thought on an id?

[jenniebutterfly]

went to marek's and picked up the snake polyps. been wanting them for a long time well, great colony is all i can say, but it has a really cool hitch hiker. what is it?

whole colony

close up of the mystery coral

 

[marrone]

Looks like it's a Favia or maybe a Montastrea.

I picked up some thing similar a month or so ago that was in a rock with some Green palys polyps. It actually puffs up some what when the polyps extent

 

[jenniebutterfly]

i was thinking favia as well, but it seems a bit fleshier than any favia i have ever seen. the polyps are small, about 3/4 inch at the biggest

 

[reefman]

nice! I like it more than the snake.

 

[marrone]

That's why I think it's probably a Montastrea as they have fleshier polyps and they puff out some what.

A lot of times you can tell better when the flesh is pull in and you can see the skeleton.

 

[bad coffee]

I don't know what it is, but please put my name on the list when you frag it!

B

 

[jenniebutterfly]

well, if it shows some, i will take some pics. it stayed open in the bag, through the short trip home, out of the wate it was in, and never closed when it went into my tank maybe in the morning after being in the dark i can get a good closed up shot

reefman_ i have wanted the snakes for a long time. i think they are really cool looking. this was just a nice bonus. looked green and brown under marek's lights, but under my 20 k it is green and pink

 

[jenniebutterfly]

I don't know what it is, but please put my name on the list when you frag it!

B

haha will do if i can find out what it is, and keep it alive i got this colony with the hitch hiker, a red cap, and a kenya tree with xenia combo. great guy, too bad he is selling his salt stuff. marek if you read this, tell your wife you want that cube

 

[PalmTree]

hitch hikers are the best!! (If they're good that is...):biggrin:

 

[Deanos]

Looks like it's a Favia or maybe a Montastrea.

Could be Montastrea Valenciennesi.

 

[jenniebutterfly]

could be. i thought a night of darkness would allow me to take a pic of it deflated, but it wasn't this morning. i might have to disturb it a bit and see what heppens. it is really pretty though. i really like the colors. wish it were bigger.

 

[House of Laughter]

I actually think it looks like blastos -

House

 

[jenniebutterfly]

it does look like blastos a bit, but in person not so much. might have to be one of those swap fragging lessons lol. hopefully i can get it to grow. i really don't think it is blastos, the polyps are too small for wellsi, and merletti are "branching" and this is not. growth pattern is very similar to acan lord, and no i do not think it is that either

 

[joe]

it is denfntlly not a blasto.
whatever it is, it really nice.

 

[heuerfan]

Very nice coral, looks like its well guarded by the snakes!

 

[marrone]

It's a type of Montastrea. I'll post the picture tomorrow of the small one that I got. Very similar to that one except for the color.