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Dodgy Russian
11/15/2013, 11:15 PM
I don't know what this sps is it is very slow growing and encrusts I feed it live baby brine shrimp. It is currently in a Red Sea max 130 with numerous acros and a small crocea clam
The parameters are

Mag 1360 ppm
Cal 460 ppm
Alk 12 degrees kh
The bad ones like

Nitrate, ammonia, nitrite, phosphate are less than 0 ppm
The tank has been set up for 3 years

Dodgy Russian
11/17/2013, 02:44 AM
Anyone know what it is or has no one seen one before

AZWREEFER
11/17/2013, 02:54 AM
It looks like a flowerpot or gonipora

Frick
12/04/2013, 12:12 PM
I am thinking an Astreopora species.
http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0100

Whisperer
12/25/2013, 09:51 AM
Goniopora

Dodgy Russian
12/27/2013, 11:43 PM
I identified it as astreopora incrustans

Frick
12/31/2013, 01:41 PM
I identified it as astreopora incrustans

Looks like it will do some encrusting. Not a very creative species name from Yabe, Sugiyama and Eguchi. :hmm5:
http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0368