Favia Show Off Thread

[Sheol]

It may just be the extent of the polyp extension that reminds me of this. The second pic looks SLIGHTLY like an Acanthastrea ( I know its not). Its certainly just as colorful!

Very nice trio!
Matthew

[Al G Blenny]

Originally posted by Sheol
I don't think the piebald Favia was a compound colony, rather just looks like there was gene drift in some of the dividing polyps. I don't know if different colonies would tolerate each other Al G Blenny ( neat handle BTW.)

Look at how the red and light green section seems to have polyps reaching over the darker green section. Then look at the brown section at the very bottom. It looks like it is trying to grow over the green section to the left. I still think they are different colonies that just happened to meet at "four corners". I don't know what a "gene drift" is. I don't know if that is possible in four different sections of the same colony. Corals grow together all the time. Just because they are killing each other off that easily doesn't mean they aren't fighting. If they can tolerate the others toxins they will just be fighting for surface space and light.

[SteveOhh]

W/ Flash...........................


Under Radiums...............


Was sold to me as an acan, but I doubted it from the get-go...............

[Sheol]

You could be right, Al. But also look how the color varies over the whole thing. I just think it doesn't know what it wants to look like!
^^^
Steve,
Yep, that is some Acan alright. I hope you didn't pay Acan lord prices for it. Its a beautiful green & blue Favia ( which you obviously deduced for yourself!).
On the other hand, I'd keep browsing that store. You might buy some nice "Favia" that is something rare. The seller obviously did not know his corals!

Matthew

[silas k]

What do you feed your favias ? i have had one for almost a year and it doesnt seem like its growing.

[SteveOhh]

New frag I picked up today...

[Sheol]

Steve.

From the same place as before? LOL.
That is a great frag, looks almost like a group of Scolymia.
Any more?

Matthew

[SteveOhh]

No this isn't the dragon's soul....................it's a piece I picked up from Vivid a few days ago....................

http://www.vividaquariums.com/10Expa...ctCode=05-5171

[wishntoboutside]

steve oh
nice to see you finaly post some pictures=).

well i got a new lense and reread my camera instructions over a good cup of starbucks and came up with these pictures today.

my heart and soul favia. dedicate this one to the x gf.


starburst favia. from flores. this should have a more greener tone to it but it is close.

here is an aussie moon coral.. what the hec is a moon coral? i call it brown wonder. it took 4 months for it to color up like this.
bluesky's overhead. geting more and more color

[wishntoboutside]

here is one i need to move to take a better picutures of. green with some purple and others still needs some time

here is one of miguels from fraggle reefs le. got this one from tyree in a trade. worm hole brain.

[snipersps]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by wishntoboutside
[B]here is one i need to move to take a better picutures of. green with some purple and others still needs some time



Hey Richard I want a piece

[Al G Blenny]

Originally posted by Sheol
You could be right, Al. But also look how the color varies over the whole thing. I just think it doesn't know what it wants to look like!

Yeah but it only varies in two sections and those aren't even touching each other. The green and red one up top is the most variable and again it is overtaking the one below it. The brown one has a slight hint of two tones and that one is also overtaking the single colored one that is above and to the left of it. Even if it wasn't obvious that they are fighting for space it doesn't seem possible for one colonial coral to have two sections that are bi-color and marbled with different colors and then two other single color sections that are also different. Those are a lot of variables to make this a single colony. I think they would have to be living in some radioactive sludge to develop that much variability. Of course there is always room for me to be wrong but I really don't think I am this time.

[wishntoboutside]

hugo, not a problem i still need to give you a call.

[melev]

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[sps_addict]

Very nice richard.

[JOSE CASAS]

Richard i just talked to you but put me down for a frag of thet one also

[wishntoboutside]

steve,

hope to see you at the home this saturday.. bring your water and i will test it.

jose. no problem on the frag.


thread of the month... Kev, thanks for starting this. us favia fans are truley thankful.

[pookstreet]

Richard, you know which ones I want

[kev apsley]

Originally posted by wishntoboutside
steve,

hope to see you at the home this saturday.. bring your water and i will test it.

jose. no problem on the frag.


thread of the month... Kev, thanks for starting this. us favia fans are truley thankful.

My pleasure! I really enjoy looking at all the eye candy!

nice pieces by the way my friend!

[melev]

I started looking through this thread from page 1 and got to about page 4 before I had to get some work done. It seemed to me like a few acans snuck into this favia thread.

Here's mine.

[imyoraven]

awesome pieces everyone!

[imyoraven]

dp

[Sheol]

Al,

No, I looked at it again. Actually it varies all over the thing, just very strongly in two. Look closely & its subtly shaded different colors.
Too bad our debate is irrelevant since he no longer has it!
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Wow, Meleev actually posted in this thread. We hit the big time now! LOL.
Beautiful piece, but is it an Acan or a Favia pretending to be an Acan?
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Wishintobeoutside,
That IS the reddest Favia I've ever seen? Where did you get that?

Matthew

[wishntoboutside]

that piebad.. multicolored morph favia is sick. i have never even thought a favia could have so many colors on a singel rock, regardless if that was one colony or not. that is crazy.

melev. if anyone esle would have posted that i would call it an acan, from the first pic. very nice

Sheol, the red favia. heart and soul. came in a transhipment from flores. honestly the picture is horrible. i need to move it to get a betterpic. i treid to photoshop it and every time it came out worse so i left it without editing.
maybee i should put it this way. my gf of 4years broke hmm kicked me to the curb right before our aniversary. tore my heart and soul out left it to dry, and now i am left with this great coral to remember her by. thats is probably why it is hmm blackend=). maybe to much info but oh well.

i have another red favia that i will shoot a picture to compare it with.

[GreshamH]

Originally posted by Al G Blenny
The "piebald" one looks like a few different Favias trying to grow over each other. I don't think it is one Favia.

I agree. I've seen the multi colony favias come in quite often in the past. One is usually trying to "one up" another and usually wins