PDA

View Full Version : LPS ID please


jharr
05-10-2005, 08:17 AM
Can't remember what this is. Sorry about the phone pic. I'll take another if no one can figure this out. The polyps have a kind of brownish ring around them.

Thanks,
J--
Dannyboy
05-10-2005, 08:20 AM
Is it comming out of that tube thing under it? or is that all dead skeleton. If its dead skeleton then I would say a type goniopora but it is kinda hard to tell in that pic.
jharr
05-10-2005, 08:42 AM
Yeah, that is all skeleton. I will get a better pic and post it.
Agent003
05-10-2005, 11:54 AM
Do they look like flowers at all? If they look like flowers with 12 petals, it might be an avelapora. 24 petals might be a goni.
jharr
05-10-2005, 12:01 PM
They don't really look like flowers. They look like little cups with brown rims. That is when they are 'out'. Otherwise they just look like brown circles on a green background. the skeleton is pretty non-distinct. The pattern is subtle and I haven't counted ridges or anything like that. I will get a better pic when I go home tonight and post that here.

Thanks,
J--
phishphood
05-10-2005, 04:40 PM
maybe something like a pagoda?
GoTakuF1
05-10-2005, 05:27 PM
It could be of the Rhizangiidae family, Astrangia or Phyllangia genera. It has been dubbed "hidden cup coral" or "dwarf cup coral" in some books. I have seen some form of them on my rocks. Maybe this is familiar: http://www.sbg.ac.at/ipk/avstudio/pierofun/coral/rhizang.htm. Anyway, it would be neat to see a better picture of it. Good find James!

Minh
treylane
05-10-2005, 07:06 PM
I'm guessing it's all that remains of a branching gonipora, kinda bleached and pissed at the moment.
jharr
05-11-2005, 06:43 AM
Here is a better pic...
Dannyboy
05-11-2005, 07:33 AM
Weird, in that pic it looks completely different:confused: . It almost looks like cyphastrea but, not really sure.
jharr
05-11-2005, 03:08 PM
It looks a little like this Cyphastrea, so good job DannyBoy! i think I got a deal. $80 for a 3/4 in frag HERE (http://www.atlantisaquarium.net/images/cyph.jpg) and I paid $5 at VMA.
jharr
06-03-2005, 08:44 AM
Here it is after I moved it into the office tank where I monitor alk and calc more closely. It has much better polyp extension and I can actually count tentacles (24). I am still uncertain what it is, but I like it and hope it will grow.
jharr
06-03-2005, 08:48 AM
pic
GoTakuF1
06-03-2005, 08:51 AM
Goniopora perhaps?
treylane
06-03-2005, 08:54 AM
Yup, branching gonipora. I AM THE MAN!!! :D
MrKrispy
06-03-2005, 10:30 AM
the man? uhh wait a second...
treylane
06-03-2005, 10:51 AM
hmmm... "THE MAN" is a title I've earned. Not a description of my gender... yeah, that's it.... :D
MrKrispy
06-03-2005, 01:03 PM
hahaha