Tubastrea color varieties

[Chelsey]

I have recently become addicted to these guys. I have yellow, orange, and black, all thriving. I am looking for the following:

If anyone has the slightest idea as to where I could find ANY of these morphs please either post here or PM me. I realize they may be expensive, but I'm addicted :lol: Thanks in advance!


Chelsey

 

[gflat65]

Wow. I didn't realize there were so many different colors...

 

[Chelsey]

I've done my research...I didn't either until I started looking around

 

[Sangogo]

Red, orange, yellow and black are what you see around here. Black is really rare, but orange and red are really common. Every specimen of yellow I have seen hasn't looked in the best of shape, so maybe they weren't naturally yellow.

 

[Dani Arnanz]

There are five popular especies from the genus Tubastrea:

T. aurea (yellow):

Pic by Eduvic


T. coccinea (oragne):

Pic by Eduvic


T. faulkneri (pink):

Pic by Mikel Etxegibel


T. diaphana (black/brown/green, massive growth):

T. micrantha (black/brown/green, arborescente growth):

Some are more common, but all them could be often found in an LFS.

I´ve heard about some rare species, one, T. sibogae could be found in some japanese webs/on-line shops:

I don´t know if T. floreana and T. tagosensis are valid species.

About the red tubastrea... I´ve only seen very few of them, always here in RC.

 

[Dani Arnanz]

I think some of the pics you´ve posted are not tubastreas... there other rare georgeus dendrophylliids, like:

- Dendrophyllia gracilis:

- D. arbuscula:

- D. ramea (mediterranean):

- Balanophyllia ponderosa:

- Cladopsammia gracilis:

- Rhizopsammia verrilli

- Balanophyllia bairdiana:

 

[gflat65]

You guys are about to spark a new obsession. Quit it.

 

[dohc97]

here are a couple pics of mine

before feeding:

after feeding:

 

[ShiftNation]

Beautiful , I've always loved tubestrea and dendro , but make sure you feed them good .

 

[Chelsey]

Those color varieties are awesome...now...does anyone know where I can BUY THEM?

 

[dohc97]

live aquaria carries the orange type. I just got mine today in a local chicago petstore.

 

[Chelsey]

I have the oranges and the micrantha blacks...gotta find the rest

 

[dohc97]

ocean design in chicago has the all yellow one right now, dont know if they ship and it is a little pricey(90).

 

[Sangogo]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8069929#post8069929 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Dani Arnanz
About the red tubastrea... I´ve only seen very few of them, always here in RC.

They're almost as common as the orange ones here, if not just as common. Even I have one.

This is while it is digesting. I haven't uploaded any of the more open pics. Mine rarely open up really large.

 

[Chelsey]

Wanna ship me one? (yes, I know it's illegal...I can dream can't I?)

 

[enitnelaVeyaF]

yeah, those species are not available to hobbyiest yet. some can be found,, but infruequently at best.

im pretty sure cative reproduction is slow, so yeah, good luck finding them. very cool coral.

 

[Chelsey]

Has anyone attempted a genus tank? I think that's what I'm going to turn my 24 gallon into after I upgrade...

 

[Dani Arnanz]

Not a tubastrea tank, but a genus dominated one:

Here more info about the tank, and here the process to get that great tubastrea population.

Here a pic of a good friend´s aquarium, this lateral is dominated by non-photosynthetic corals (soft, hard, and sea fans), pic by Joan Xavier, the owner of the aquarium:

Here you can see a Japanese tank with a lot of interesting non-photosynthetic corals: T. coccinea, T. faulkneri, T. aurea, D. coarctata, D. cribrosa, and even some Rhyzotrochus typus!

And without dendrophylliids, but with several interesting non photosynthetic soft corals and see fans, the aquarium of Danny from Holland, a RC member, click

 

[Sangogo]

Nice link, but that website is Chinese (HK Chinese, it seems), not Japanese.

Most genus-type tanks I have seen tend to be SPS rather than LPS. Not sure why.

 

[musty baby]

I was lucky enough to come by some reds last year. Unfortunately do not have them any longer.