Frag ID **Updated with new better pics**

Discussion in 'ID This!' started by malac0da13, Feb 24, 2010.

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  1. malac0da13

    malac0da13 Torch Coral

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    Can anyone ID this frag? The tag at the LFS just says acro frag lol. Sorry for the crappy picture.
     

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  3. dirtydavenkc

    dirtydavenkc Purple Spiny Lobster

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    drew3 Blue Ringed Angel

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    just let it grow and see if it takes a more defined shape and then post a pic
     
  5. malac0da13

    malac0da13 Torch Coral

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    Its definitely isn't purple its really light colored with like pink/green tips. I didn't buy it because I didnt know what it was and it didnt look like any acro I have ever seen.
     
  6. Steve_

    Steve_ Plankton

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    my mother in law had something that looked like that. turned out it was her button polyps that retracted when her tank was poisoned
     
  7. Dingo

    Dingo Giant Squid

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    looks like a montipora capricornis...
     
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  9. malac0da13

    malac0da13 Torch Coral

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    No it deffinitely doesn't look like poisoned button polyps. Its some kind of stoney coral. It almost looks like the base of an acro thats like spreading and trying to grow more branches maybe. But wouldn't that mean this came off a massive colony? I mean its like 3" square.
     
  10. Jason McKenzie

    Jason McKenzie Super Moderator

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    Ya it's a montipora capricornis
     
  11. malac0da13

    malac0da13 Torch Coral

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    Hrmm...I guess I'll buy it tomarrow then. Maybe I can get a better picture so I can be assured that is what it is. It's only 29 bux...half what I have been buying SPS frags for lol.
     
  12. dirtydavenkc

    dirtydavenkc Purple Spiny Lobster

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    phew i was starting to think i was a dummy for guessing monti. atleast now if im wrong, im not the only dummy. the colors arent anyhing ive seen in a monti though. still think it is