help id'ing coral (pic)

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help id'ing coral (pic)

Postby Guest » May 11th, 2001, 11:50 pm

please help me ID this coral
it's local-

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thanks
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help id'ing coral (pic)

Postby Guest » May 12th, 2001, 4:34 pm

Can you show us a pick of the polups retracted? How big are the corallites? How fast is it growing? Where is it from exactly (ie, depth, flow)?

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help id'ing coral (pic)

Postby Guest » May 15th, 2001, 9:25 am

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here ya go!
got it in about 6-7' of water, off a seawall in Key Biscayne, FL. There current varies depending on weather. The whole piece is about 5" wide

[This message has been edited by kaotica (edited 15 May 2001).]
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help id'ing coral (pic)

Postby Guest » May 15th, 2001, 10:32 pm

If you frag it, I'd like some! Cool looking animal but, unfortunately, I don't have a name for you.

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help id'ing coral (pic)

Postby Guest » May 18th, 2001, 12:07 pm

kaotica:

It looks like Oculina diffusa. (Ivory bush coral). Image

-Ayres
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help id'ing coral (pic)

Postby Guest » May 18th, 2001, 6:51 pm

Oculina diffusa
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