Identify?
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Topic: Identify?
Posted By: ReefKeeper78
Subject: Identify?
Date Posted: October 14 2012 at 4:48pm
Does anyone know what this is, I have had it for a while and it does really well but have never seen one anywhere. |
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Posted By: aquablue
Date Posted: October 14 2012 at 4:58pm
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It's some kind of encrusting montipora but beyond that I'm not sure what it'd be called.
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Posted By: boysty
Date Posted: October 14 2012 at 5:04pm
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its a spongodes montipora ------------- Time waits on no one |
Posted By: ReefdUp
Date Posted: October 14 2012 at 5:24pm
| Likely a really browned-out Montipora confusa or Montipora vietnamesis. |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: October 14 2012 at 7:22pm
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+1 spongode ------------- 11 year old tomato clown named cherry 2 gal, 30 gal, 32 gal, 65 gal and 210 gal |
Posted By: ReefdUp
Date Posted: October 14 2012 at 7:26pm
| Ok, there's no way to tell the difference between M. spongodes, M. vietnamesis, and M. confusa from that picture. In fact, to get a positive ID between those three it would take killing a piece of the coral for a skeletal analysis...and even then it would be difficult. Please consult Veron's Corals of the World for more information on this. |
Posted By: Nails12
Date Posted: October 15 2012 at 1:37pm
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Posted By: ReefdUp
Date Posted: October 15 2012 at 5:38pm
Why do you think it's M. spongodes rather than M. confusa or M. vietnamesis...especially since identification down to the species level between the three is impossible without skeletal analysis according a the foremost coral ID expert? |
Nails12 wrote:Posted By: tfmreefs
Date Posted: October 15 2012 at 7:41pm
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I just searched up all three of those types and they all look really really really close........... ------------- "The early bird might get the worm, but only the second mouse gets the cheese." |
Posted By: ReefdUp
Date Posted: October 15 2012 at 8:19pm
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Exactly - there are many species of coral that look pretty much identical on the surface, and without having bare dry skeleton and (sometimes) knowing where the coral came from, it may be impossible to get a 100% ID. Just like the whole naming insanity with corals, many wholesalers, LFS, and divers mis-ID the corals, or just genericize them. To further complicate matters, corals (and other creatures) are recategorized all the time as well (like acanthophyllia dehayesiana was several different names before its current ID.) |
Posted By: ReefKeeper78
Date Posted: October 18 2012 at 6:49am
Sweet guys it seems to have pretty big polyps on it but is a good grower. Anyone care to stab at this one? I am pretty new to sps so all help is appreciated. |
Posted By: Dionysus
Date Posted: October 18 2012 at 9:15am
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Looks like green slimmer. ------------- AquaMedic 250 Watt XM 20k 2 420s Vhos 29 DT SPS Dominant 20 G Long Frag http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=56607&title=dionysus-tank-build" rel="nofollow - My Tank Progress =) |
Posted By: ReefdUp
Date Posted: October 18 2012 at 6:02pm
| Looks like Acropora yongei to me (common name, "green slimer"). |