The Acanthastrea Echinata Thread... aka "I kill everything coral." :D

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Chappy - that piece is huge man!

thanks still not sure what it is
i have one 4 times that size that for the life of me i cant get a decent pic of
here is a very bad pic i cant catch the reds and blues in it
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Can't quite get the orange rings to pop or the greens and blues. My best acan. No kidding about killing everything, it has grabed things 2"-5" away. Nasty bugger.
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Agent Orange:
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Rainbow something or other from WWC:
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That is crazy Peter, they were calling it the Sunset echinata, guess that is the new name. Mine is only 3 polyps but looks great.
 

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That is crazy Peter, they were calling it the Sunset echinata, guess that is the new name. Mine is only 3 polyps but looks great.

Ah, sorry, my bad. It may very well be Sunset Echinata. I really don't recall. I'll admit it really only looks its best under my blue LED's, but WOW does it pop! I started with three heads that I got at CFM in socal.
 

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I actually think they may have changed the name, so who knows now. Good excuse to call Victor and Lou. Here's an old pic of mine.

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It's a very cool acan. You rarely see yellow (not orange, but more yellow) on one. It really makes the centers pop!
 
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Ah, sorry, my bad. It may very well be Sunset Echinata. I really don't recall. I'll admit it really only looks its best under my blue LED's, but WOW does it pop! I started with three heads that I got at CFM in socal.


I picked up a piece of "Sunset Echinata" from WWc at Baymac, I posted it in the 3rd post at the beginning of the thread.
 

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Worst part is how they behave for months until they lull you into a false sense of security, then eat something you really liked but were stupid and put 5 inches away!

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These acans are like pitbulls man... sure, they are awesome but you gotta keep an eye on them.. the neighbors poodle ends up to close to the house and guess who is over the fence with a new toy haha.
 

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I picked up a piece of "Sunset Echinata" from WWc at Baymac, I posted it in the 3rd post at the beginning of the thread.

Yeah, I figured it was the same, with the yellow in the centers. Get that thing under some actinics, man!! :wink:
 
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Dude, I have a new found love in making coral photos look like what they actually are. hahaha... when this thing is back in the 55g it is overrrrrrr haha
 

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LOL, well, since I don't keep mine on the porch outside, I don't really worry about what it "acually looks like" :)
 
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