Praying Mantis ?
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Topic: Praying Mantis ?
Posted By: TriggerHappy
Subject: Praying Mantis ?
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 1:31pm
What is this? Favia or Acan or what? Thanks! ------------- 210 gallon Mixed Reef |
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Posted By: jbutler
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 6:10pm
| Looks like an acan lord to me. |
Posted By: TriggerHappy
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 6:34pm
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Thanks Jared! It was sold to me as a favia...I didn't think that was what it was, however, I'm going to upset it and post up when it is closed and see what you think. ------------- 210 gallon Mixed Reef |
Posted By: TriggerHappy
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 6:44pm
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Never mind...I'm going to wait until tomorrow am...it is just too happy to mess with. Instead, let my let my ignorance shine. Is there a difference between a acan and an acan lord? ------------- 210 gallon Mixed Reef |
Posted By: downhill_biker
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 6:48pm
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it looks to be an acan lord to me too. acan lords have individual polyps, at least they appear that way. they are more fleshy. an acan acanada is less fleshy and shares the joints between polyps, looks more like a favia.
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Posted By: TriggerHappy
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 6:53pm
That solves it, it is definitely an acan lord! Thanks Jared and Curtis.  Is the lord harder to frag than the acan echinata?------------- 210 gallon Mixed Reef |
Posted By: downhill_biker
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 7:12pm
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they are both easy to frag once you know what you are doing. it is most important to keep them cool and moist. i take a bowl of water and set it on the table. then i use the dremel to cut the back as much as i can. if it is too deep i use the dremel on the front too. if it is thin enough you should be able to use the dremel on the back, and razor blade on the front. you can cut through heads so dont worry about that too much. just keep dipping the coral every couple seconds to cool it off and clean it. if you need a demo i can help you out with it, i've done a ton of them, and done a few demo days in my old club in oregon.
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Posted By: jbutler
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 7:38pm
Or you can use a wet band saw.
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downhill_biker wrote:Posted By: chk4tix
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 7:41pm
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Bill you don't need to frag it, I have room for the whole thing in my tank. ------------- Original Crappy Reef Club Member #2 |
Posted By: TriggerHappy
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 8:02pm
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Thanks for the offer Curtis, I may have to take you up on that. Jared...do you rent that thing out?  Keith, you are too funny! ------------- 210 gallon Mixed Reef |