Tell me what you see going on in this pic

[chromiumlux]

What do you see in this pic?

[Kenn]

Can we get a bigger pic  it's been a long hot day 

[chromiumlux]

Should enlarge if you click on it

[Kenn]

Should enlarge if you click on it

I did ..it did ..but I'm still seeing only someone with better lighting on their tank than I have ... but I am still looking at it

I think the problem is that I am a noobie SPS keeper ( go softies !  )and just might not know what I should be seeing

[KeepOnReefin]

Madness?

[larrynews]

frags??? corals you want to give me?

[lazylivin]

Aside from the awesome California tort and beautiful orange pavona?

[mdcoblentz]

I'm seeing great polyp extension on the sides but not in the middle and it looks awfully white towards the top.... bleaching?  hope not cuz thats a nice specimen

[chromiumlux]

Not bleaching, just a crappy camera. Someone is gonna figure this out.

[KeepOnReefin]

Aside from the awesome California tort and beautiful orange pavona?

Argh! I hate that word, Pavona. So many meanings depending on who you talk to.

[larrynews]

ok i cheated i know , thats cool. the white on the top is just growth.

[chromiumlux]

Yeah just growth. Not much by any means. this is a nano tank. Only clue I will give is look closely at the corals in this pic.

[lazylivin]

Argh! I hate that word, Pavona. So many meanings depending on who you talk to.

Agreed but not in this case with the reference to a picture

[lazylivin]

look closely at the corals in this pic.

Uncle

[KeepOnReefin]

Agreed but not in this case with the reference to a picture

I'm not agreeing, or disagreeing. Not a marine biologists. All I can say, do a google/yahoo image search for the word Pavona. Its a toss up lol.

[lazylivin]

yeah, I guess it is no different then saying montipora. How about this - Pavona maldivensis, a bit more descriptive.

[micki]

UNCLE! 

[HUNGER]

UNCLE! 

+1

[Wall_Tank]

I had to look at this on my bigger monitor.

Look at the base of the corals in the center.......the follow it up to the tips on the right, and then the tips on the left.  The tips on the left morphed into the coral type growing up the middle.

Is this a graft done on purpose?   or did the corals do this naturally?

[lazylivin]

UNCLE! 

UNCLE! 

Were those in refrence to our bickeing about the use of the word pavona or Andy's picture 

[HUNGER]

the pic couldnt tell what it was doing

[ghurlag]

the coral in the middle is a hybrid color morph of the one on the extreme right, and the one on the extreme left...

Was this sexual reproduction (seems impossible given that it appears to be bigger than either "parent")?

is this coral hosting the zooxenthellae found in both outside species, creating the awesome color morph?

[HUNGER]

it does look  sweet

[micki]

Were those in refrence to our bickeing about the use of the word pavona or Andy's picture 

The pictures!  I have no patience when it comes to guessing games! 

[chromiumlux]

OK, Wall tank figured it out. These two acro's were placed side by side..not with the intent to produce a morph...but as it seems they are both now sharing the same base and are begining to fuse together. I had to  do several double takes on this. Looks like we may have a graft. No warefare, no dead spots. and the base appears to be solid not overgrown. Is this possible with acro's?

[KeepOnReefin]

OK, Wall tank figured it out. These two acro's were placed side by side..not with the intent to produce a morph...but as it seems they are both now sharing the same base and are begining to fuse together. I had to  do several double takes on this. Looks like we may have a graft. No warefare, no dead spots. and the base appears to be solid not overgrown. Is this possible with acro's?

In the frag tank mine never mess with each other. Some are touching. They are fine. Larger colonies trying to expand kill each other. I hope it works out, if it does, I call dibs on a frag :p

I am going to try this tommorrow. Two similar acros of different colors. See what happens.

[reefman]

I see several posts in this thread that go against the new rules here.

This is a great new coral you have coming.

[Kenn]

I see several posts in this thread that go against the new rules here.

Please elaborate

[reefman]

http://www.ohioreef.com/index.php?topic=8699.0

[HUNGER]

wich point r u talken about?

I see several posts in this thread that go against the new rules here.

This is a great new coral you have coming.

[Kenn]

http://www.ohioreef.com/index.php?topic=8699.0

Well thats not really elaboration

but please refer to this clip from that post...

"This thread outlines general Ohio Reef forum posting etiquette. It is not meant to be a list of rules but rather good posting practices."

[micki]

I "think" I had the same thing happen about a year ago.  It was doing great until my co2 ran out and I didn't realize it.  I lost most of my SPS including that one.  Good Luck!  I'll anxious to see how yours does!