A picture of my Osculina sps coral

coral_lagoon · 07/26/2009, 12:28 AM

Heres a picture I took tonight of my Osculina coral. It was a coral that I got with my Tampa Bay liverock. Its doing very well at the bottem under a 150watt 10,000K and 2 65watt actinic PCs. I plan on changing my 10,000k bulb to a Phoenix 14,000K this week. The 10ks have a little yellow which I dont like..

Bamm Bamm · 07/26/2009, 12:41 AM

thats a cool looking acro I love the polyp extension

rendogg · 07/26/2009, 01:34 AM

Sweet, that thing is awesome! I'm a little envious right now, never seen it before. I can't find any info on Osculina, I need the JEN Veron books, looks similar to Solenastrea. Good find!

greenbean36191 · 07/26/2009, 06:49 AM

You can't find Osculina because there is an extra letter thrown in there. The name is Oculina.

coral_lagoon · 07/26/2009, 11:26 AM

Yeah my bad on the spelling..

rendogg · 07/26/2009, 12:13 PM

Yeah, I was looking for Osculina and couldn't find anything, but when I looked up Solenastrea it said it was similar to Oculina, thanks. I would like some, for sure.

Steve175 · 07/26/2009, 12:52 PM

Nice hitchhiker. I really love my Tampa Bay Rock as well - lot's of cools stuff continues to appear now 3 months into introduction - however, I did find and capture a 2nd Mantis shrimp yesterday (I like your hitchhiker more than my little buggers - Congrats).

GlassReef · 07/26/2009, 01:21 PM

I'm not an expert, but I think you've got a specimen of Oculina robusta.

07/26/2009, 12:28 AM	#1
coral_lagoon Pushrod Powered Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Down The Corkscrew , CA Posts: 1,263	A picture of my Osculina sps coral Heres a picture I took tonight of my Osculina coral. It was a coral that I got with my Tampa Bay liverock. Its doing very well at the bottem under a 150watt 10,000K and 2 65watt actinic PCs. I plan on changing my 10,000k bulb to a Phoenix 14,000K this week. The 10ks have a little yellow which I dont like..

07/26/2009, 12:41 AM	#2
Bamm Bamm Saltwater Guru Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Brentwood, NOR CAL Posts: 9,309	thats a cool looking acro I love the polyp extension __________________ 25g rimless cube in the works Current Tank Info: 60g cube

07/26/2009, 06:49 AM	#4
greenbean36191 Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ft. Lauderdale Posts: 10,598	You can't find Osculina because there is an extra letter thrown in there. The name is Oculina. __________________ Some say the sun rises in the East. Some say it rises in the West. The truth must be somewhere in the middle. Current Tank Info: tore them down to move and haven't had the time or money to set them back up

07/26/2009, 12:52 PM	#7
Steve175 Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 1,186	Nice hitchhiker. I really love my Tampa Bay Rock as well - lot's of cools stuff continues to appear now 3 months into introduction - however, I did find and capture a 2nd Mantis shrimp yesterday (I like your hitchhiker more than my little buggers - Congrats). __________________ Steve ---------------------------------- Current Tank Info: 2 separate 250G bowfront rimless ELOS tanks plumbed to 260G sump, 220G refugium, 220G frag, BK DeLuxe 300, 400W MH x4, closed loops, 3/4hp chiller x2, Phos reactor, Kalk reactor, Charcoal reactor, Ca reactor, 60G surge tanks, & a huge elec bill

07/26/2009, 01:21 PM	#8
GlassReef Got Reef Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Weeki Wachee, Florida Posts: 2,501	I'm not an expert, but I think you've got a specimen of Oculina robusta. __________________ Tom No matter how much you try to push the envelope, it remains stationary.

07/26/2009, 01:34 AM	#3
rendogg Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Abbotsford, B.C. Posts: 578	Sweet, that thing is awesome! I'm a little envious right now, never seen it before. I can't find any info on Osculina, I need the JEN Veron books, looks similar to Solenastrea. Good find!

07/26/2009, 11:26 AM	#5
coral_lagoon Pushrod Powered Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Down The Corkscrew , CA Posts: 1,263	Yeah my bad on the spelling..

07/26/2009, 12:13 PM	#6
rendogg Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Abbotsford, B.C. Posts: 578	Yeah, I was looking for Osculina and couldn't find anything, but when I looked up Solenastrea it said it was similar to Oculina, thanks. I would like some, for sure.