Les see your Scolymia

[lhoy]

Not the best picture but I got this beauty for $60!!

 

[reef211]

wow, $60 that's a good deal! how big is it?

 

[josee1013]

What's the differences between the scolymia and the cynarina???

This is what I have, witch coral is it?

 

[kizkiz]

Josee - you have a scolymia.

As a rough visual guide, the scolys have sort of concentric rings, where as cynarinas have segments pointing inwards.
This is a cynarina

 

[josee1013]

thanks KizKiz!

 

[Canarygirl]

Wow, I didn't know that either. So the red/blue scoly that ReefScience sold me is actually a green/orange cynarina!

 

[kizkiz]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11561288#post11561288 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Canarygirl
Wow, I didn't know that either. So the red/blue scoly that ReefScience sold me is actually a green/orange cynarina!

Nto so sure it is from that one pic i've seen of yours.
Try googling cynarina and scolymia and have a look at them
I find it can be easy enough to tell the difference, but not so easy to explain.
Even reading bornemans description it didn't really help

They will open up and feed slightly differently too.
Sods law my cynarina is closed up right now, normally open the second the lights go off.
Will try and get a pic up for you tomorrow

 

[Canarygirl]

Mine has those bony structures that radiate inwards from the outer edge to the center...look like spokes on a wheel.

 

[bradleyj]

No aussies yet, but I have 4 of them.

 

[Lotus99]

Mine doesn't have the fancy colors, but I love it when it does this with food:

 

[sigster500]

One i bought today.

 

[Shrimpster]

all of them are awesome keep'em coming

 

[Sheol]

Pretty sweet corals! Need more eye candy, this thread might help.. er supply my addiction to it!

Matthew

 

[kizkiz]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11564200#post11564200 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Lotus99
Mine doesn't have the fancy colors, but I love it when it does this with food:

Compare the above with this very poor (taken by torchlight :lol: ) pic of my cynarina feeding

See how the cynarina has opened right out, whereas the scoly kind of unfolds but not as far?

 

[Canarygirl]

mine opens in the middle but not at outer edge like your pic.

 

[Shrimpster]

interesting

 

[kizkiz]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11568602#post11568602 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Canarygirl
mine opens in the middle but not at outer edge like your pic.

As said, yours is almost certainly a scoly.
A pic would be nice

one of mine having a munch

 

[reef211]

Here is mine, i just got him yesterday.

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<img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b86/mikeaphan/scolymia.jpg"><br><br>
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[seapug]

Here's a much more up-to-date pic of mine, with my awesome little matching Eviota goby that lives behind it.

 

[stewart1019]

Would you say this one is a scoly or a cynarina?