Gorgonian eating cyclopeeze (pic)

[Gary Majchrzak]

Two polyps on the upper left can be seen swallowing cyclops. One polyp on the bottom right is in the process of snagging a cyclops.

The gorgonian pictured is most likely a Pseudoplexaura sp.

 

[joekr]

great shot Gary!

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Thanks, Joe. Can you see the cyclops on the upper left "going down the tubes"?

 

[MarksReef]

Two polyps on the upper left can be seen swallowing cyclops

What a great capture, Gary.

 

[joekr]

I can easily see it Gary. Pretty amazing! Did you do any photoshop work on it? If you want to mail me the original, I can check the levels to see if we can enhance the upper left area to show the food more...I can pm you my gmail address if you want...

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

I don't play with pictures too much. The only touchup I did (in irfanview) was to crop, hit 'sharpen' once and knock down gramma correction a wee bit. If you want to play with the pic, Joe, you're welcome to do so- just provide an email address.
Quite honestly I think the pic came out kind of lousy because (unkown to me) the batteries in the camera were just about to die.

 

[alphaferret]

alot better than my camara could do even if i overclocked it w/ a car battery!-oh yeah nice pix! CHOMP AND GULP!YUM!

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

I noticed this Gorgonian eats (small size) VibraGro in the same manner as Cyclop-eeze.

 

[parkavenuereef]

Very nice clear picture... You must have an awsome camera...

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

It's a Canon A70 Powershot.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

this gorg is probably Pseudoplexaura but it might be Plexaura

 

[Be1withthereef]

Now that's a Kodak moment. I have the same one Gary and it is a fast grower. I have never had a view like that though. Mine looks like anthelia on a branch but I was unable to tell species by my pores. I did find this helpful.

"The circular pores (calyces) of Pseudoplexaura spp. are distinct from the similar looking Plexaurella spp, which have slit-shaped pores"
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/mar2004/invert.htm

 

[Namyar]

great pic Gary

 

[KurtsReef]

Nice shot Gary, is the one where we see the coral ingesting a crop of the other?

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10395079#post10395079 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by KurtsReef
Nice shot Gary, is the one where we see the coral ingesting a crop of the other?

no- those are two separate pix taken on different days

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

bumping up an older thread

bumping up an older thread

how many other's here have this coral?

This particular gorgonian species is one of Julian Sprung's favorites. It can be seen growing in the 20,000 gallon reef aquarium @ Atlantis Marine World and it's also in David Saxby's reef aquarium.

photo of Atlantis main display reef by RC member user_name_in_use

 

[museumguy]

how many other's here have this coral?

It can be seen growing in the 20,000 gallon reef aquarium @ Atlantis Marine


photo of Atlantis main display reef by RC member user_name_in_use

I have some right from the tanks at AMW. :bigeyes:

 

[Paradiddle7]

Is this a hardy gorgonian?

I've been looking for something similar I think:
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=597+601+2834&pcatid=2834

Does anyone have a piece they want to sell?

 

[NirvanaFan]

I've got some of this. I frequently feed it super fine pieces of chopped up seafood. I think it likes rotifers as well.

 

[nwrogers]

I have a piece and I love it! I got it directly from you Gary when you were at your old house (with the old tank). I have since collected a few other photosynthetic gorgs. I am a big fan