formerly icyuodd/icyoud2 Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 well i guess i fragged my first coral today, i think.lol this guy was a hitchhiker. unfortunatly he was on the underside of my new zoos. i broke him of with a butter knife so i could place him in the light/photo for i.d. so 2 questions come to mind, what is it? and should i put him back in a dark spot(lol i doubt it but thought i'd ask) when its open it has a yellow/brown see through membrane that covers the rock. it seems to have sweeper tenticals/polyps(1/16" long)that are a little brighter. the entire rock is less than 1/2" in diameter. ill try and get a better picture when it opens back up. thanks guys! leigh one more thing, i took it out of the water to photograph (5-10 seconds) did i kill it by doing so? i figured this rock probably spent most of its time dry in shipping. didnt think another 5-10 seconds would be a problem. or was it????? Link to comment
formerly icyuodd/icyoud2 Posted June 20, 2005 Author Share Posted June 20, 2005 its not. it retracted into the skeleton when i broke it off the rock. its sitting on the table in the pic. Link to comment
nano-nater Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 well if its not i dunno what it is looks like a blasto skeleton tome tho. good luck on id Link to comment
formerly icyuodd/icyoud2 Posted June 20, 2005 Author Share Posted June 20, 2005 although its not a good pic, if you look close, you can see little white spots on the top polyp. there its tiny tenticals. its been back in the tank for 20min and the membrane has returned so im assuming its not dead. Link to comment
formerly icyuodd/icyoud2 Posted June 21, 2005 Author Share Posted June 21, 2005 the little, brightly colored dots are actually tiny tentical/sweepers. i wish i could get you guys a better pic, but this is a very very small rock. thanks again Link to comment
formerly icyuodd/icyoud2 Posted June 21, 2005 Author Share Posted June 21, 2005 here is the pic Link to comment
formerly icyuodd/icyoud2 Posted June 21, 2005 Author Share Posted June 21, 2005 i did a quick seard of Diploastrea Heliopora . it is off of an indo live rock (originally) that my lfs added zoos to. i have to say though, while searching Diploastrea Heliopora i came across Fungiidae. it looks alot like the fungia scutaria . the tips of its tenticals are very much like the Galaxea astreata the tips seem to glow. (tiny dots in the pic above) could it belong to this family of hard corals? Link to comment
MinibowMatt Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 If it is fungia scutaria it wouldnt spread. They are solitary. I suppose when it gets big, it would throw off babies, but yours are still babies themselves... Link to comment
Caesar777 Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Try posting the pic of Tinypic so that we can get better resolution. Link to comment
formerly icyuodd/icyoud2 Posted June 21, 2005 Author Share Posted June 21, 2005 now you can see the critter Link to comment
yoshiod9 Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 i would bet its the anthocauli from a fungia(plate coral). i've got around 6 or 7 of them growing out of a piece of rock that a bunch of my yumas are on. very cool to see! mine are florescent! Link to comment
Caesar777 Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 Very cute. Reminds me of a plate, though I haven't seen several buds attached together. Then again, someone I know has about 50 babies that came off her mother colonies, so... Link to comment
formerly icyuodd/icyoud2 Posted June 22, 2005 Author Share Posted June 22, 2005 how fast do plate corals grow? never had one, always wanted one.will these guys ever split up? thanks again guys Link to comment
yoshiod9 Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 i dunno how long it'll take for them to 'let go' of their rock but i've had mine since a year and a half ago or so(not even visible on the rock at first) and they've only grown to about the size of an 'o'. there are around 4 or 5 of them. but, i also didn't give them good lighting or anything...kinda just let them be. Link to comment
janasleah Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 I was searching around for something else and came across this old thread...thought it looked a little like your guys, ICY... http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/showthread...candy+cane+care Link to comment
formerly icyuodd/icyoud2 Posted June 23, 2005 Author Share Posted June 23, 2005 yup thats them. i have 2 colonies of about 4 polyps. just found the others today. thank you for the link Link to comment
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