Hammer, Torch, or Frogspawn??

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  1. Triplemom

    Triplemom Pajama Cardinal

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    More whining? :lol:
     
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  2. divott

    divott Giant Squid

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    moi? c'est impossible. lol
     
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  3. Triplemom

    Triplemom Pajama Cardinal

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    :lol::lol::lol:
     
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  4. ReefSparky

    ReefSparky Super Moderator

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    I always thought that was the elusive ORA Halloween Candy Corn coral.
     
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  5. PackLeader

    PackLeader Giant Squid

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    Its strange, but euphyllias have to be THE most misidentified corals of the hobby, have no idea why.
    Grape and frogspawn, at least in a true scientific manner, are not synonyms. They are completely different species of coral with their own characteristics. Frogspawn is typically one of two species: euphyllia divisa, or euphyllia paradivisa for branching. Grape is euphyllia cristata. Both frogspawn or hammer can or cannot be branching depending on species, so that is a common mistake that people try to go to when ID'ing euphyllias. Hammer is euphyllia ancora, with branching hammer being euphyllia parancora.
     
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  6. Robman

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    There are hammers that dont look like hammer ends--That looks like a branching hammer.
     
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  7. Triplemom

    Triplemom Pajama Cardinal

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    It does look like candy corn! :lol: Maybe a little moldy....
     
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  8. cdeboard

    cdeboard Montipora Digitata

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    That is a pink tipped frogspawn... looks almost identical to mine..
    My picture is significantly more crappy though
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  9. punkydudey

    punkydudey Astrea Snail

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    Here are the better pics i promised with it fully expanded, sorry i took so long with these.
     

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  10. iLLwiLL

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    soooo just how much karma is coming my way for being the first one to correctly ID this bad boy? ;D

    ~Will.
     
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