New Heliofungia

[Apercula]

Got this Heliofungia at the lfs today.
The pic color is a little off, its light green with white tentacles.
Pic was taken 4 hrs after acclimation.
At the lfs it was fully opened with no tears, skeleton is about 7inches across and the body inflated about 9inches across.

 

[Flpimpn]

How much did you spend on that guy? I like him

 

[Apercula]

$48, pretty decent price I thought.

 

[Flpimpn]

I would have bought it for $48! Good luck with him.:thumbsup:

 

[abereefur]

hopefully you been watching it at LFS for a while? only certain ones survive in captivity. good luck with yours

 

[uglyamericanV1]

looks bleached......right?

well in any case, it is cool, and if it is bleached it should color up nice (ive never seen a straight up white one)

 

[DetectiveTofu]

Those things like A LOT of light IMO

 

[Apercula]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12792166#post12792166 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by uglyamericanV1
looks bleached......right?

well in any case, it is cool, and if it is bleached it should color up nice (ive never seen a straight up white one)

Its probably a bit bleached (definitely a green body, green tentacles with white tips on the tentacles), the pic is a lot paler than the coral looks to the eye, my camera overexposes all most all my reef shots

Ive had to move rockwork twice to make more room for it as it expands. 36hrs or so after acclimation it took food, the mouth stays nice and tight shut even when expanded. I will try to get a fully inflated shot later tonight.

 

[Apercula]

Picture from tonight, lights out with flash, color is closer to what it looks like normally with lights on. Its not fully inflated in this picture but is about same as the first pic. Will open another 2 inches in diameter at times.