L@@K!! anyone have one of these?

[MASTER_REEFER]

i picked this up from my lfs today!!

 

[Rugrat2006]

Wow! what is it?

 

[Testhead1313]

Duncanopsammia axifuga. Nice score!

 

[MASTER_REEFER]

im impressed Testhead1313 dont see these too often... in fact it is the first time my lfs has ever had them.

 

[chrisstie]

I"ve never seen or heard about these - could you tell us more about them? I bet they look really kickin under actinics too

 

[edwing206]

is it some sort of anemone?

 

[drummereef]

Looks really cool! Nice find. Here's some info about it if that's really what it is - http://www.petsforum.com/personal/trevor-jones/Duncanopsammia_axifuga.html

 

[musty baby]

If there comes anything more obnoxious than including L@@K!! in a thread title, be sure to let us know.

Also, very nice find. What did you pay for it?

 

[ViPeR_930]

Anyone have one? Yep, I have 18.

 

[MASTER_REEFER]

drummereef
thanks for the good information..... intresting that they are classified as zoa's since they actually have a hard tube body.

 

["Umm fish?"]

I have one that's still in my QT tank. They are related to tubastrea and turbinaria.

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/dendrophylliidae.htm

 

[chrisstie]

Interesting. Somehow it reminds me of Majano.. but needs to be fed like a sun polyp?

 

[MASTER_REEFER]

yup. when properly fed they grow fairly fast from what i have seen.

 

[BridgetP]

Yea, I have an aquacultured ORA frag. It has about doubled in size in the 2 weeks I have had it, and has sprouted 2 babies already. i feed it daily to every polyp.
-Ian

 

[heuerfan]

Some pics of others here.....
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=912148

 

[Vamp1975]

Looks like the one extreme was selling from ORA.

 

[Vorteil]

I have a 3 polyp frag from Jendub & a 2 polyp frag from Mike over at Captive Reef. They're pretty cool. Havent had them too long. They eat really well.

 

[MASTER_REEFER]

lets post some pix of other colonies eye candy please!

 

[deanos]

Here's mine when I first got them in April:

And here a few months later after feeding:

 

[Hormigaquatica]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8675776#post8675776 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by MASTER_REEFER
drummereef
thanks for the good information..... intresting that they are classified as zoa's since they actually have a hard tube body.

Actually, All stony corals are listed as subclass Zoantharia. Looking at Order Scleractinia tells that it is a Stony coral as opposed to a zoanthid or mushroom.

Related to Turbinaria, Tubastrea and that sort of coral. I really like the look of Duncanopsammia; weve got a mother colony at work that gets fragged every couple of months. One of these days Ill get a piece for myself