Identify this Please.

Discussion in 'Coral' started by jnbahwkins, Nov 8, 2004.

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  1. Jason McKenzie

    Jason McKenzie Super Moderator

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    It looks like the skeleton of a LPS of some sort. Ya I think it's dead but you never know. If you touch is it very hard or is there flesh

    J
     
    Jason McKenzie, Nov 9, 2004
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  2. jnbahwkins

    jnbahwkins Fire Worm

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    It is Hard to the touch
     
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  3. amcarrig

    amcarrig Super Moderator

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    Sorry to say that it looks deceased to me too :( It still looks like a galaxy or similar coral to me but until I get home and look in my coral book, I can't be sure :)
     
    amcarrig, Nov 9, 2004
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  4. airbrnebkr

    airbrnebkr Plankton

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    Looks like a cup coral skeleton to me.
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    airbrnebkr, Nov 9, 2004
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  5. mushroom_man

    mushroom_man Bubble Tip Anemone

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    its definetly not a cup coral. its a of some sort stony. i know because i got some on a mushroom frag a guy gave me. i ask the lfs and they told me the name ill get it to you by end of week! (i cant remember presently)
     
    mushroom_man, Jan 25, 2005
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  6. jnbahwkins

    jnbahwkins Fire Worm

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    thanks
     
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  7. puffer_lover

    puffer_lover Astrea Snail

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    umm this is realy ummmmm........(10 min l8er) realy wierd to say it nicely........but i amalmost postitive that it is a LPS colony such as the Acanthastrea echinata.......w/e that is i found it on this coral selling place but hope that some of the lill fellar lives........
     
    puffer_lover, Jan 25, 2005
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  8. Gresham

    Gresham Great Blue Whale

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    The green is most likely a boring algae. IMO that is coral is dead. From the picture given, it's to hard to say if it' an acan or a similiar species (which they're tons of). Being that acans are the flavor of the week, it doesn't suprise me the LFS said that. With the rock being so bleached out, I doubt the coral would have lived thru water ever killed of the algae (macro and coraline).
     
    Gresham, Jan 28, 2005
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  9. mushroom_man

    mushroom_man Bubble Tip Anemone

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    a type of moon they said they get it all the time. its supposed to have soft polyps on top.
     
    mushroom_man, Jan 28, 2005
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  10. Gresham

    Gresham Great Blue Whale

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    Moon coral is a common name for over 40 different corals ;), so that really doesn't nail anything down. All of them have soft polyps (LPS).
     
    Gresham, Jan 29, 2005
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