What is this guy?
SanClementeEric 2 Supporter Sep 1, 2015 #1 Joined Jan 17, 2014 Messages 1,466 Likes 16 Points 38 Location Redlands Sep 1, 2015 #1 What is this guy? Attachments 2015-08-31_160131359_D4A75_iOS.jpg 92.6 KB Views: 46
BeanMachine 2 Supporter Sep 1, 2015 #2 Joined Mar 2, 2010 Messages 20,830 Likes 1,005 Points 113 Location Orange, CA Sep 1, 2015 #2 porites?
B bvysochin 2 Supporter 2020 POTM Sep 1, 2015 #3 Joined Nov 2, 2009 Messages 1,210 Likes 81 Points 48 Location Oak View, CA 93022- about 15 min from Ventura Sep 1, 2015 #3 Could be heliopora. Blue ridge is the typical one. You'll know it when you break a piece off, the inside will be blue.
Could be heliopora. Blue ridge is the typical one. You'll know it when you break a piece off, the inside will be blue.
SanClementeEric 2 Supporter Sep 3, 2015 #4 Joined Jan 17, 2014 Messages 1,466 Likes 16 Points 38 Location Redlands Sep 3, 2015 #4 It's white underneath. It's hard and smooth, like tile. I guess there are small extensions out of the tiny holes but they're not out a lot.
It's white underneath. It's hard and smooth, like tile. I guess there are small extensions out of the tiny holes but they're not out a lot.
SanClementeEric 2 Supporter Sep 6, 2015 #5 Joined Jan 17, 2014 Messages 1,466 Likes 16 Points 38 Location Redlands Sep 6, 2015 #5 Here's another pic (the stripes/banding of color are just a camera issue):
organism 2 2020 POTM Sep 16, 2015 #6 Joined Jun 7, 2007 Messages 1,191 Likes 13 Points 0 Location Santa Ana Sep 16, 2015 #6 I'm thinking Blue Ridge coral as well...
SanClementeEric 2 Supporter Sep 19, 2015 #7 Joined Jan 17, 2014 Messages 1,466 Likes 16 Points 38 Location Redlands Sep 19, 2015 #7 Okay, so I think this coral is just a flat spreading coral that has taken on the shape of the rock underneath. I got a small version from another reefer and it's covering a frag plug and shell.
Okay, so I think this coral is just a flat spreading coral that has taken on the shape of the rock underneath. I got a small version from another reefer and it's covering a frag plug and shell.