Help ID'ing Encrusting Coral

Lukeewh · 09/16/2007, 11:29 PM

Hey all, I posted this in the general board but didnt get any response, so I figured I would try you all. I was at the LFS today and picked up a $10 frag of some sort of encrusting coral.

If someone could take a shot at the genus, so I could pick out care requirements that would be awesome. I have a spot picked out with high light and waterflow, so I think it should be ok either way when I get it acclimated, but I just want to be sure

I feel like it might be a montipora of some sort, but Im not really all that good with them, and the guy at the store who knew wasn't in >.<

I apologize for the image quality, as the pictures were taken with my cell phone. I tried to adjust color away from the actinic lights, so you could see more of the reds but It didn't do much. The frag was a salmon/ Light pink color and didn't change much in the 4 hour drive home, and is still the same now in the tank.

Thanks!!

-Luke

wentreefgirl · 09/17/2007, 05:01 AM

Well with the pic, it looks like monti but i can also look like a echino. If you have a better pic, then i can tell you.

Lukeewh · 09/17/2007, 07:15 AM

I'll see what I can do.. Dont own a digital camera so that makes this a bit trickier

Lukeewh · 09/17/2007, 12:36 PM

Here is a second angle if that helps at all, still with my cell phone. I will try to track down a digital camera with some sort of macro if this is still too poor.

Thanks!

-Luke

deep6er · 09/17/2007, 01:28 PM

It looks like an echino to me

09/16/2007, 11:29 PM	#1
Lukeewh Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Fargo ND Posts: 55	Help ID'ing Encrusting Coral Hey all, I posted this in the general board but didnt get any response, so I figured I would try you all. I was at the LFS today and picked up a $10 frag of some sort of encrusting coral. If someone could take a shot at the genus, so I could pick out care requirements that would be awesome. I have a spot picked out with high light and waterflow, so I think it should be ok either way when I get it acclimated, but I just want to be sure I feel like it might be a montipora of some sort, but Im not really all that good with them, and the guy at the store who knew wasn't in >.< I apologize for the image quality, as the pictures were taken with my cell phone. I tried to adjust color away from the actinic lights, so you could see more of the reds but It didn't do much. The frag was a salmon/ Light pink color and didn't change much in the 4 hour drive home, and is still the same now in the tank. Thanks!! -Luke

09/17/2007, 05:01 AM	#2
wentreefgirl Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: New milford, ct Posts: 3,010	Well with the pic, it looks like monti but i can also look like a echino. If you have a better pic, then i can tell you.

09/17/2007, 07:15 AM	#3
Lukeewh Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Fargo ND Posts: 55	I'll see what I can do.. Dont own a digital camera so that makes this a bit trickier

09/17/2007, 12:36 PM	#4
Lukeewh Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Fargo ND Posts: 55	Here is a second angle if that helps at all, still with my cell phone. I will try to track down a digital camera with some sort of macro if this is still too poor. Thanks! -Luke

09/17/2007, 01:28 PM	#5
deep6er Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: B.C Posts: 691	It looks like an echino to me