can i get 2 ID's- one is acan worm like things, the other is a brain coral

[Blitz99]

see the wormy like white things on the left? what are they? (coral is- i think a acan enchinata)

and what sort of brain is this? a symphillia?

 

[RevHtree]

Looks like the guts of the coral????

Has it been in contact with any other corals?

 

[Blitz99]

no, it happens every time i touch it or do anything near it. tonight i simply waved my hand over it to get some debris off the center of it. then these worm things come out. they are already back inside.

it happens ANYTIME it's stressed in any way.

any idea on the second one? as far as ID

 

[RevHtree]

Are you talking about the acan on the far left??

If so those are feeder tentacles and it's feeding when those are out. Allot of times our corals are trained by us to "feed" when we mess with the tank because allot of time when we do we are feeding the tank. So they are thinking, it's dinner time.

 

[Blitz99]

no, i'm talking about the one with the white stuff oozing out of it. the orange sub enchinata - not the lord on the far left of the pic. basically, dead center of the picture.

 

[fishnerd]

those are messenteri(e) filaments, they act as a defense mechanism, some animals ie. echinoderms uses them for digestion. I have also noticed them with corals when they are stressed. Hope that helps

Bryan

 

[Blitz99]

it does help, thanks.

now, how bout that brain?

 

[fishnerd]

symphillia radians? possible

 

[zeppelin]

The way the second coral has the skeletal spikes sticking out the side, I'd say its a lobophyllia.