a maxima or lobo?

greystreet41 · Mar 2, 2008

I could never buy these things in confidence not being certain...
http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-Neon-Grn-G...ryZ46308QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Zoanuts · Mar 2, 2008

Looks like a Lobo

revhtree · Mar 2, 2008

Looks like a lobo to me as well.

reef-lover · Mar 2, 2008

Zoanuts said:
Looks like a Lobo

I would'nt spend the money to find out..but I would say lobo also..

Patwa · Mar 3, 2008

definitely a lobo

TyreeUM · Mar 3, 2008

how definitely?

Patwa · Mar 3, 2008

very much so....i'd say 99.9% sure...just look at it!

what say you, oh wise one? ;)

Zach

twon8 · Mar 3, 2008

i can't be certain it's a lobo, but i'm certain it's not an acan

THE BEAUT · Mar 4, 2008

Lobo, but very nice one.

FateX8 · Mar 4, 2008

i would wait until it grows out a little more before youd really be able to tell
at 3" thats just too small to really tell the growth form
id say lobo too but youd be an idiot to say its deffinately a lobo

Patwa · Mar 4, 2008

FateX8 said:
i would wait until it grows out a little more before youd really be able to tell
at 3" thats just too small to really tell the growth form
id say lobo too but youd be an idiot to say its deffinately a lobo

if you can't tell right now that it's some sort of lobophyllia sp. then you've still got a ways to go.

and don't call me an idiot, OK? :D

Sea MunnKey · Mar 4, 2008

These are actual Aussie Lobophyllia's own by my reefing buddies from Down Under ....

I wouldn't say that the one from ebay is an Acan Maxima .... just a Sales hype to get some total idiot to purchase it Blindly ... my local LFS has the same Aussie (dull shades of Green colouration) Lobo and honestly speaking nothing Special ..

Paul

alexpescado · Mar 4, 2008

I say Lobo. I purchased these two colonies back when the first Aussie shipments came in.

greystreet41 · Mar 4, 2008

why the name calling? Given that, I'd rather be a person saying it's definitely not a lobo, than the person sayin it's definitely an a. maxima.

nice maximas alex. :)

Patwa · Mar 4, 2008

greystreet41 said:
why the name calling?

:) .....for a second I thought I was on that other big reef board.....gimme a break.

here's my lobo.....bought it from a guy who said it may be some type of acan...it definitely doesn't look like any acan i know of, nor does it look like many of the lobos you see on the web...the cool thing, this piece was acquired about 4 or 5 years ago...before any Aussies hit this continent....it came in on an Indo shipment.

here's what it looked like when I first acquired it

here it is now....much more vibrant, although a tad less puffy

Zach