Needs an ID on this Seafan
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aninjaatemyshoe
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I don't think it is a seafan but, aside from that, I have no idea.
Haha... It is a really weird coral...
alexruegamer
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hi
its a solenocaulon from indopazific... and its a seafan!
its a solenocaulon from indopazific... and its a seafan!
slapshot
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Correct! Like all Non-Photo fans difficult but not impossible with the right foods and being fed many times a day. As you can see by the divers description of where the photo was taken it like flow, lots of flow. Water temps probably on the cooler side as most of these comes from areas where currents sweep in from the abyss.
http://www.poppe-images.com/?t=17&photoid=902096
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Thank you so much...
alexruegamer
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no problem!
great animal!!!
great animal!!!
I hope it is not too difficult and hopefully it will do well with my food mix which I am feeding now...
I absolutely LOVE when currents sweep in from the abyss. It's so refreshing!
Terry, that's one terrific piece. I hope it thrives for you.
Gary
Thanks Gary, I hope it thrives too... After my chiller incident that killed all my seafan, I am quite reluctant to keep them again but cant pass on this when I saw it... Such bright contrast of colors..
coltrref
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this is an information of the Solenocaulon:
Colony shape: Colonies generally of moderate size (ca 15 cm; however a few very large colonies, with fans of 1.5 m diameter, have also been recorded), and irregularly branching in one plane. Although the stemk and somoe major branches may be solid, most or all of the branches arehollow, tubular or gutter-like, and may have numerous large holes in their sides.
The ends of tubular branches tend of have portions of the sidewalls flattening out in an irregular leaf-like manner.
Colonies may attach to substrate including loose coral and shell fraqgments, but commonly have a flat, spatulate basal e¿xtension that anchors them in soft substrate.
Colonies are easily broken, as the axial substance that forms the centre of the stalk and the inner layer of the walls of the tubes, is formed only from closely packed sclerites.
Polyps: Monomorphic and retractile into low dome-like calyces. Their distribution varies amongst the species. They are commonly arrenged irregularly along the rims of the holes and gutters, they may also occur densely or sparsely on branch surfaces, and they may be or less confined of the smaller terminal branches.
information of the book: Soft Corals and Sea Fans for Fabricius and Alderslade
Colony shape: Colonies generally of moderate size (ca 15 cm; however a few very large colonies, with fans of 1.5 m diameter, have also been recorded), and irregularly branching in one plane. Although the stemk and somoe major branches may be solid, most or all of the branches arehollow, tubular or gutter-like, and may have numerous large holes in their sides.
The ends of tubular branches tend of have portions of the sidewalls flattening out in an irregular leaf-like manner.
Colonies may attach to substrate including loose coral and shell fraqgments, but commonly have a flat, spatulate basal e¿xtension that anchors them in soft substrate.
Colonies are easily broken, as the axial substance that forms the centre of the stalk and the inner layer of the walls of the tubes, is formed only from closely packed sclerites.
Polyps: Monomorphic and retractile into low dome-like calyces. Their distribution varies amongst the species. They are commonly arrenged irregularly along the rims of the holes and gutters, they may also occur densely or sparsely on branch surfaces, and they may be or less confined of the smaller terminal branches.
information of the book: Soft Corals and Sea Fans for Fabricius and Alderslade
Thanks for the info... At least I know more about them...
