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Old 11/13/2007, 11:10 AM
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Well, there are quite a few Favites here as well as Favia, but like you say, they are pretty close. Just remember, Favia the corallites are always seperate & disticnt.
No matter, beautiful corals all. Just a few more days..

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Old 11/13/2007, 03:08 PM
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..... Just remember, Favia the corallites are always seperate & disticnt......
That is a general rule to follow, but not a definitive rule when deciding specie but rather a feature that can collaboratively help along with other physicalities. For example look at Favites bestae:
http://www2.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/...0pages/750.htm

Visually the tissue looks like it's seperated and indeed the skeleton has individual corallite walls.

Or the Favia rotundata
http://www2.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/...0pages/167.htm
or even a better example, Favia rotumana:
http://www2.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/...0pages/156.htm
where some morphs look like both favites and favia and even the skeleton is fairly inconspicuous. Hard stuff to figure out especially when you include variants that effect there physicality like light and moreso, flow.

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Old 11/13/2007, 11:13 PM
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back to the pics
Dragon Soul

pink and purple pillow

bad pic of the sunburst
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Old 11/14/2007, 12:14 AM
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here it's tyree-dragon eye
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Old 11/14/2007, 02:08 PM
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nice coral.. looks nice but dragon eye.? there is a tyree dragon soul, but not fimilar with dragon eye. more info please.
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Old 11/14/2007, 03:27 PM
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Justin,

Yes, its not meant as a species identifier, but as a genral rule of thumb between the two Genera. I'm sure there are some exceptions to that in BOTH genera..
That being said, there have been 2 or 3 REALLY gorgeous Favites in the thread. That painfully bright one comes to mind..
Anyway, since they are so close no one has complained. This afterall, is a thread in tribute to both a beautiful coral Genus as well as its spectacular family.
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Old 11/14/2007, 03:58 PM
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nice coral.. looks nice but dragon eye.? there is a tyree dragon soul, but not fimilar with dragon eye. more info please.
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richard
Tyree Dragon Eye Montastrea

Exceptional photos tamarindthai!


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Old 11/14/2007, 04:01 PM
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This one may actually be a Platygra sp. but its cool none the less.
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Old 11/14/2007, 07:09 PM
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great pictures everyone!
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Old 11/14/2007, 07:11 PM
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Tyree Dragon Eye Montastrea

Exceptional photos tamarindthai!


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thank you Justin for the info
,,this is the same piece i got from upscale
and Travis /upscale ,,thank you for the master piece ,
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Old 11/14/2007, 11:19 PM
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I have one humble submission ready All I can say is PA -INK!


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Old 11/15/2007, 01:25 AM
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This was my first coral. Had it for ~3 years. Same coral, different lighting.


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Old 11/15/2007, 01:32 AM
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wow!!very very great piece you got there,,cool
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Old 11/15/2007, 09:20 AM
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I dont have any cool favia, but here is my Oolophyllia. Not too common of a coral
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Old 11/15/2007, 09:20 AM
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sorry
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Old 11/15/2007, 10:46 AM
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justin 74.. thanks for the link. honestly i dont know how i could of missed that. the pink one is very nice as well. i really got to shoot some more pictures soon.
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Old 11/16/2007, 03:28 PM
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Re.. " This one might be a Platygyra.." Now I think THAT is a Favites. And a glorious one too, real beauty that..
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Justin,
Were just sitting on that one until things got dull on the thread on purpose! Same on you! Is that a Baby'sbreath?

The Oulophyllia is another beautiful Favid. Any one got any Goinastrea, they are supposedly even brighter than Favia but I'm yet to see one..

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Miss one darn day.. Holy *bleep*! LOL.
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Old 11/16/2007, 04:07 PM
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Re.. " This one might be a Platygyra.." Now I think THAT is a Favites. And a glorious one too, real beauty that..
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Justin,
Were just sitting on that one until things got dull on the thread on purpose! Same on you! Is that a Baby'sbreath?

The Oulophyllia is another beautiful Favid. Any one got any Goinastrea, they are supposedly even brighter than Favia but I'm yet to see one..

Matthew
Miss one darn day.. Holy *bleep*! LOL.
tee hee Actually, I was sitting here knowing that it would be in my tank soon, but just had to wait for it to be shipped

No, not baby's breath, that one is next on my list of conquests. The frag I posted is called the "Pink Buster" favia from Aquatic Collection. Excellent resource for finding some great exotic corals, at real working man prices!! Thanks for the compliments everyone

-Justin

BTW Sheol, I think I may have a goniastrea, not positive though. But I'll post a shot of my unknown soon. Could be a goniastrea or micro minuta, not sure.
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Old 11/17/2007, 09:42 AM
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Re.. " This one might be a Platygyra.." Now I think THAT is a Favites. And a glorious one too, real beauty that..
nah... It's too irregular to be favites. It does have the shared corralite walls but thats about it. It's very similar to Platygyra pini.
http://www2.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/...Pix/303-03.htm
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Old 11/17/2007, 11:31 PM
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I'll have to go back to the Coral Search page & check, but I don't ever recall a Platygyra with that small a corallite or in that gorgeous blue shade. Could also be a Goniastrea now that I think of it.. Still beautiful whatever it is...

Justin:
Aquatic Collection? Is that an on-line vendor? I must pay a visit. A very beautiful Favia. An ace up your sleeve for slower pic intervals. LOL.

Matthew
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Old 11/18/2007, 02:52 AM
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i picked this up the other day.

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Old 11/18/2007, 02:54 AM
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Awesome...What kind of favia is that!
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Old 11/18/2007, 03:01 PM
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no idea. i just picked it up from the lfs 2-3 weeks ago. it looked like it was in pretty bad shape, but its coloring up nicely now
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Old 11/18/2007, 05:14 PM
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that's nice er1c
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