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07/23/2011, 08:57 PM | #1 |
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plating coral id
need help with a coral id here, any takers?
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07/23/2011, 09:49 PM | #2 |
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I'm not sure but my guess would be a flat hydnophora.
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07/23/2011, 09:57 PM | #3 |
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+1 Hydnophora, maybe H. micronos.
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07/23/2011, 09:58 PM | #4 |
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Perhaps a type of Pavona is also possible.
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07/23/2011, 10:52 PM | #5 |
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I gave a fray of it to a friend and his is blue instead of green. This coral doesn't seem to grow fast at all either.
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07/23/2011, 11:04 PM | #6 |
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it def a Pavona. I have two different Pavona in my tanks. They one of my fav. corals that i have.
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07/24/2011, 08:30 AM | #7 |
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bump
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