velvetelvis
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While at my LFS last night, I noticed some beautiful dendrophyllia colonies in one of the displays. The employee helping me told me that they were "Australian firecrackers" and that, unlike other dendros, these were photosynthetic. I told him I'd never heard of a photosynthetic dendrophyllia, but he assured me it was true--these were a special species.
Now, I know that "firecracker" is just a trade name like "tree coral" or "leather" or "gorilla nipples", so it's just a regular NPS dendrophyllia--am I right? Has anyone else ever run across this bit of (I strongly suspect) misinformation? I'm no expert, but with the increasing interest in NPS corals, I imagine that a newly discovered photosynthetic sun coral would be news on the reefing blogs, at least.
Now, I know that "firecracker" is just a trade name like "tree coral" or "leather" or "gorilla nipples", so it's just a regular NPS dendrophyllia--am I right? Has anyone else ever run across this bit of (I strongly suspect) misinformation? I'm no expert, but with the increasing interest in NPS corals, I imagine that a newly discovered photosynthetic sun coral would be news on the reefing blogs, at least.