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LotR Clown
05/08/2005, 11:35 PM
I just took some pics of my new favia at night. I didn't know they had such awesome feeders at night.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/LotR_Clown/DSC01048.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/LotR_Clown/DSC01049.jpg

Kevin
kpk
05/08/2005, 11:54 PM
Looks like micro polyps/tentacles...

Anyone agree?
Blastomussaman
05/09/2005, 12:23 AM
Can you take a daytime pic w/o feeders?
LotR Clown
05/09/2005, 12:09 PM
Here are a couple of actinics as the halides have not come on yet. I think it's a pretty cool coral.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/LotR_Clown/DSC01051.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/LotR_Clown/DSC01052.jpg

I'll get some with the halides on in an hour or so.

Kevin
Blastomussaman
05/09/2005, 12:45 PM
If the corallites are small, less than 5mm, you might have a micro diminuta. They are hard to differentiate from the smaller faviids but looking at the feeders, most likely a mussid.

Nice find! :)
LotR Clown
05/09/2005, 12:49 PM
OK here are some daytime pics

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/LotR_Clown/DSC01056.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/LotR_Clown/DSC01057.jpg

Macro

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/LotR_Clown/DSC01055.jpg


Well I don't know what coral it is. I just assumed it to be a favia. It's a nice size, so I picked it up. It's not a special color or anything, but it does fluouresce nice with actinics. Thanks for trying to ID it.

Kevin
oceanarus
05/09/2005, 02:11 PM
Mine does the same thing, here it is with the lights on
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/oceanarus/IM001689.jpg

and with the lights out. The picture is a little out of focus, I was trying to get a picture of the clown sleeping underneath it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/oceanarus/IM001791.jpg
LotR Clown
05/09/2005, 03:25 PM
Oceanarus,
That favia has some huge polyps looks like. Although the pic is pretty blurry, the tents on that thing are crazy too.

Kevin
oceanarus
05/09/2005, 04:41 PM
It is super-puffy, it about doubles in size from deflated to inflated. I think it is my favorite LPS I have. I have fed it pieces of chopped shrimp that were about the size of my finger nail.