Balanophyllia Pictures

[slcw]

kolamp,

I booked that LR with that coral of yours when u decide to give up

hehe

 

[kolamp]

Coralite,

Thanks again for the identification....i believe my pics nowhere compare to yours...Well i do notice this fella much more sensitive to lights bout the same character as my red rhizos & never develope any new polyps since i got them...they were placed top half from from water surface....

This were taken during lights on

This were taken during lights off yesterday

The 2nd pics i posted in earlier post were taken November last year for comparasion....

slcw,

You may have to wait long time before i gave up lol

 

[Trichome]

If i were to place some Balanophyllia in a dark part of the tank would it tend to open more in the day time? I was thinking maybe hanging it in a dark cave or something. How does Balanophyllia reproduce if it does not reproduce like dendro?

Also if Balanophyllia is spot feed often will it stay open more like dendro?

 

[coralite]

I have not experienced training my dendros open with regular feeding, or keeping them in the dark as in a cave. However I have noticed that some of my Balanos are more sensitive than others with regards to light.

 

[saltyg135er]

Balay and Dendryos

Balay and Dendryos

Hey guys,

Here are a couple of my balay's and dendryos

Cant talk eating

 

[stunreefer]

Hey Jake, I've been seeing a bunch of retailers labeling what seems to be a species of Dendrophyllia, Balanophyllia sp., here are a couple examples from D.D.:

http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden/ItemDisplay.cfm?c=2733+8&ddid=62230
http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden/ItemDisplay.cfm?c=2733+8&ddid=62235
http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden/ItemDisplay.cfm?c=2733+8&ddid=62236

What do you think?

 

[coralite]

The information I have gathered thus far seems to indicate that those corals are indeed Balanophyllia but they are not colonies in the true sense of the word. By definition Balanos do not bud and what we are seeing are dense clusters of individuals which have fused together. We haven't really had Balanos long enough to observe them budding but if those clusters bud off new polyps, by definition they are not Balanos and more likely Dendros.

 

[stunreefer]

Hmmm, interesting, thanks Jake!

I was thinking something along those lines... if you check out this "colony" : http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden/ItemDisplay.cfm?c=2733+8&ddid=62232 you'll see that they these still appear to be all individual polyps, but as they grow could eventually fuse together with the other individuals forming a "colony" as seen in the other links above.

 

[PauChi]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14991935#post14991935 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by coralite
By definition Balanos do not bud

This is a budding Aussie Balanophyllia and it's from a buddy's tank ...

Paul

 

[gimmic]

Forgive my ignorance: If they do not bud, how do they reproduce?

I have a cream colored specimen that has a white polyp, two heads branching off one stalk. I've never seen a dendro that looked similar so I'm not sure what it is. It gets continual feedings(about 4 times a week) and while they have grown slightly, shows no signs of any budding.

I usually feed them live stomattas that are on the glass at night. Fun to watch 'em eat, and I have too many stomattas anyway.

 

[coralite]

PauChi, the coral in your picture looks like an interesting Tubastrea or Dendrophyllia, I am not seeing the Balano in it.

All animals reproduce sexually, it just so happens that Balanos don't like to do it asexually. Balanos are brooding corals so they will take in sperm from a neighboring coral and produce a few large planula which are ready to settle very soon after being released.

 

[PauChi]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15062780#post15062780 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by coralite
PauChi, the coral in your picture looks like an interesting Tubastrea or Dendrophyllia, I am not seeing the Balano in it.

All animals reproduce sexually, it just so happens that Balanos don't like to do it asexually. Balanos are brooding corals so they will take in sperm from a neighboring coral and produce a few large planula which are ready to settle very soon after being released.

It was so-claimed by our local LFS as being some Aussie form of Balano ... They do come in other colors as Bright Olive Green and Red as well.

Thx,
Paul

 

[GoingPostal]

LA posted another single polyp today for $50 and I couldn't pass it up, will be here Tuesday. I'm thinking I may need to set up a low light nano for my non-photo pieces. Anybody know if rhizos, dendros, balanos can touch each other? I've been too scared to try.

 

[coralite]

You can bet your caudal fin that corals that make a living out of stinging and catching food for a living have very potent stinging cells. Don't take any chances, give them more than enough room to expand their polyps.

 

[Trichome]

I will second that. I would only have the same type of corals touching.....like ricordea touching ricordea or frogspawn touching frogspawn so on.

 

[PAZE]

I love Dendros, mine are open all the time, well most of them are, but they really show when lights are out.

 

[joshnola]

Nice pics!

 

[GoingPostal]

Not the greatest pic but here's the one I bought, there's 5-6 tiny polyps around the edge of the bottom that I hope make it.

 

[stunreefer]

Awesome... thanks for sharing!

Sure does look like it's budding though... would you concur that it is, similar to a Dendrophyllia budding?

 

[GoingPostal]

It's weird, my dendro budded all around the polyp itself like you can see in this pic

It doesn't have any flesh out around the base like this balano does, and the balano was obviously fragged off a larger piece itself. It's a lot smaller and oval shaped in comparision to the dendro and pink instead of orange. Much more like the rhizo as far as tentacles. I put all of them in a 5.5 gallon no light tank for easier viewing and feeding.