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goinballde

goinballde

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great sixer fellas..If the colts lose today I will be posting a 12 pack or so for every beer i drink in anger..
 
effloresce

effloresce

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NM that first coral is a fire coral, DO NOT TOUCH IT!!!!, and if you do, either blow it with a powerhead or fan wate ron it with your hand, this will retract the Medusa Stingers (its polyps) it is a species of Millepora, usualy found in very shallow waters, normally a very fast grower, there are many type of them, unforunatly yours is the most lethel. if stung the mound withh swell and burn for days, cold white vingar will slow the pain and lessen the swell (same with jellyfish) if stressed or dying they will relase their stingers intot he water colum, when these plant a new coral will grow, they may also grow on corals. a guy at the LFS had one in their display tank, a stinger landed on their Oregon tort......the tort is no more. they are my personal favorit corals, i have the same species as you, but am trying to find a Box fire coral which has great growth formations. all fircorals are either Brown, light pink or deep red. no toehr colors.
Once when i was diving, the currnet took me and threw me against a colony of fire coral, it cut a gash in my leg, and it swelled so bad that the skin on the edges where riping from pressure.
 
effloresce

effloresce

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and also, they are usualy the corals that recive the most light, so wonce you get it acclimated to the new lights, you migth want to move it up to the top more.
 
shoreliner11

shoreliner11

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NM, your first coral is a sp. of Millepora or Fire coral. You'll notice that it has no corallites, this is because it doesn't have conventional polyps that other Acros and Montis have. I don't think I have a pic of mine but I'll take one and post it soon.
Edit: whoops, I guess efflorense beat me to it. Anyway, I know they're fire coral but I've touched mine several times with polyps extended and no ill consequences. Mine is healthy and growing like mad under a 250w de 20k hqi over my 20. Grows close to a half an inch per month. :eek:
 
nm reef

nm reef

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Hmmmm...interesting...I suspected it was some type of SPS but had no idea what type. How sure are y'all on the "fire coral" ID? It is a smooth stoney texture...sort of like a blue ridge coral....no polyps at all that I've been able to see....turned from a brownish/pinkish to a near white with the first few days and I did see a sort of sloughing off of the outer skin like a leather will do now and then. very interesting looking piece...and cheap too. It is in a high flow area now and close to the top directly under a 400 watt 10K Ushio...so the conditions may be good for it.
Thanks for the ID info...later I'll do a few searchs and see what additional info I can find.:thinking:
 
shoreliner11

shoreliner11

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I'm 95% sure its a fire coral. Being as there are farely few common sps sp. that lack traditional corallites I would put my money on a Millepora sp. "fire coral". But I guess its not technically a sps coral by a Hydrozoa instead. This is because they have different specialized polyps. The dactylopores are the polyps you would be able to see with the

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eye. Here's a pic from a certain fragging site....This is similar to the sp. I have which has a greenish yellow tint toward the tips.
 
shoreliner11

shoreliner11

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Here's a blurry pic I just got of my Millpora sp. Camera doesn't get good close up shots and I was kinda in a hurry.
 
nm reef

nm reef

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Wow...nice stuff gregm.....thanks for contributing. Sundays are always good for a few 6-paks....who else wants to brew one up?
 
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