Please help identify
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RobZilla04
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Did you purchase and place? Or is that growing on its own?
mcgyvr
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Anthelia "waving hand coral" is what I refer to it as..Well that and a "horrible damn weed" that I won't let within a thousand feet of my tanks anymore...
I learned my lesson.. A 1" frag quickly covered every visible surface of my old 6ft long tank in under a year and nothing would kill it..
I learned my lesson.. A 1" frag quickly covered every visible surface of my old 6ft long tank in under a year and nothing would kill it..
RobZilla04
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Good to know how invasive it is. :thumbsup:
lou.micevski
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it was given to me
it has a hard skeletal base it looks quiet attractive not sure its something that can spread ?
it has a hard skeletal base it looks quiet attractive not sure its something that can spread ?
lou.micevski
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i can assure you its not a frag plug it is bigger then a golf ball the base is round.
ill try and get a pic its very rare that the polyps are down!
ill try and get a pic its very rare that the polyps are down!
lou.micevski
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would you guys agree that this a Goniapora Stokesi ??
Ron Reefman
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I'd say that's a more likely ID than waving hand. And mcgyvr is so rarely wrong, but it happens to everybody sooner of later. But it would be helpful to see it with the polyps retracted.
mcgyvr
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Nope..
Unless you (and Ron) are looking at a totally different picture than I am..
You can always count the "pedals" on each one.. A goniopora has 24 (alveopora which is similar has 12)
If its got a base its potentially a pipe organ coral..
But to me its surely in the anthelia/xenia/ family and most certainly not a goni..
There so many varieties of anthelia/xenia its crazy.. and some of the pictures on the internet really make them look quite different,etc...
Stick your hand in the tank.. wave around by it and it will close up.. Then take a picture.. That will not harm the coral in anyway..
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lou.micevski
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mcgyvr
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well.. this could be one of my rare wrong moments Ron spoke about 
It really doesn't look like a goni in the first pic but certainly could be based on that last one..
Usually the stalk is "thicker" and the pedals not as long/fingery but that first pic is it just really extended/happy I guess..
Do you count 24 pedals on each head? I can't tell from here..
It really doesn't look like a goni in the first pic but certainly could be based on that last one..
Usually the stalk is "thicker" and the pedals not as long/fingery but that first pic is it just really extended/happy I guess..
Do you count 24 pedals on each head? I can't tell from here..
lou.micevski
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No i dont was trying to count but i reckon there is only about 12 !!! Strange ?
