Identification Please

melypr1985

melypr1985

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I got this frag from a local club member for free so I didnt' care what it was. He said he didn't know anyways. But I've had alot of people comment on it asking what it was. It has a hard skeleton but long-ish polyps. They are long enough to make me think this is a LPS. I was thinking more like SPS just a really weird one. The inside is Lime green and the rest looks kinda plain.
So.... What do you think? What the heck is it?
 
spanko

spanko

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are those a bunch of separate polyps?
If so could be Duncan Duncanopsammia axifuga. Here is a picture of one.
 
melypr1985

melypr1985

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no spanko. they dont look like that. When it retracts all it's "tenticals" the skeleton is solid. I'll go touch it and take a pic of it while retracted.
 
spanko

spanko

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Would have been my next guess if they are not seperate polyps. Good call Lois.
http://www.***********.com/images/categories/product/p-82482-elegance-coral.jpg
 
melypr1985

melypr1985

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ok I touched it and I guess he likes me now. It didn't retract all the tenticals but it did enough for you to get the idea. I didn't want to totally terrorize it.
 
melypr1985

melypr1985

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those are all very pretty, but I dont think thats what this is. I would love to have an elegance coral. Maybe for christmas.
 
btldreef

btldreef

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When I saw the first picture with the tentacles out, I immediately said "Elegance Coral" and then once I saw the second with it retracted, it confirmed my original though. It really does look like you have a very small/young elegance coral. That skeleton, although not all the way showing looks just like mine. You can google image, elegance can greatly vary in shape/size/color. Maybe you don't have to wait until xmas
 
melypr1985

melypr1985

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Originally Posted by BTLDreef
http:///forum/post/3148093
When I saw the first picture with the tentacles out, I immediately said "Elegance Coral" and then once I saw the second with it retracted, it confirmed my original though. It really does look like you have a very small/young elegance coral. That skeleton, although not all the way showing looks just like mine. You can google image, elegance can greatly vary in shape/size/color. Maybe you don't have to wait until xmas

Realy??? OMG that didn't look like the pretty elegance coral that spanko showed me! Man O Man! Well, I guess that's what it is. hmmm. Thanks guys!
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by melypr1985
http:///forum/post/3148099
Realy??? OMG that didn't look like the pretty elegance coral that spanko showed me! Man O Man! Well, I guess that's what it is. hmmm. Thanks guys!

YUP even in the book I have the pics are different.....
 
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