are these the same coral?

[Big_Als_London]

https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152262247354706

 

[Darryl_V]

I don't know about the exact same coral, colour and all but they both appear to be a can echinata.

 

[Reef Hero]

The coral pictured in the Facebook link is a chalice of some sort.... Not sure of exact species.... The one you showed here in this thread appears to be an Acan Enchinata.... I would not agree they are the same sub species or even the same species in general.... Is that one you showed in this thread, one that you have in the store? If so, what was it titled as when it arrived??

 

[Darryl_V]

Ya I was looking at it on my phone.  The facebook one doesnt seem to be acan echinata.  Aarons is...

 

[Big_Als_London]

After looking at old orders it came to me as echinophyllia sp. Or oxypora sp.

 

[Big_Als_London]

Im pretty sure its not an Acan. It doesn't polyp like an acan.

 

[Duke]

Im pretty sure its not an Acan. It doesn't polyp like an acan.

Me too, it's not an acan, so u still have the photos of the colony?

 

[BIGSHOW]

I don't know about the Facebook but the photo posted in the thread is a chalice coral not an acan echinata

 

[Big_Als_London]

[quote author=Big_Als_London link=topic=8171.msg86269#msg86269 date=1395192893]
Im pretty sure its not an Acan. It doesn't polyp like an acan.

Me too, it's not an acan, so u still have the photos of the colony?
[/quote]its 3rd from the bottom in my first post http://www.thefragtank.ca/forum/index.php?topic=6770.0

 

[Duke]

I don't know about the Facebook but the photo posted in the thread is a chalice coral not an acan echinata

Yup I've seen the color of Aarons, it's a chalice not an enchinata

 

[unibob]

I was there yesterday; definitely a chalice. We had his tablet side by side and they looked similar, I don't think they are the same though.

Have you tried a frag in like no light Aaron to see if it changes colour? Which region is it collected from.


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[Darryl_V]

Im still saying acan echinata for Aarons.  They are often called chalice corals.    A picture of the mother colony would probably settle the debate though.

For example look at this acan echinata frag.  It looks much like a chalice http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=89851

or this [img=1396x1400]http://www.houseoffins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/rg-spectrum-acan-echinata-house-of-fins.jpg[/img]

the key is one eye starts when the other stops.

 

[Big_Als_London]

This is what it looked like back in novemeber

 

[Darryl_V]

Definitely acan echinata.  At least I think so.    But really "chalice" refers to a number of different species of coral. 

 

[Reef Hero]

Im still saying acan echinata for Aarons.  They are often called chalice corals.    A picture of the mother colony would probably settle the debate though.

For example look at this acan echinata frag.  It looks much like a chalice http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=89851

or this [img=1396x1400]http://www.houseoffins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/rg-spectrum-acan-echinata-house-of-fins.jpg[/img]

the key is one eye starts when the other stops.

Woah!!! That is one sweet acan!!! Where can I get a frag Darryl?!?

 

[AdInfinitum]

When I saw that colony in the store I thought that it was pushing the envelope of what gets called a chalice, but they said that's what it came in as...

I've seen rotundaflora labeled as chalice too.

 

[Darryl_V]

Oh man...you just refreshed my memory.  I've been saying echinata but really I've been meaning rotundaflora. 

https://www.google.ca/search?q=acan+rotundoflora&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=9ywqU92BAYjpqwH934DoCQ&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1467&bih=794

 

[unibob]

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