Fungiid Show Off

[GreshamH]

You gest, I didn't Now I'm not going to return the call you just placed to me :lol: Hope you like 18" Clarions

 

[joetbs]

:sad1:

 

[GreshamH]

OK, now I have to posrt some of my fungiid pics since I hijacked Jakes thread

 

[leshampton]

Here's mine. Not bad for a hitchhiker is it!

 

[Duce]

Do you guys feed them?

 

[leshampton]

Mine catches fish food.(flakes)

 

[wishntoboutside]

Great photos. Interesting this is one coral that I have never bought and tried out. seeing ones like above are making me reconsider. all of these nice lps photo threads are awesome. I truley dont understand how some may have an sps only tank with stuff like this.
Richard

 

[Sheol]

I have always considerd them, but I have at least four non-fungid coral colonies or frags on my sandbed. The fact they can move & are very, very aggressive precludes them in my current tank. In a new tank, I'll make sure I get one or two..

Matthew

 

[GoingPostal]

My orange is the only one that moves around, he keeps crawling over to my torch in front of him. Every few days I have to reach in and scoot him back, it's never gotten anything yet though. My favia on the sandbed is much more vicious, keeps dragging nearby frags over and eating them. Gotta love coral warfare. Is it true that fungias don't attack their own kind like I've read?

 

[icu2]

Here are some of mine

Crappy pic but

This one looks like a fungia

 

[coralite]

That last one looks like a Symphillia which is a type of mussid, not a fungiid. the second disc coral you posted looks like it could color up to something unique.

 

[icu2]

Could be on the symphyllia. Coloration on the orange one should continue to get better; it is eating well. If not that is ok as well .

 

[GoingPostal]

So fungiid experts, my little rescue orange finally died, it never took to eating and stopped expanding about a month ago so I didn't think it was going to make it. I left it in the tank as I've seen plate skeletons with babies that popped up, is this common? I hate to take up space with a dead plate if there's no chance of anything coming back.

 

[coralite]

The production of stalked juveniles (called anthoblasts) from stressed corals is much more common in Fungia than Cycloseris (the commonly orange disc corals). Production of anthoblasts by Cycloseris is much less likely on a completely dead polyp than one that has suffered injury to only a part of it's disc. If it was a Fungia I would say leave it in for another two months but since it is a Cyclo, if it was in my tank I would yank it and toss it in the fuge or behind the rockwork.

 

[GoingPostal]

How do you tell between cyclos and fungia? I've never been sure on this. I actually didn't realize there were some many different kinds before this thread, only seen the usuals plus a halomitra and diaseris on DD once. Guess I have to look around harder, my only source is online though and the good ones are $$$ and gone quick.

 

[Sheol]

Yep, Coral warfare is nearly as vicious as human warfare. & my newest Favia is my most aggressive coral. Sweepers almost every night.
I'd consider it again, but a 36 gallon bowfront dosent have the floorspace. <Sigh>

Matthew

 

[weaselslucks]

Here is my little guy. how big are they known to get?

 

[Mental1]

here's my new tongue. he's up on a rock. So far he seems fine but not sure if it is a good long term spot. What's his real name other than slipper or tongue coral. I know they are closely related to plates but are perhaps a bit more aggressive?

 

[Caleb Kruse]

Those questions about how big they get, and how to tell the difference are questions I've always wondered about.

 

[Mental1]

It behaves like a short tentacle plate coral, it has short tentacles, a mouth, and it inflates the same way. I just don't know what the difference is except that it is called a slipper or a tongue coral versus a fungia or short tentacled plate. Anybody enlighten us?