Scary! :)

[Mr. Ugly]

Here's something a little different

 

[richardong]

it does look scary, black palys?

 

[edwing206]

WTH is that? Evil snake polyps? lol

 

[Slakker]

I don't know what it is, but I get the feeling that it's trying to eat my soul...

 

[Mr. Ugly]

Hehe.. they *are* evil looking

Snake polyps, I believe. First time I've seen black ones. They were hitchhikers. Hope to grow them out.

Interesting about these... the polyps stay open in the light. I had read that they typically open at night, and close when it's bright.

 

[Reef Junkie]

Those are so ****ing cool!

 

[Mr. Ugly]

Heya Bill. Glad you like them

Been feeding them baby brine and cyclopeeze. Hope they grow faster than according to what I've read.

I think I want to do a "Nano of Evil"... black snake polyps, Darth Maul chalice, neon green nepthea, black sun coral... hehe

 

[edwing206]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10238860#post10238860 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Mr. Ugly
Heya Bill. Glad you like them

Been feeding them baby brine and cyclopeeze. Hope they grow faster than according to what I've read.

I think I want to do a "Nano of Evil"... black snake polyps, Darth Maul chalice, neon green nepthea, black sun coral... hehe

DOO IT. That would be so awesome. If only I had the money.

 

[Reef Junkie]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10238860#post10238860 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Mr. Ugly
Heya Bill. Glad you like them

Been feeding them baby brine and cyclopeeze. Hope they grow faster than according to what I've read.

I think I want to do a "Nano of Evil"... black snake polyps, Darth Maul chalice, neon green nepthea, black sun coral... hehe

Dude, totally do it.
It'll be a ripoff, but you can then call the inhabitants the legion of doom.

Maybe even take pictures once a month and start a sort of pictorial story of how they take over the nano... :lol:

 

[drjuice28]

actually not paly's at all. That's a black tubastrea, I've seen them around a couple of times, not often though.

 

[Mr. Ugly]

I have black tubastrea also.

These don't have a skeleton like tubastrea.

Hmm... after more reading, I don't thing these are snake polyps (Isaurus) either.

Isaurus are smooth and are closed during the day. These have sand grains embedded in the surface and stay open in bright light.

I'm thinking Neozoanthus now.

"Neozoanthus - Rarely ever seen in the trade and per Julian Sprung, generally have sand grains trapped in their tissue, and should be feed baby brine shrimp and provided moderate to strong lighting."

http://www.saltcorner.com/sections/zoo/inverts/softcorals/zoanthids/zoanthids.htm

http://www.saltcorner.com/sections/zoo/inverts/softcorals/zoanthids/Neozoanthussp.htm

 

[Mr. Ugly]

More info:

"Neozoanthus:

This uncommonly seen genus forms small colonies of cryptic polyps that are similar in appearance to those of Epizoanthus. They characteristically have sand grains trapped in their tissue. They should be fed with copepods or brine shrimp nauplii, and provided with moderate to strong illumination. I first observed this species as a few polyps on the base of a Sarcophyton sp. from Indonesia."

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/feb2003/invert.htm

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/feb2003/Neozoanthus.htm

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/feb2003/Neozoanthusopen.htm

 

[mikekman]

That coral is awesome! Please post more pictures Mr. Ugly.

 

[fishnfst]

Those pics are exactly what they look like.. Neozoanthus it is

 

[Appaloosa1224]

those are awesome! so is the reason the base is black is just because they got the black sand particles?

 

[drjuice28]

I have one of these and never knew what it was! I'll post a pic, mine's a bit browner, but exactly the same now that I read into it.

 

[bluenassarius]

it looks like what I call the blue shuriken but black colored. put me on the list for a frag when it grows out norman

 

[Mr. Ugly]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10244141#post10244141 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Appaloosa1224
those are awesome! so is the reason the base is black is just because they got the black sand particles?

I think this one is naturally black. The white sparkly bits are the sand.

Here's a better pic.

 

[Mr. Ugly]

I should go to PetCo and get some fluorescent purple colored sand....






j/k! Wouldn't that be horrible?

 

[edwing206]

Yeah it would! lol