id my softie

[bogg]

what's this?.

 

[bogg]

doesn't pulse so?

 

[InsaneClownFish]

clove polyps

 

[oldreefer76]

+1 on Clove Polyps

 

[saltwaterpimp]

The mat on those look thick,like xenia.But the polyps look almost like cloves. Can you get better pictures ?

 

[bogg]

 

[bogg]

it does look like a clove polyp! it's got a blue tint to in now that it's in my tank?.

 

[bogg]

when I first got it... pic is with flash though and the above is with the tank lights on although it is bluer now..

 

[humanremainz]

any pics of when its open?

 

[bogg]

no lol that's it it's still acclimating afaik

 

[InsaneClownFish]

Still clove polyps.

 

[humanremainz]

It might be anthillia ,....but you should look up Efflatunaria(sp) it resembles Cespitularia and is in the Xeniidae family it might be that .

 

[saltwaterpimp]

"It might be anthillia ,....but you should look up Efflatunaria(sp) it resembles Cespitularia and is in the Xeniidae family it might be that ."
I cant find Efflatunaria pictures..Athillia..mabie..I have never seen cloves with a mat like that+the short polyps..Anyone have pictures of a colony like this..?

 

[wondermidget]

It's an organ pipe coral.

 

[humanremainz]

http://www.poppe-images.com/images/search_results.php?keyword_mh=efflatounaria

check this out

 

[humanremainz]

this might be better because there is all diffenrt kinds of Xeniidae's with pic's all labeled as what they are.

http://www.poppe-images.com/images/search_results.php?category=Soft corals&family=XENIIDAE

 

[humanremainz]

i found the best pic. i could find of what I believe to be Efflatounaria . It resembles Cespitualria but it is different. I hope you can see what i mean in the pic .



http://www.meerwasser-lexikon.de/tiere/1833_Efflatounaria_sp. 01.htm

 

[saltwaterpimp]

+1 to Efflatounaria...Thanks for the links

 

[humanremainz]

no problem, they have a lot of great pics

 

[humanremainz]

hey bogg whats it look like when it is opened up?