I'm such a showoff!

[bookfish]

: : : : : : : : : :

 

[tonggao]

Wow, so beautiful!

 

[bookfish]

And I'm a pretty bad photographer. It's even more inspiring in person. Every once in a great while I see a piece I feel is a real gem and i make a point of picking it up. Unfortunately this time it wasn't cheap...

 

[sfsuphysics]

Yup Jim, that doesn't look cheap at all

 

[Raddogz]

That's a nice pick Jim!!!

 

[tonggao]

Btw, are they acans or micros, and how do you tell?

 

[bookfish]

Top pic is a micro, 2nd pic is either an acan bowerbanki or maxima. The correct way to ID stony corals is through skeletal analysis and you'll notice that "Corals of the World" has a skeletal key for every species. Short of that, I think you go by rough, external morphology, hence the lack of species name for my micro and the tentative species name on the acan.

 

[tuberider]

Nice Jim!!!

 

[bookfish]

I'll be giving it the first mysis hand feeding today.

 

[GreshamH]

Show the new one we picked up at PFS, the branching hairy one

 

[jkreefer]

so this is a DBTC right Jim!! I'll be first in line!

 

[bookfish]

Caution slippery when wet

what a pucker

 

[bookfish]

[quote author=tuberider link=topic=2335.msg23656#msg23656 date=1187889066]
Nice Jim!!!
[/quote]
Thanks!!

 

[tuberider]

The last pic puts a smile on my face little guy looks happy ;D

 

[bookfish]

Yup, I'd say so. Getting that droopy "I'm growing" look I associate with happy chalices and definitely heading in the right direction color-wise. Just thought you'd like to see your baby fat and happy!