Amazing SPS for free!!!
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Looks like a birds nest. Seriatopora hystrix
Saltwater Aquarium Corals for Marine Reef Aquariums: Birdsnest Coral - Pink
Saltwater Aquarium Corals for Marine Reef Aquariums: Birdsnest Coral - Pink
hma
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A kind of Red Algae, Amphiroa foliacea in my eyes and not a kind of SPS, sorry.
I could see this Red Algae not very often but with some of my dives in the Great Barrier Reef as well as in Indonesia. In Indonesia she is not as filigree as this one in the picture. One can mistake them really very easy for a SPS coral.
An indicator whether SPS or not is the growth. At at most 1-1,5 cm growth per month a filigree coral like in the picture should be at least 1,5-2 years old. An alga can grow to considerable size within few months, though.
Nice ID. Scott, love the common name. ;-)
At first, I thought it was an algae, but couldn't remember the name. Then, I thought it must have been "touched" to confirm sps vs algae.
I'm pretty sure this is a calciferous algae. In any case, it looks very nice! Here a couple links/pics:
Alga calcarea (Amphiroa rubra) - Scheda di MondoMarino.net ...il mare in rete
Algaebase :: Species Detail
Poppe Images - Marine Iconography in the Philippines
At first, I thought it was an algae, but couldn't remember the name. Then, I thought it must have been "touched" to confirm sps vs algae.
I'm pretty sure this is a calciferous algae. In any case, it looks very nice! Here a couple links/pics:
Alga calcarea (Amphiroa rubra) - Scheda di MondoMarino.net ...il mare in rete
Algaebase :: Species Detail
Poppe Images - Marine Iconography in the Philippines
hma
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OK Allen, try this on: Amphiroa foliacea J.V.Lamour.: FloraBase: Flora of Western Australia
By the way .... one finds this alga only at few places in the world and still more rarely in the trade. :hallo:
OK Allen, try this on: Amphiroa foliacea J.V.Lamour.: FloraBase: Flora of Western Australia
By the way .... one finds this alga only at few places in the world and still more rarely in the trade. :hallo:
I can't get the link to work either.
Anyway, why not just start aquaculturing this algae and do away with SPS, the algae is probably easier to care for!
Scott not at all? Try copy & pasting this url into your browser
Amphiroa foliacea J.V.Lamour.: FloraBase: Flora of Western Australia
Amphiroa foliacea J.V.Lamour.: FloraBase: Flora of Western Australia
RSM2008
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Re: A true SPS...
Sorry Heinz... you are wrong. Algae do not have polyps.
The SPS in question is covered in small yellow polyps. I will try to get a MACRO MACRO photo for you all to gaze upon. Larger pics are in my gallery.
Branches are the size of needles. Polyps retract when small hermits and snails crawl on top of it.
Growth rate has been from a single dot to current size (appox 4" across) in 9 months. Saw first branch about 1 month after the rock went in.
Other outcroppings on other rocks have not gone beyond a single branch (1/4 - 1/2")
Can anyone identify this SPS?
Sorry Heinz... you are wrong. Algae do not have polyps.
The SPS in question is covered in small yellow polyps. I will try to get a MACRO MACRO photo for you all to gaze upon. Larger pics are in my gallery.
Branches are the size of needles. Polyps retract when small hermits and snails crawl on top of it.
Growth rate has been from a single dot to current size (appox 4" across) in 9 months. Saw first branch about 1 month after the rock went in.
Other outcroppings on other rocks have not gone beyond a single branch (1/4 - 1/2")
Can anyone identify this SPS?