_Iron_Chef (Post 284100)
Looks like Acanthastrea Echinata to me.


I think your right. What threw me was I was comparing it to my aussie acans and it doesnt have individual looking polyps like they do.
I didnt realize there were a couple of different species of acans.. of which the echinata is the most common. This new one looks similiar to my orange crush acan which is called Brittney ( we wont go there) and is the nastiest coral in my tank. She will throw stringers 6 inches out and up over rocks to get to the other corals. Bad Brittney!

Borderjumper 11-28-2007 01:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Salmon King (Post 284105)

Could be.. it just seems fleshier than my other favias. I'll see how it extends to feed a little later.

Der_Iron_Chef 11-28-2007 01:42 AM

Yup. Your Aussie Acans are likely Acanthastrea Lordhowensis.

Snappy 11-28-2007 01:52 AM

Acan is a pretty broad term but your coral is in that family.


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