TheClark Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 A nice one from @Gil&Fin love the teal polyps with green base. whats your favorite BN? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil&Fin Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 A nice one from [mention=15555]Gil&Fin[/mention] love the teal polyps with green base. whats your favorite BN?Looks great, Jeremy! Thanks for the Shout Out!Sent from my SM-G928P using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorge Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 I like ponape. Anyone have a nice ponape frag for me?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 5 hours ago, TheClark said: A nice one from @Gil&Fin love the teal polyps with green base. whats your favorite BN? Wait a sec... where has this one been hiding? Looks nice Jeremy! Despite their less than exclusive reputation there are a lot of nice looking birds nests out there these days. I'm partial to the ORA bird of paradise (another of Holly's collection🙂). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClark Posted September 26, 2017 Author Share Posted September 26, 2017 2 hours ago, Gil&Fin said: Looks great, Jeremy! Thanks for the Shout Out! Sent from my SM-G928P using Tapatalk Thanks! What is this one called again? I am so SPS name... lame... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClark Posted September 26, 2017 Author Share Posted September 26, 2017 49 minutes ago, Jorge said: I like ponape. Anyone have a nice ponape frag for me?? Roy has forests of it usually! Like real mini forests! I bet he will bring some to the swap! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil&Fin Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Thanks! What is this one called again? I am so SPS name... lame... I think that's the Bird of Paradise, probably my fav. The polyps are purplier in my tank, but the base is that same rich color. Love it!Sent from my SM-G928P using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 1 hour ago, Gil&Fin said: I think that's the Bird of Paradise, probably my fav. The polyps are purplier in my tank, but the base is that same rich color. Love it! Sent from my SM-G928P using Tapatalk That is funny! Didn't recognize it in that shot - definitely one of the nicest in my book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClark Posted September 26, 2017 Author Share Posted September 26, 2017 What threw me off is how thick the branches are. Almost like cats paw thick... The colors are spot on, for whatever reason that's the color it turns in this tank... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil&Fin Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 What threw me off is how thick the branches are. Almost like cats paw thick... The colors are spot on, for whatever reason that's the color it turns in this tank... Yeah, I was thinking stylo too. But my green stylo doesn't have that skin. My Bird of Paradise does have much thicker branches than the Ponape. It's hard to see in the picture, but what do the tips look like? Pointed? Or rounded?Sent from my SM-G928P using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenH Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 That's an interesting looking specimen. I attached a pic of what a typical ORA Bird of Paradise looks like. In my experience, the best colors seem to come out under fairly low light with emerald green body and purple polyps with the colors weakening under strong lighting. I have never seen them morph to a solid green, but you never know with corals. Branches also look a little too blunt to me. Looks a bit like a Stylo, but since the polyps appear to be arranged more or less in rows, it is probably a Birdsnest of some type. On the topic of favorite Birdsnest, this bi-color colony was pretty cool looking. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Ken's pic is more what I am used to with the ORA bird of paradise (in my admittedly limited exposure). That bicolor colony is pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClark Posted September 27, 2017 Author Share Posted September 27, 2017 Ya, I think I took a picture of a stylo! It is way too blunt. Time to rename the thread @KenH great pics, that bicolor is cool! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremevans Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 That is a good representation of a birds of paradise (@KenH). Mine looks just like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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