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Noodle
Thu, 28th Jun 2007, 04:46 PM
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n37/PieNinja_NR/Corals/ID.jpg
Hello everyone! I'm looking for an ID on the coral in the middle. I have suspicions as to what the coral is... but just wanted to get other insight from other SPSer's. :)

I bought this frag about half a year ago with only 2 branches - the dude I bought it from said it was a Stylophora. As it grew in, it started to look less and less like one - and now I'm thinking its a Pocillopora (maybe P. damicornis)?

What do ya'll think?
Texreefer
Thu, 28th Jun 2007, 04:50 PM
i'm leaning to pocillopora
BIGBIRD123
Thu, 28th Jun 2007, 04:53 PM
I agree...


It does also look similar to some of the non-pointy birdsnest but I'm still leaning towards a poci.

Nice addition though.

Steve
Noodle
Thu, 28th Jun 2007, 05:04 PM
Thanks guys, that was fast!
Noodle
Thu, 28th Jun 2007, 07:35 PM
I also posted this thread on ARC and got a response there.
1 vote from Joseph thinking it's a Birdsnest.
:unsure :wacko What a confusing little coral...! lol
Texreefer
Thu, 28th Jun 2007, 08:00 PM
hard to tell from that pic.. if it has a really fuzzy appearance then most likely a Poci,, if you can clearly see individual polyps, then could be a birdsnest.. I would put Money on the Pocillipora
BIGBIRD123
Thu, 28th Jun 2007, 08:03 PM
In that pic, you can see indiviual polyps like a birdsnest but they also have the hazy look of a poci at the end of the branches.

Steve
Noodle
Thu, 28th Jun 2007, 08:28 PM
Dunno if this would help, but here's a side view of it:
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n37/PieNinja_NR/Corals/ID02.jpg
SueT
Sun, 1st Jul 2007, 04:59 PM
I vote pocillopora.
hobogato
Sun, 1st Jul 2007, 05:28 PM
definitely poci.
hobogato
Sun, 1st Jul 2007, 06:27 PM
which one does it look more like in person? hard to distinguish in the pic

P. damicornis
http://a1272.g.akamai.net/7/1272/1121/20050812204912/www.liveaquaria.com/images/products/bigimage/lg_83652.jpg

S. caliendrum
http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/images/301-400/Large/341-04.jpg
Noodle
Mon, 2nd Jul 2007, 11:10 AM
Sorry everyone, I haven't been online most of this weekend!

Ace, my frag looks awfully like the S. caliendrum pic. The branches on the frag aren't as bunched up as the P. damicornis. It looks like my hypothesis was wrong from the get-go. Thanks everyone! :)
Noodle
Mon, 2nd Jul 2007, 11:11 AM
Sorry I couldn't have taken a closer up pic.. my camera is pretty old!