What is it?

[JimD]

Sucky pic but.....

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p114/JimD_photo/100_0863.jpg

[Ping]

stomatella snail?

[JimD]

Nope!

[Ping]

Nassarius?

Cerith?

[Texreefer]

hammerhead shark? :P looks like the underside of a queen conch

[JimD]

Nassarius?

Cerith?


One of these is correct, which one?

[Noodle]

Nassarius

[JimD]

Are you sure?

[MattK]

Nassarius, you can tell by it's tail things.

[JimD]

You guys are good! Yup, its a Nassarius snail and a big one ta boot! Kinda looks like a mutant flatworm. lol

[JimD]

Another "what is it?"

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p114/JimD_photo/100_0896.jpg

[SA-DSM]

Tricolor Rainbow Acropora

[JimD]

Little closer. Im gonna need the correct species.

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p114/JimD_photo/100_0895.jpg

[Shark_Bait]

A coral I don't have a frag of !!

[SA-DSM]

tenuis

[JimD]

Sorry, but no.

[SA-DSM]

bali

[Texreefer]

A. Hyacinthus.. and i get a frag for getting it right!

[Texreefer]

possibly A Latistella

[cpreefguy]

A. Loripes ?
or how about "Fancy Acropora" :lol

[JimD]

lol, Wrong on both accounts! Can you say, NEXT!? A Hyacinthus has much thicker individual branches, look a little closer at the structure on this one, plus, its not nearly as common as Hyacinthus.

[SA-DSM]

my next guess would have been Solitaryensis

[JimD]

possibly A Latistella

Ladies and gentleman, we have a winner! Very good! what was it that prompted you to determan Latistella besides a good guess? lol

[hobogato]

i would have said A. plana

[BIGBIRD123]

You didn't have that Sun when I was over or we'd have wrestled for it...LMAO! Very Nice!

Steve

[JimD]

Very minor differences between Plana, Desalwii and Latistella, mainly branch thickness and length. One can look exactly like the other and still be a different species. That would have been a very good guess Ace.

[JimD]

You didn't have that Sun when I was over or we'd have wrestled for it...LMAO! Very Nice!

Steve

You obviously didnt see the baseball bat hidden in the corner! lmao I might have a little something for ya next time you visit.

[BIGBIRD123]

frag or bat? :D :wacko

[JimD]

Maybe a little of both!

[Texreefer]

There are five or six easily identifiable very common types of Table coral. A Hyacinthus, A Eflourescens, A Plana, A. Latistella, A Cytherea.. it looked the most like A Latistella.. also a good guess :)


Edit,,: i should not say very common.. but more commonly identifiable

[JimD]

Dont forget about A. Daslawii...

[Texreefer]

Yes and i even have one of the Desalwii.. thats how i knew it wasn't that one

[Shark_Bait]

Obliviously none of you went to the Palleta talk in Houston on species ID. Pretty much unless you bleach a frag out and disect it under the microscope there is no way to be positive of the ID. We had a sun polyp skeleton that looked exactly like a acro one. Not to challenge any of you to the ID because I have no idea just saying it's not as easy as you think.
So I win!! It's something I don't have.

[JimD]

Yes and i even have one of the Desalwii.. thats how i knew it wasn't that one

Hows about posting a pic of it? Id love to see it!

[Texreefer]

As soon as the guy named Ace finishes the canopies, sumps, reactors, Etc. for the entire MAAST site ;) he might have time to come over and takes some pics.. it is still quite small but has some nice color and is starting to grow well

[Texreefer]

and yes i was at the palleta talk and regardless of its true identity,, i got the closest according to Jim and thats all that counts :D ;)

[JimD]

Obliviously none of you went to the Palleta talk in Houston on species ID. Pretty much unless you bleach a frag out and disect it under the microscope there is no way to be positive of the ID. We had a sun polyp skeleton that looked exactly like a acro one. Not to challenge any of you to the ID because I have no idea just saying it's not as easy as you think.
So I win!! It's something I don't have.

Not necessarily true, some species have already been positively ID'd so its not that difficult to ID something thats already been positively ID'd. Its more the unidentified 'new' species that he was most likely refering to. Once you gain experience its becomes pretty much repetition. I mean if you saw an A. tenuis would you need to dissect it to ID it?

[cpreefguy]

I mean if you saw an A. tenuis would you need to dissect it to ID it?

Yes, dissect a nice big piece for me to observe in my tank :)

[JimD]

lol, Ill get right on that. :)

[BIGBIRD123]

Jim,
You can hit me with the bat, if I can have a frag. LMAO!

Steve

[JimD]

lol, That might almost be worth it but I have a feeling youd enjoy it. lmao