A Game

[fatrip]

hey guys and gals,

i am really board at work today so i thought i would start a fun game, What is your fav coral that is in your tank? WITH a TWIST. just post a picture of it and see if people can guess what it is, kinda going off of Geo's game. It should be fun be cause mine, when i go home and post a pic of it is still a frag. it will test some good ID skills.

[Blugobi]

Ok I got one..........ok...two



and

[Capt_Cully]

first one looks like you crossed a brain with a hydonphora and a monti cap......you got me

seriously, Is second one a type of porities????

[drbronx]

First one appears to be Merulina. Capt. Culley isn't far off since merulina is a close cousin of hydnophora since both are both members of the class Merulinadae.

I can't tell from the photo what the second one is although I'd say porites or montipora are good guesses.

Good ones George.

[drbronx]

Good game Vince. OK, try these out.

[fatrip]

the first one looks like some kind of favia, and the 3rd one is a alveopora. can you take a pic of the 2nd from a farther angle cause it looks like it is plating out or it could just be the way it was atached to the rock. Good job on the ids from geo. the second on his looks like a monti maybe a poker star, cant really tell the colors.

[drbronx]

Correct on the alveapora Vince. I thought I'd trick people into guessing goniopora. Alveopora has 12 tentacles on each stalk whereas goniopora has 24.

[fatrip]

was the favia right?