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Please ID this
Hi, all. I have searched endlessly on your site and can find nothing
resembling what I have on a piece of rock in my soft coral tank. First
off, This came on a piece of rock that had some mushrooms on it about
mid March. These two creatures you see were hardly noticeable when i
brought the Shrooms home. I did see it, however and cut the rock to have
this as a separate specimen.
<Good move>
The larger of the two was about the size of a small Zoa when I noticed
it. The other was hardly able to be seen. There are a total of 5 of
these on the rock and they seem to be localized on this small piece.
They do not have a mat and are not connected.
<A good clue>
The largest one that you see is about the size of a penny, now and the
other is catching up. They remain open like you see them almost all the
time and will catch mysis to eat. I have
seen no sweeper tentacles and they have not physically moved themselves.
I feel like I can rule out anemones. There is no hard skeleton that I
can see, either.
<Mmm, I do>
Can you help?
<Likely these recruits are Fungiids:
http://wetwebmedia.com/fungiidae.htm
perhaps Cycloseris sp.>
Thank you
Jason
<Thank you for sharing, Bob Fenner> |
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Coral ID
03/30/2008
Hi everybody,
This is Sam from India...
<<Hello Sam, Andrew today>>
Hope all are doing great out there!
Well, I recently got this soft coral shipped, which was in the box for
two nights, but has made it quite well, was a bit wounded, but seems
fine now.
I know that it is a leather coral, but I wanted to get a proper
identification from the experts.
Can you ID this coral's genus, species would be even better!
As, then I will have better understanding of its needs.
Please see the attached picture, the coral had come three days ago, when
it came in it was totally shirked and dark in color, now it is a
little larger and turgid.
Basically, I don't know how it looks when the polyps are fully extended.
So, knowing the species will help compare images for indication on
health!
Also, looking at the image what do you feel about its health and
condition, how large does it extend it polyps?
Also, how much time does and average soft coral take to molt?
<<Ahh yes, a leather finger coral by the name of Lobophyton. Looks in a
nice condition, and will look even better when it extends out>>
Thanks in advanced!
Cheers, Sam
<<Thanks for the question. A Nixon>> |
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Hairy Mushroom [not] 03/25/08
Hello,
I purchased a large mushroom shown in the attached pictures some time
ago, it is in my Red Sea Max. I assume it is a hairy mushroom but not
exactly sure?
<Oooo, no, not a Corallimorph. It is a leather coral, looks like a
Sarcophyton sp.>
As you can see it is budding (if this is the correct term) a new
mushroom from its base which seems to be doing really well. As I
understand it, it will move further out from the shade and grow full
size. What I am not sure of is if it will detach itself
<likely>
and how long will it take?
<It just depends on how fast it grows.>
I was also thinking of propagating this 'fledgling' and I am not sure
how long to leave it before I do this?
<Leather corals are very easy to frag. You can do this at any time you
like if you don't want to wait for it to detach on its own. Please see
here:
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/softcorpropfaqs.htm>
You can also see that my Maroon Clown has 'moved in', it seems to act as
if it were an anemone, is this normal?
<This is quite common.>
I do have a sand anemone (but it usually only opens up at night) which
the clown ignores. Any ideas?
<Not really. It's difficult to "force" these things. The only "trick"
I've heard of that might work for helping anemones and clown fish "bond"
is to put the two in a small bucket together for a little while (but not
long enough for the water to spoil). I don't know if this works, but Rod
Buehler says it can sometimes. You might also read through some of the
info here on WWM,
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/clwnfshanefaqs.htm
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/clnanemfaq2.htm
...and other pages.>
Thanking you in advance for any help you can give.
Colin
<De nada,
Sara M.> |
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