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ClarkiiClown
06/05/2006, 06:35 PM
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a20/blj500/acan.jpg


Let me say this is not my picture but is this a Lord or Echinata?



DONT MIND ME I WILL POST THIS IN THE CORRECT FORUM :rolleyes:
Travis L. Stevens
06/05/2006, 06:43 PM
It looks more like a stressed A. lordhowensis if you had to choose between the two. But there are 12 species of Acanthastrea

Acanthastrea bowerbanki (http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/001-100/Species%20pages/1.htm)
Acanthastrea brevis (http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/701-800/Species%20pages/783.htm)
Acanthastrea echinata (http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/001-100/Species%20pages/2.htm)
Acanthastrea faviaformis (http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/701-800/Species%20pages/798.htm)
Acanthastrea hemprichii (http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/501-600/Species%20pages/511.htm)
Acanthastrea hillae (http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/001-100/Species%20pages/3.htm)
Acanthastrea ishigakiensis (http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/401-500/Species%20pages/442.htm)
Acanthastrea lordhowensis (http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/001-100/Species%20pages/4.htm)
Acanthastrea maxima (http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/901-1000/Species%20pages/911.htm)
Acanthastrea regularis (http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/701-800/Species%20pages/769.htm)
Acanthastrea rotundoflora (http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/301-400/Species%20pages/384.htm)
Acanthastrea subechinata (http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/701-800/Species%20pages/784.htm)
ClarkiiClown
06/05/2006, 06:49 PM
Gracias- Im getting it for free so maybe I can make it happy Thanks for the input
cee
06/05/2006, 08:37 PM
Definately lord, but wrong forum.

Dave
lechee12
06/05/2006, 09:35 PM
i agree, it looks likea lord
DJ88©
06/05/2006, 09:54 PM
[moved]
Underwaterparadise
06/05/2006, 10:24 PM
It's a lord, Keep that algea cleaned off or it can take over and kill the coral
ClarkiiClown
06/05/2006, 11:32 PM
Yeah I havent got it yeat but Im gonna get that algae off of it as soon as it arrives. Could that be why it is stressed? Thank you for moving this to the correct forum. I was retarded :)
Underwaterparadise
06/05/2006, 11:36 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7505591#post7505591 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ClarkiiClown
. Could that be why it is stressed?

Oh ya
mhltcob
06/06/2006, 06:20 PM
I'm sorry but you can not tell what species that is by a picture alone.