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06/25/2012, 09:00 AM
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my new fav coral species
I have got into a new coral called diaseris, its a plate coral that has scores under the skeleton that make it really easy to break into pieces. Its also what the coral does in nature to propagate by breaking along the lines underneath
Here is my collection 
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06/25/2012, 01:43 PM
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They look like misshapen fugia plates to me, but what do I know. Do they have single mouths like fungias? I love the blue with green edge one in the back.
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06/25/2012, 03:53 PM
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They have multiple mouths and are easy to fragment, dont need a saw, slight pressure and they will break
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06/25/2012, 10:49 PM
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Those are sweet! Never seen them before. +1 on the blue/green one. Very cool. Thanks for sharing.
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06/25/2012, 11:21 PM
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Are they fast or slow growers?
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06/25/2012, 11:21 PM
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I would also say fungia but they do look cool.
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06/26/2012, 11:53 AM
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more pics please
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06/26/2012, 11:56 AM
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I just searched them and they're pretty cool. I see them as like the monti caps of the fungia world lol. So what would they be classified as? Chalices?
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06/26/2012, 12:15 PM
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I would still classify them as a plate coral. They come from rubble and sand zones in the wild. I saw a pic of one on google with red base and yellow rim that was way cool
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06/26/2012, 12:15 PM
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06/26/2012, 12:34 PM
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Super cool...Fragilis Plate Coral (Diaseris fragilis) a whole bunch of them on DD
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06/26/2012, 01:08 PM
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Those are nice, I only ever seen black ones with different color rims.
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06/26/2012, 01:41 PM
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they look nicer under those actinics
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07/02/2012, 01:16 PM
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i just saw reef hobbyist magazine did an article on these corals
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07/04/2012, 06:54 AM
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Those are cool never seen them before !
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