Too much PE? (while you're at it, ID too please?)

Discussion in 'SPS Corals' started by exactlyobp, May 4, 2012.

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  1. reeferdude

    reeferdude Fire Shrimp

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    looks like this
    [SIZE=+1]Tank Raised
    The Hairy Beast Acropora
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    [SIZE=-1]Super Long Yellow Hairy Polyps on a Olive Green Base[/SIZE]
    http://www.aquacon.com/sps.html
     
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  3. barbianj

    barbianj Hammer Head Shark

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    ^^^^ That looks just like my friend's coral. I'll get a frag of it...one day.
     
  4. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    IME PE has more to do with flow, lighting and available food. Lower flow less PE, lower light more PE and less food more PE. SG will affect PE also if it is out of the corals preferred range.
     
  5. exactlyobp

    exactlyobp Giant Squid

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    Oh?

    Thanks, Jerry. I had no idea what I have is not a slimer.

    Cant say that didnt cross my mind..

    Another picture.. different angle, like from the side? Its really hard how this guys is placed.. Thanks tho!
     
  6. exactlyobp

    exactlyobp Giant Squid

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    This is really close.


    I think you should, sooner than later, Jerry.

    Hey John, thanks for your input. I havent been target feeding any corals recently. Ill feed them tonight, see what happens.
     
  7. Frick

    Frick Bristle Worm

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    With the teardrop coralites the closest i could think of is Acropora chesterfieldensis.
    It's polyp extension is nice but i would not ID the coral based on that.

    Acropora yongei is known as the slimer acro. As you can see, this is not yours. The seller seemed to just slap a name on it without properly identifying it. Which can be frustrating for the buyer. For this reason you should not do the same. So if you did not buy it from ORA then i would rule out it being an ORA coral.