Few more sps id requests

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GraviT

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[First, this guy has been in my tank for a bit, but managed to spend almost a month in an area of next to no light (rock fell un-noticed). It seems to still be alive for the most part, but not too happy. Any idea what type of acro this is?

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Second, this is one of the frags I got from seminolecpa before he left for California. He mentioned that it was a very slow grower, but I've noticed some pretty good progress..even under PCs. It has kept it's color, which is a nice thing:

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One of these days, I'll get a macro lens for my camera so I can get some real closeups of this stuff!]
 
[The first one looks completely dead to me, but never give up!

The second one is familiar, but I can't think of it. Nathan would know, but he's currently in mourning now that almost all of his corals were murdered by FedEx on Friday. :cussing:]
 
[The first one isn't completely dead, there are a few white polyps peeking out here and there and the skeleton still has some tissue. I don't really expect much, but maybe something will grow back. Can't believe it fell and I didn't notice! :sniffle:]



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[first one is bleached,Move it into a high flow lower light area

second one is aculeus

Its not a total loss people but purdy darn close to it....]
 
[Thanks Nathan..sorry to hear about your coral loss via FedEx.

I have the first frag pretty high in the tank, but towards the back in an area of high flow and lower lighting. Hopefully, it will recover! This one was another hand-me-down, so at least I'm not out any $$$ if it doesn't pull through.

Thanks for the ID on the second frag, it's pretty wee at this point but seems to be growing at a steady rate. I should have some MH above it in about a month, and maybe it will be a bit happier :D]
 
[Sadly, this coral died:

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However....

I turned on my MH for a couple of hours today, until the ballast smell became too much to handle (heat damage), and noticed something that just about blew my mind. The above coral is attached to a rock about the size of a softball, well....I always thought it was a rock until I saw a large split across the middle that was open about 1/4". I grabbed a flashlight and guess what I saw? The digestive organs of a bivalve, one that is quite alive! By looking at the tissue that it is willing to show, it looks to be a Tridacnid of some sort, although, how it could have survived with little to no light exposure for months would be a mystery to me. I'll get some pictures if it decides to open more!

Always something amazing to see in this hobby! :D]
 
[I'm having a heck of a time getting a good shot of this fella. This is probably the best so far:

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If you look to the left of the snail, you can see a split and some tissue. At this point, I don't think it's Tridacnid because the edges where the shell meet are smooth, not scalloped. I'll try to get some better shots and post in a bit, after I take the kiddo to Finding Nemo on Ice. Sounds like a sad story to me. :very sad:]
 
[It's almost impossible to get a good shot of the thing at it's current angle. Try this....look at the snail, then look right and find the crack in the coralline. From there, look left in a line, across the snail and continue to the left. You can see a definate split in the rock and almost on the far left side, there is a fold or 2 of tissue that is brown in color.

Not much to see at this point, but it is definately alive.]
 
[I bet it is just a plain rock clam. :wwww: But really I have a couple of clams that are plain filter feeders. You would not know they were there unless you see them close when something gets near them.]
 
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