WHAT IS THIS GOO?!?!?!?! update
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Topic: WHAT IS THIS GOO?!?!?!?! update
Posted By: napalm77
Subject: WHAT IS THIS GOO?!?!?!?! update
Date Posted: June 27 2012 at 9:29pm
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Hey, so we got this coral skeleton with our 120, it was buried in the sand. We kept all the skeletons just incase they decided to come back. Well.... this one came back, and its growing quite well and developing color nicely. Only problem is, we have no idea what it is! It has a greenish blue mouth, pink rim, and its starting to get some greenish striping in the pink ring. Im thinking it will turn into a candy cane, but not totally sure.
What do you guys think? There is a picture of both lights, only white, and only blue so you can see the different colors.
Thanks in advance!
~Adrienne~
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Posted By: jaschall
Date Posted: June 27 2012 at 10:35pm
| Yes its a candy cane, nice find. |
Posted By: bstuver
Date Posted: June 27 2012 at 10:58pm
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Looks like a candy cane maybe, could also be a blasto. That looks more like a blasto skeleton to me... ------------- Jackie Stuver "wait these aren't the happy Hawaiians oompa doompa godly heaven on your face zoas? I dont want them then. lol!" Ksmart |
Posted By: Fatman
Date Posted: June 27 2012 at 11:14pm
| Hum....hard for me to say from the skeleton, since I'm new to this and have killed too many yet. I do know what a Trachyphyllia skeleton looks like though. |
Posted By: napalm77
Date Posted: June 28 2012 at 5:04am
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I have purple and red blastos, it doesnt really look like them, there are no little 'spikes/fingers.' I assume candy cane too because of the colors of the flesh. Candy canes have deeper and wider spaces in the skeleton that the flesh sits into, this recovering coral doesnt have that yet... its still growing though, so we will see. It would be so awsome if it happened to be a trachyphyllia! Looking up pictures of skeletons, it most resembles the trachyphyllia... ------------- |
Posted By: jaschall
Date Posted: June 28 2012 at 12:27pm
| Google search 2 toned candy cane coral, I'm sure you will find the one you have. |
Posted By: jason10012
Date Posted: June 28 2012 at 1:27pm
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It definitely looks like a candy cane to me, here is a pic of the candy cane I have in my tank for comparison. Sorry I know its not a very good pic I took it with my phone.  ------------- 30 gallon nano |
Posted By: napalm77
Date Posted: June 28 2012 at 2:10pm
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We have really nice candy cane in our tank too with 15 or so heads. This skeleton doesnt look like it though, the flesh even seems too different. The colors match up, but nothing else does. Its hard to see but the skeleton is elongated with 3 wider sections, almost as if a partial split. It resembles a brain or elegance skeleton more than anything... nothing matches up! LOL Also, instead of it growing up, into the walls, its oozing and growing sideways. The mouth is even stretching sideways.
I will update with new pictures everyweek till this thing is awsome again, whatever it is :)
Whoever guesses it right gets a free high five from me!
~Adrienne~ ------------- |
Posted By: Kaiden32
Date Posted: June 28 2012 at 7:56pm
| Im pretty sure it isnt a candycane. They have branched skeletons. It looks like a blasto but the skeleton kind of resembles a welso brain. I could ve wrong though. |
Posted By: Kaiden32
Date Posted: June 28 2012 at 8:01pm
Heres a blasto that looks a lot like that.
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Posted By: hydro phoenix
Date Posted: June 28 2012 at 8:02pm
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Hey, just to chime in. I have Candy Canes and they don't look like it to me. By the way napalm 77, all those lovely zooa's you hooked me up with....yeah....they've all doubled in size! ------------- recent absurdity..Unicorns have rabies |
Posted By: jaschall
Date Posted: June 28 2012 at 8:10pm
| Its a candy cane that was in the process of splitting into 3. |
Posted By: tfmreefs
Date Posted: June 28 2012 at 8:35pm
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Hey, thats really neat! I am still realitively new to this, and learning more stuff every day, but the new thing i learned is that corals can come back! Super cool:))) ------------- "The early bird might get the worm, but only the second mouse gets the cheese." |
Posted By: napalm77
Date Posted: June 28 2012 at 10:42pm
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Hydro, Thats soooooo awsome that they are doing so well!!! :)
Ya, like I said, I have have candy canes and blastos... it doesnt look like either.
Blastos don't split, they develop new heads, and if you look up pictures of the skeleton of a blasto, so not it. And the candy cane heads... its possible... but ive never seen one that big/long.
I guess I should specify that this skeleton is about 2.5 inches long, and has three 'waves' in it. Im really hoping for a brain, though the coloring doesnt really look like it. The 'walls' in the skeleton aren't deep enough to be a candy cane, and like Kaiden said, they branch... thats the main thing throwing me off that idea. The whole thing is only about an inch or less in height.
Where is the "EASY BUTTON" when you need it!?!?
Thanks for all your guys' input though!!! Its really working my noggin! lol
~Adrienne~ ------------- |
Posted By: Kaiden32
Date Posted: June 29 2012 at 7:05am
| Im really thinking its a brain because of the skeleton. |
Posted By: napalm77
Date Posted: June 30 2012 at 4:30pm
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Its getting some intense orange and green striping in the pink skirt... Ill post a new picture probably monday. ------------- |
Posted By: napalm77
Date Posted: July 03 2012 at 6:24pm
 K, Here is a picture update!!! Check out the orange coming in and how fluffy it is! Not the best pic, but its still cool!
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Posted By: Josh
Date Posted: July 03 2012 at 6:30pm
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That is so awsome cant wait to see more color. ------------- A winner never quits, but gets poor in this hobby! Innovative Marine 30L |
Posted By: napalm77
Date Posted: July 03 2012 at 7:02pm
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Me too! It'll be wicked cool! ------------- |
Posted By: Quickness
Date Posted: July 03 2012 at 8:33pm
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maybe move that sps out of the way so they do not sting one another. I am curious as to what it is also. Would be cool to see if it is a brain though. ------------- Molon Labe Si vis pacem, para bellum |
Posted By: napalm77
Date Posted: July 03 2012 at 8:45pm
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lol it was actually dead too! thanks for noticing the life. ------------- |
Posted By: OceansKeep
Date Posted: July 22 2012 at 11:56am
| pretty sure it was a splitting lobophyllia. I have one in my tank that looks identical as far as the colors, flesh, growth patterns and the way it was splitting |
Posted By: OceansKeep
Date Posted: July 22 2012 at 12:01pm
| the skeleton looks pretty damaged but you can see pieces of what are left from the jagged Septal teeth that make me pretty positive its a lobo. |
Posted By: tfmreefs
Date Posted: July 22 2012 at 3:50pm
So has it grown any?? If so you should post a new pic! ------------- "The early bird might get the worm, but only the second mouse gets the cheese." |
Posted By: napalm77
Date Posted: September 08 2012 at 8:46pm
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Its starting to look a lot like a candy cane now. Ill post pictures as soon as its happy in my new frag tank. ------------- |