Darthv247
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not sure what type of coral this is. any ideas ?
Coral ID..
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reef18ster
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Acan of some sort?
roscoe
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I have to guess it's an Acan.
Darthv247
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its definately not an acan. it has a skelaton but you can never see it because the flesh is always covering it and never sucks in. it can get real fleshy at times and reacts to sand stirring and amino acids. its a filter feeder of some sort.
yeah lol one of the polyps does look like a heart at the moment. the polyps are showing signs of splitting. 3 of them have gained multiple mouths and the flesh is starting to split into new polyps. it started as 4 small single round polyps and has changed into the shapes you see now over the few months ive had it. it also sends out a single tenticle at times with a ball on the end of it. it gets real fleshy at night almost like it bloats. never seen it eat anything large but it does have a small opening/mouth in the middle of each polyp.
yeah lol one of the polyps does look like a heart at the moment. the polyps are showing signs of splitting. 3 of them have gained multiple mouths and the flesh is starting to split into new polyps. it started as 4 small single round polyps and has changed into the shapes you see now over the few months ive had it. it also sends out a single tenticle at times with a ball on the end of it. it gets real fleshy at night almost like it bloats. never seen it eat anything large but it does have a small opening/mouth in the middle of each polyp.
roscoe
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My second guess would be Blastomussa Wellsi. Mines does the same thing.
Are you sure it isn't a Candy Cane coral of which the polyps have all been cut off the skeleton and glued down? The more I look at it, the more it looks like a Favia.
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Darthv247
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hmm.. i dont think its a blasto but it could be i guess. it doesnt have the same texture normally associated with a blasto and the polyps seem to be too tall for one. blastos are ussually spread out more like a mushroom arent they ? the polyps have stayed really close together and they are attached in the middle as if they split from eachother.
oh well i love the way it looks either way
oh well i love the way it looks either way
Darthv247
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that was my other thought sid but it just seems to fleshy and has shown no sign of upward growth only outward. but you could be right too. do candy canes get ridges like a brain coral and have a smooth center witha mouth in the center ? been awhile but i thought they were gennerally smooth all around with larger bulbs or lumps suurrounding the center.
the polyps are all attached together as well like some sort of brain.
the polyps are all attached together as well like some sort of brain.
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I edited my above post, but hadn't refreshed the page in awhile, so I'll add it here...lol. The more I look at it, the more I'm thinking Favia. The ridges look a lot like the serrated edges of the skeleton that you'd see if the polyps of a Favia weren't fully expanded.
Herefishyfishy
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frag of Caulastrea species, AKA Candy cane coral. There are many different species and morfs. Yours is a nice looking one
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