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and if you're talking about the other thing in the pic..... the thing the crab is on, it's calle live rock ;D
REEFLECTIONS said:
NO! NO! NO! He's talking about all those little blue/purple dots. I'm going to out on a limb and guess that that's coralline algae...the purple varity. I think I also see a few asterina stars there as well.
Do I win a prize?
Guys, he's talking about the stick thing!
That's some type of CORAL.
Main Entry:
cor·al Listen to the pronunciation of coral
Pronunciation:
\ˈkȯr-əl, ˈkär-\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin corallium, from Greek korallion
Date:
14th century
1 a: the calcareous or horny skeletal deposit produced by anthozoan or rarely hydrozoan polyps ; especially : a richly red precious coral secreted by a gorgonian (genus Corallium) b: a polyp or polyp colony together with its membranes and skeleton2: a piece of coral and especially of red coral3 a: a bright reddish ovary (as of a lobster or scallop) b: a deep pink
— coral adjective
— cor·al·loid Listen to the pronunciation of coralloid \-ə-ˌlȯid\ adjective
That's some type of CORAL.
Main Entry:
cor·al Listen to the pronunciation of coral
Pronunciation:
\ˈkȯr-əl, ˈkär-\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin corallium, from Greek korallion
Date:
14th century
1 a: the calcareous or horny skeletal deposit produced by anthozoan or rarely hydrozoan polyps ; especially : a richly red precious coral secreted by a gorgonian (genus Corallium) b: a polyp or polyp colony together with its membranes and skeleton2: a piece of coral and especially of red coral3 a: a bright reddish ovary (as of a lobster or scallop) b: a deep pink
— coral adjective
— cor·al·loid Listen to the pronunciation of coralloid \-ə-ˌlȯid\ adjective
In all honesty, the picture quality is limiting.
Can’t really see the detail to id the coral
Here are my off-the-wall guesses from a limited quality picture in order of most likely to least likely:
1. The dead skeleton of some sps.
2. Some white branching sps.
3. If I see purple/blue on the coral and not the coralline on the glass, maybe a Cerise Acro, maybe purple acro, maybe blue acro.
4. If predominantly white, snow white acro, or fiji acro.
5. Picture seems to be washed with light…if slightly yellow, maybe Yellow Staghorn Acro.
Now I picked acropora for some reason. I could be totally wrong because I can’t see detail.
Bottom line, picture quality is too poor to make an id. Sorry.
Can’t really see the detail to id the coral
Here are my off-the-wall guesses from a limited quality picture in order of most likely to least likely:
1. The dead skeleton of some sps.
2. Some white branching sps.
3. If I see purple/blue on the coral and not the coralline on the glass, maybe a Cerise Acro, maybe purple acro, maybe blue acro.
4. If predominantly white, snow white acro, or fiji acro.
5. Picture seems to be washed with light…if slightly yellow, maybe Yellow Staghorn Acro.
Now I picked acropora for some reason. I could be totally wrong because I can’t see detail.
Bottom line, picture quality is too poor to make an id. Sorry.
mikem said:
Wooo Hooo!
Where do I go to claim my prize.
Hope it’s not a 1993 GEO Metro! I already have one.
all great guesses,but as a pal,I will tell it to ya straight...it's a frag..lemme know if I can help you in the future 
i don't know about the first one, but the second one is definitely called a coral