can someone id this acan

[grisha]

hey guys this boy is 2.5" and poped 2 more babys on the back

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Thats very beautiful! I have no idea on the name.

 

[ricordianut]

its a acan echinata

 

[grisha]

its a acan echinata

i would think so too bro, but think of that baby on the right bottom as 1/2" guide
here r echinata i have in my tank

 

[Hypertek99]

You should see some of the Aussie Acan Lords i have in my tank. Usually my acan lords are about the size of a quarter or a little bigger but some of my aussie acan lords are bigger than those big silver dollars!!! 2"+

 

[grisha]

post it man

 

[BigBadZoaDaddy]

Looks Like Acan MAximum, send me PM when/if you want to frag it PLS!!!

 

[Patwa]

that massive polyp does throw it off a bit, but i'd put my money on it being an echinata...just my $0.02

Zach.

 

[BigBadZoaDaddy]

Those 2 pic look totally DIfferant?

 

[grisha]

i had many people seen in the tank with other echinatas and we would look and look and it is just does not give the echinata impression...
the other thing about this coral that when it opens its mouth it is a hole like 5 mm wide with strings and spirals inside ill feed it now just to take a pic for you

 

[grisha]

how sick is this thingy

 

[jessp]

that thing to the chicken pox it is sick

 

[grisha]

you jocking right? lps dont get chicken pox

 

[jessp]

no i was making a bad joke, it doesn't get chicken pox. I was saying "that thing looks sick" a way of saying that thing is super cool

 

[grisha]

have you seen ehinatas have the same? i didnt

 

[reefboy]

if polyp is 2.5 inches id say its a maxima , echinatas that ive seen are 1/2 inch to maybe inch at best ware did you get it.

 

[Sea MunnKey]

Acan Bowerbanki !!

Paul

 

[grisha]

i never had a bowerbanki but a heard that they are much bigger then lords....
i got it from Rommel

 

[Sea MunnKey]

i never had a bowerbanki but a heard that they are much bigger then lords....
i got it from Rommel

I'm positive it's a Bowerbanki ... I will be picking a small colony in the next day or two ...seen it myself!!

Paul

 

[Patwa]

the other thing about this coral that when it opens its mouth it is a hole like 5 mm wide with strings and spirals inside ill feed it now just to take a pic for you

the strings and spirals are part of the internal organ system of the coral......some corals have such large mouths that it's very easy to see, as in your case (my scolymia vitiensis is a perfect example)

some even seem to spew these "strings and spirals" when stressed (rhodactis mushrooms do this practically every time they're handled)....it's not a bad thing...well, in my experience anyways

I'm positive it's a Bowerbanki ... I will be picking a small colony in the next day or two ...seen it myself!!

Paul

where's RandyO?? he might have an idea....

but yeah...I still think it's an a. echinata....just a very unusually large one at that.....you can easily draw a comparison to humans; the average human weight when born is 7lbs...but some times mother nature hiccups and gives us something else.....

.....a 17lbs baby!!!

now, I would not want to call this baby a whole new sub-species of human, nor will anyone take me seriously if I did!....he's just a bit of a fatty..that is all

Zach