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Spalding
05/03/2015, 09:06 AM
I think I know the species, just want to make sure. Identification please??

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eddiereefs
05/03/2015, 10:17 AM
Grape coral
jpa0741
05/03/2015, 10:32 AM
Looks like a frogspawn to me. Maybe a hammer. It will be easier to tell when fully inflated
Spalding
05/03/2015, 10:49 AM
That's almost as extended as it gets. That's on reason I thought it was Euphyllia cristata. They typically have short, straight tentacles that are not double. It's the very blue tips that are throwing me.
jpa0741
05/03/2015, 10:52 AM
That's almost as extended as it gets. That's on reason I thought it was Euphyllia cristata. They typically have short, straight tentacles that are not double. It's the very blue tips that are throwing me.

Probably is then. They come in plenty of different colors
Sk8r
05/03/2015, 11:08 AM
That's a lovely coral. Never have seen one.
ReyR
05/03/2015, 11:08 AM
Hammer heads.
ReyR
05/03/2015, 11:10 AM
Notice how the tips are anvil shaped. Frogspawn would have multiple round tips per tenticle. And torch would be round single at tips. These don't look round.
Spalding
05/03/2015, 11:12 AM
That's a lovely coral. Never have seen one.

Thank you!
Sugar Magnolia
05/03/2015, 11:12 AM
Yes, it's a hammer coral.
Spalding
05/03/2015, 11:18 AM
The coloration definitely matches some hammer corals. I guess I'm used to seeing a much more oblong tip on the hammers.
jpa0741
05/03/2015, 11:35 AM
Im leaning towards grape coral which is a species of frogspawn
Dkuhlmann
05/03/2015, 11:49 AM
After looking at pictures of the grape coral that jpa0741 suggested I have to agree. I am sure it's not a frogspawn or a hammer, was thinking torch but looked different.

So I'm another vote for grape coral. Nice looking frag btw :thumbsup:
Spalding
05/03/2015, 01:00 PM
After looking at pictures of the grape coral that jpa0741 suggested I have to agree. I am sure it's not a frogspawn or a hammer, was thinking torch but looked different.

So I'm another vote for grape coral. Nice looking frag btw :thumbsup:

Thanks! The compactness makes me think grape. If it's hammer, it has the shortest anvils I've seen. I had hammers in the past. The anvils and tentacle lengths were always much longer.
cloak
05/03/2015, 01:25 PM
I think it's a Frogspawn. If you look closely, there's one or two polyps that are starting to branch off so to say. (two tips, one polyp) I'm not sure if this is common occurrence with a Hammer coral.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2012/10/corals
oceanarium
06/04/2015, 01:12 AM
+ one for cristata and a beautiful one at that, very drool worthy.