I've identified my coral...

[Picasso]

It's a montepora.

I have it in the most lighted spot in my tank, I hope it lives!

Catherine

 

[dustin_P74]

i thought it looked like a monti in the first pic you posted of it but it looks quite hairy for a monti

 

[reeffreak]

Do you mean montipora?I seen some hairy branching montiporas,not like that though.

 

[ccCapt]

Who identified it? The polyps do not look to have the proper shape to be a montipora.sp. Can you take a better, less blurry pic?
Someone mentioned in the other thread you posted that it looks like pavona.sp. I agree with that.

 

[Oscarsdad608]

I really don't think it is a monti.

 

[Bifferwine]

...Yeah...I don't think that looks like a monti either...

 

[Picasso]

Here's another shot, guy at LFS says its a monti. This one looked very different from it's siblings, they were flat and some were brown.

 

[cthegame]

I went thru so many pics trying to identify it and none of the montis look anything like it. My closest guess would be [FONT=verdana, arial]capricornus but i have no real clue...[/FONT]

 

[Oscarsdad608]

I think he is wrong take a look

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=597+322+476&pcatid=476

 

[cthegame]

I think oscarsdad has got it!!! can anyone confirm?

 

[d.french]

almost kinda looks like hydnaphora(not sure on spelling)

 

[dustin_P74]

i think oscarsdad got it, it has the skeleton look of a monti but the polyps throw it being a monti out of the question

 

[Bifferwine]

Montis just don't get that hairy. I don't think it's a monti.

http://www.coralreefecosystems.com/images/montipora orange2.jpg
http://frontpage.simnet.is/dna/Montipora-capricornis.jpg
http://www.coralreefecosystems.com/images/montipora_lg.jpg

 

[Picasso]

I'm going with Oscarsdad! Score! Thanks.

Catherine

 

[JAG107]

Like I said, Pavona ;)
Pavonas are fairly hardy and are slower growers than montipora, but color up nicely under halides from my experience. Montis just don't have those elongated bumps or hairs IMO, and also Pavona tends to grow out into a potato chip shape.

 

[ccCapt]

Like I said, Pavona ;)

Yep. Dunno how Oscarsdad got credit....lol. I mentioned, and agreed with pavona.sp, and then he just posted a link to a pic. ;) He even thought it was a softie in the original thread.
Score one for Jag. :)

 

[dustin_P74]

because he was the first one to call it a pavona in this thread

 

[ccCapt]

because he was the first one to call it a pavona in this thread

Really? Look back at page 1 and tell me who mentioned pavona.sp first ;)

 

[Oscarsdad608]

I really don't think it is a monti.

I never said it was a softy. I just showed the evidence. I am not looking for credit, but I will take it.:bounce:

 

[ccCapt]

I never said it was a softy.

Your right. I just went back and checked. Jag actually said softie too...LOL
Well now, I wonder who said pavona.sp. ;)