Coral ID

[haninja]

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[derek_s]

Is that not a green slimer?

 

[derek_s]

Woohoo, all technical.

I admit most green slimers are hairier, but maybe it just is being reclusive. DOes it get hairier?

 

[fish scales2]

Color is the same as my green slimer but the coralites and growth pattern are extremely different. Looks like more of a tableing acro, but I am not sure.

Bottom line is "WOW thats a nice coral"

 

[haninja]

I have a slimer as well and this one is not.... more like a tableing tort... It dosen't get hairier then this but so is my slimer..

Thanks Fish Scales.

 

[sailfish]

Is that the one you got from me? If so I call it a tort/austera.

Joe

 

[haninja]

It's not the same one but it's very similar. The one you gave me is still small, about 2"x2" but it start exhibiting the same growth patterns.

 

[sailfish]

I have 2 one that grows more vertical and another that grows something similar to that one. I think they are probably the same species but a different variation of an Austera.

Does anyone know if the site that had pics of all the different species is back up somewere?

Joe

 

[dannybradley]

Growth patterns can be influenced by water flow patterns. I've seen acropora growing as a wall and as branches from the same base, depending on the strength of the current hitting it.

 

[haninja]

Well I found

 

[FutureInterest]

Hanin got that from me as a frag and it was described as a A. serrinidae at the time. It had a typical thin branch stag growth pattern with some interesting curves. Lost the colony a long time ago though. As Danny said its all about flow.

 

[ericmcj31]

I've got one that is doing GREAT-I believe I got it from Rit-

 

[ralph atl]

here, download this:

 

[haninja]

Yep, got it from Jin and it has been growing very nice. I wonder if it's another one of Ouling's...