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[fugu]

anyone have a guess to what this is?

 

[Woodstock]

Not sure...but it looks like a blasto colony I have.

 

[fugu]

not a blasto
and nice pic you there

 

[uchiha]

that almost looks like a lord to me...? but im no expert...

 

[Witfull]

id say blasto too,,,right down to the feeding tents~

 

[fugu]

I can see the resemblance to a blasto but it looks much different in person.
the polyps are smaller too, like the size of a lord but its not a lord either.

 

[Witfull]

my merteli polyps are like 3/8" each.

 

[Woodstock]

My blasto pictured above is a B. wellsi


Blastomussa wellsi (9-14mm)
http://www.reefcorner.com/SpecimenSheets/blastomussa.htm

Blastomussa merleti (less than 7mm)
http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/101-200/Species pages/107.htm

 

[fugu]

my merteli polyps are like 3/8" each.

true but looks much different than a merletti
this coral is very aggressive.
it melted half a lord polyp that it accidentally touched

 

[Downset]

Looks ALMOST like a lord,it might be the same species as the "orange crush"
what ever it is it looks awesome and you can send my frag anyday

 

[UnderWaterParadise]

My guess would be a Lord. The skeleton does not resemble blasto IMO

 

[fugu]

the skeleton has sharp bumps like an acan but it looks a little different than a lord.
it grows fast too, thing grew by a 1/3 in size in a month and added 2 babies in that time.
the pics hasn't captured the orange shimmer around each mouth. the last pic shows that the best but its still not close
oh, and appreciate all the guesses

 

[Frankie]

looks like a meat coral too me

 

[fugu]

do you mean scolymia?
the bottom pic is a single polyp that was fragged but the colony has multiple polyps grows attached.
plus its much smaller than a scolymia if that is what you mean by meat coral.
each polyp is the size of a dime.

 

[UnderWaterParadise]

Feed it, if it eats like a freaking Pig it's a Lord

 

[va_reefman]

I will give you a more accurate ID tomorrow bud

 

[RandyO]

Looks ALMOST like a lord,it might be the same species as the "orange crush"
what ever it is it looks awesome and you can send my frag anyday

I'd agree with this statement. It does look like a lord. It's not a blasto. Blasto's have a bubble on the end of the tentacles, followed by the long skinny tentacle. The one in those pics has just the long, skinny tentacle.