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Old 11/13/2007, 01:46 AM
Cozen89 Cozen89 is offline
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My new coral. What is it?

I picked this up today in a semi-trade. What do you think? Is it a type of moon favia? This picture does it zero justice.





The ridges are a bright greenish yellow and the interior ridges surrounding the mouths are an insane neon green. The mouths are a baby blue with a dark blue ring. I thought it was kind of cool. I can't wait to see what it looks like at feeding time.

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Old 11/13/2007, 11:49 AM
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palygrata I think.
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Old 11/13/2007, 12:16 PM
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Perhaps you were thinking of platygyra?
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Old 11/13/2007, 05:05 PM
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Hmmm never heard of that. But then again I'm not too good with the scientific names. Thanks guys.
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Old 11/13/2007, 06:11 PM
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Looks more like a Goniastrea sp. to me. Platygyra usually has much more irregular and meandering corallites.
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Old 11/14/2007, 01:16 AM
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Old 11/14/2007, 01:24 AM
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SWEET charles! You are the man. After looking at some pictures I thought it was a goniastrea as well, but you nailed it. This coral is nothing super special, but I really like it.
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Old 11/14/2007, 01:26 AM
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As long as your happy with it bro.
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