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marinelife
11-22-2009, 08:44 PM
For those that took a frag of this!

I can not say 100% this is the correct name but I think it is.
Here is the mother colony.
TechGuy40
11-22-2009, 09:00 PM
Its Pavona I believe. I have the same red/pink that you have, and a small frag of the Green pavona.

Very easy to frag, and very hardy coral. Slow grower, atleast for me anyways.

Justin has a few frags of Merulina. Which reminds, the wife wanted one :P
jeremyreef
11-22-2009, 10:14 PM
wow that is a nice growth pattern
marinelife
11-23-2009, 12:40 AM
You maybe right about the Pavona, not sure. It was some time ago that I got it.
chromiumlux
11-23-2009, 09:02 PM
That there is a nice coral. Potato chips. Could be a Pavona cactus. Merulina scabricula has the same growth pattern.
The Staffords
11-24-2009, 10:22 PM
Thanks for posting a pic of the mother colony.
reefer3737
11-26-2009, 12:23 PM
I cant wait for mine to grow out thats awsome
coral ranch
11-29-2009, 02:06 PM
From what I can see of the polyps I'm leaning toward pavona and a very nice piece at that.
TechGuy40
11-30-2009, 11:06 AM
Mine is identicle to his, except my polyps are extremely long. Its fuzzy.
marinelife
11-30-2009, 11:13 AM
I will just name this coral myself and charge a fee to have a frag of it. :)
marinelife
11-30-2009, 11:14 AM
How about the SG Lettuce Coral?
TechGuy40
11-30-2009, 11:24 AM
There you go. THink of a name, charge an outrageous price because its uber rare! Like GARF, or ORA.
marinelife
11-30-2009, 11:31 AM
Most of the pictures online that look like this coral are called lettuce corals so SG Lettuce Coral is the name and frags are $50 for a leaf...
Some lucky few have been given this nice coral for free before I knew it was worth alot :)
rayviv
11-30-2009, 12:20 PM
...................Now that I know that its worth so much I will break my piece into about 2500 pieces and put in grow-out tank for a couple weeks and then offer up a good price like 49.95 to feed my habit! :munky2:
marinelife
11-30-2009, 12:34 PM
HAHA ok as long as it is sold as a SG Lettuce, we will have to create some paperwork to track it and maybe a database.
marinelife
12-13-2009, 03:04 PM
I am going to say maybe this is a Cactus coral (Pavona decussata)

So I will name is a SG Cactus!!
chromiumlux
12-14-2009, 06:02 PM
Marinelife's LE Potatoechip Pavona---a steal at $49.95 per less than a 1/4 inch
marinelife
12-14-2009, 06:09 PM
:) :) :)