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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.. Matthew |
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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. -Justin
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back to the pics
Dragon Soul pink and purple pillow bad pic of the sunburst |
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here it's tyree-dragon eye
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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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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. ***** Back to the photos! Matthew |
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Exceptional photos tamarindthai! -Justin
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This one may actually be a Platygra sp. but its cool none the less.
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great pictures everyone!
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,,this is the same piece i got from upscale and Travis /upscale ,,thank you for the master piece , |
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I have one humble submission ready All I can say is PA -INK!
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This was my first coral. Had it for ~3 years. Same coral, different lighting.
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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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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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Re.. " This one might be a Platygyra.." Now I think THAT is a Favites. And a glorious one too, real beauty that..
****** 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. |
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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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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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i picked this up the other day.
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Awesome...What kind of favia is that!
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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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that's nice er1c
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