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brett7768
11/11/2013, 09:24 PM
anyone have some quality pics of their colony? mine is light blue with white polyps but it has so much PE that the only blue you can see are the tips. I did a search but its hard to find pics. is this a rare sps?

greg1786
11/12/2013, 12:20 AM
252418 I am not 100% sure that this is A. Horrida, howver when I go it a while back, I posted a pic in the id forum and frick was thinking thats what it was. Perhaps someone else will chime in

MammothReefer
11/12/2013, 03:48 AM
no they aren't rare they can just be really tricky to keep. Usually when things go sour for me it's one of the first pieces I always loose.

biggles
11/12/2013, 05:38 AM
Jason ID'd this as horrida when i first got it, this was taken 2 months ago and it tolerates low to high light which is why i now have 3 other small colonies spread around my reef. It grows about an inch a month when it's happy and in higher light but still grows in low light areas, just not as fast.
And yes the bloody hammer really does look that crappy colored - i don't like flubber and flubber doesn't like me...........

http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/a553/BigglesRC/h1_zpsec68ae14.png~original

MarquiseO
11/12/2013, 06:32 AM
Here is one for you: http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2876/10568741666_31a4705c77_c.jpg

brett7768
11/12/2013, 12:52 PM
http://s1364.photobucket.com/user/brett7768/media/IMG_07381_zpsc507e351.jpg.html
this is mine. doesnt look much like the others except mayme that last one. difference is that mine is a light blue. can anyone confirm this is A. horrida?

brett7768
11/13/2013, 03:34 PM
http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/r729/brett7768/IMG_07381_zpsc507e351.jpg (http://s1364.photobucket.com/user/brett7768/media/IMG_07381_zpsc507e351.jpg.html)

brett7768
11/14/2013, 03:49 PM
so light blue with white polyps? doesnt seem like too many people have seen this color??

MammothReefer
11/15/2013, 12:33 AM
Tips are blue photo came out funky

http://www.pbase.com/brahm/image/153249558.jpg

watchguy123
11/15/2013, 12:51 AM
I have always believed this to be a horrid
http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg481/watchguy123/may%2019%202013/lightning-horrida_zpse3d9033e.jpg (http://s1240.photobucket.com/user/watchguy123/media/may%2019%202013/lightning-horrida_zpse3d9033e.jpg.html)

MammothReefer
11/15/2013, 01:04 AM
doesn't look like one to me..

this is from aims -- au same as my piece which is from AU also

http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/aimscoral/images/largest/0034_C1_05.jpg

the coralites are rounded

http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/aimscoral/images/largest/0034_BW1_01.jpg


http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/aimscoral/images/largest/0034_C1_03.jpg
http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0034

joe22883
11/15/2013, 02:30 AM
ORA purple plasma looks to be A. Horrida. Seen the au blue horrida sell as blue lightning, might help your search for pics.

tdb320reef
11/15/2013, 05:56 AM
http://images.cpucs.com/images/nov2013/Nov2013M0078.JPG

watchguy123
11/15/2013, 08:47 AM
doesn't look like one to me..

this is from aims -- au same as my piece which is from AU also

http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/aimscoral/images/largest/0034_C1_05.jpg

the coralites are rounded

http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/aimscoral/images/largest/0034_BW1_01.jpg


http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/aimscoral/images/largest/0034_C1_03.jpg
http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0034

You appear to be correct, mine doesn't quite match the morphology. The tips on mine are cylindrical and those pictures have rounded tapering tips. I was focusing more on polyp form and extension. Unfortunately not my first missed id and likely not my last. Now on to the hunt for one

MDO
11/15/2013, 10:42 AM
Don't get discouraged on Identification. There are lots of corals and some do resemble each other. I am pretty sure there are lots of people with corals they can't identify.

MammothReefer
11/15/2013, 12:14 PM
Agreed. I have plenty I can't ID. Aims isn't perfect either I've seen some strange stuff in there.

Rollins4Miles
11/15/2013, 01:18 PM
This was mine from some time ago