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12/11/2004, 12:03 AM
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Pics from the LFS!!
Just thought I'd share, as my photography improves.
Hope this type of post is OK, since it doesn't mention which store. Plus it's Canadian, and I'm sure most members here can't order from there because of that. These were shot top down    Here's an interesting one. An acro at the waters surface.  '   I know, I know. The these 2 aren't SPS. But I thought it deserved posting. 
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12/11/2004, 12:10 AM
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WOW! Awesome pics - Awesome corals!
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12/11/2004, 12:17 AM
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woow, what is the one on the last pic?all look really good
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12/11/2004, 12:30 AM
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Hehe... I'm not actualy sure what the last one is.
i just give names to my files like weird colored LPS. Haha. I've never been to a LFS in the US. But I always thought you guys had more available than we did. |
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12/11/2004, 03:41 AM
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Wow. I wish we had LFS like that!
How much was that pink/blue Blastomussia wellsi colony? I was lucky enough to get my hands on one of those a few years ago. |
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#11
12/11/2004, 07:08 PM
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Sorry
I dunno how much that last one was. I was busy photographing. Hehe The camera used was a digital rebel with a 28-105 usm lens. |
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#12
12/12/2004, 11:07 AM
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acanthastra
It is a form of blasto, and it did not come from RR the pics are of Aquarium Depot systems. These are only some of the wild stuff AD has in stock
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12/19/2004, 05:21 PM
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The specific coral on the bottom is what we think it is Acanthastrea maxima - Red and Green colony rock
I have tried to do as much research on it as possible, and so far this is about what I can come up with. If anyone has any more knowledge on this specific coral that would be very helpfull The LFS has a contact that can get him more of this type of coral, not much but at least some. And we are getting mixed bags on what it is exactly.
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12/20/2004, 04:22 AM
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Acanthastrea maxima
 Characters: Colonies are cerioid with corallites up to 50 millimetres diameter. Septa are coarsely toothed. Polyps have a fleshy mantle up to 100 millimetres diameter and with a Lobophyllia–like texture. Colour: Green, grey or brown. Similar species: Symphyllia wilsoni. The fleshy mantles are more extensive than those of any other Acanthastrea. Acanthastrea ishigakiensis has slightly smaller polyps. Habitat: Known only from moderately deep, turbid water. Abundance: Rare. Blastomussa wellsi   Characters: Colonies are phaceloid, rarely subplocoid. Corallites are 9-14 millimetres diameter. Septa are not arranged in cycles and are numerous. They have small blunt teeth. Mantles, but not tentacles, are extended during the day and may form a continuous surface obscuring the underlying growth-form. Colour: Mantles are usually dark grey, but may be red or green. Oral discs are usually green but may be red or dark grey. Similar species: Blastomussa merleti. See also the euphyllid Nemenzophyllia turbida and the faviid Montastrea multipunctata, both of which have fleshy mantles. Habitat: Lower reef slopes protected from wave action, and turbid environments. Abundance: Uncommon, rare in the Red Sea. Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic references: Wijsman-Best (1973), Chevalier (1975), Veron and Pichon (1980). Identification guides: Veron (1986), Nishihira and Veron (1995). Look at the difference is the polyp size. A. maxima 50-100 mm or 2-4 inches. That's a big polyp 9-14 mm or 1/2 an inch for Blastomussa.
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