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Posted: March 13 2003 at 12:29am |
I was just wondering if anyone is optimistic about their Fungia (Long tentacle plate, whatever you want to call it) coral surviving from the seminar. Danny got a frag and it is just not looking like it will make it.
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Posted: March 13 2003 at 5:13am |
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Mine isn't looking too hot - not very optimistic!
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Posted: March 13 2003 at 7:51am |
Mine looks fine. Tentacles only extended about an inch, but full and not flaccid.
(I'll take a picture and post it when I get home tonight so we can compare...maybe my good is you're bad)
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Posted: March 13 2003 at 8:04am |
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It looks like I'll have to bury mine today. The rest of the frags look great though.
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Posted: March 13 2003 at 8:25am |
The only thing I know, is that they take along time to recover. Don't mess with it, leave it in the spot you put it in the tank. It should be in the bottom on the sand, in a low to medium current. The skin will regrow around the skelrton. Once you can see a mouth, then you can start to feed it. I hope they all make it.
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Posted: March 13 2003 at 8:56am |
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Ok I'll give it some time. My wife actually said during the day it is looking pretty good - I only have seen it at night.
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Posted: March 13 2003 at 5:36pm |
Ok, here's a picture of mine as of 3/13/03 6pm.
And since I had the camera out...how 'bout a "how many corals can I get in one shot" picture :). The woods polyp (I think it's woods polyp, could someone id it for me, bottom in front of the frogspawn) just appeared out of nowhere  .
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Posted: March 13 2003 at 8:42pm |
Wow, that Fungia is doing much better than I expected after seeing Danny's poor specimen. Thanks for all the responses and thanks for taking the time to post the pics.
I think that is woods polyps (Tubipora) if it has a redish tube then I would be more sure. What is that coral in the center?
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Posted: March 13 2003 at 9:01pm |
Quote: Originally posted by Sarnack on 13 March 2003
I think that is woods polyps (Tubipora) if it has a redish tube then I would be more sure. What is that coral in the center?
The tube is about the same color as the stalk on the zenia next to it. It started with just one tube, now there's about 4 - 5 small tubes coming up around it.
The one in the middle is a blastamosa.
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Posted: March 14 2003 at 7:17am |
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That looks like a woods polyp to me.......(like I wouldn't know 'cause we've had them for years!) . Is this a small picture? Is that a really small starfish? And what is the green coral? Suzy
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Posted: March 14 2003 at 7:34am |
Quote: Originally posted by Suzy on 14 March 2003
That looks like a woods polyp to me.......(like I wouldn't know 'cause we've had them for years!) . Is this a small picture? Is that a really small starfish? And what is the green coral? Suzy
It is a small 1.5 inch star (he spends half his time trying to "go over the fence" and the other half submerged in the sand). The green coral just behind the single woods polyp(?) is frogspawn.
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Posted: March 14 2003 at 8:22am |
Jon,
Your tank looks real nice. The fungia is doing real well. The growth of the tissue is great.
John Fletcher "Reefaquarist"
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Posted: March 14 2003 at 9:18am |
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Thanks,Jon. I 'm thinking I have been misinformed about frogspawn.I was told that it is somewhat aggressive,and it stings it's neighbors.It doesn't appear to be a trouble maker in your set-up.I put ours in the sand to keep it outta trouble!Maybe I can find a better place for it....Thanks,Suzy
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Posted: March 14 2003 at 9:29am |
Suzy,
The Frogspawn is rather aggressive. I had one in my tank and the devil would release a tenicle and sting my acro's. I got rid of of the next day.
John Fletcher "ReefAquarist"
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Posted: March 14 2003 at 9:42am |
Sarnak et al,
Tubipora? Is that what Wood's Polyps are? (I sense a long discussion ahead)
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Posted: March 14 2003 at 10:05am |
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Anthelia. I believe the "woods polyps" are Giant Anthelia. Everywhere else except utah and idaho woods polyps are a brown button polyp. Not what I believe are Anthelia.
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Posted: March 14 2003 at 10:46am |
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Nice tank Jon. The woods polyps are one of my favorites cuz there so relaxing to watch when ruffled by the water motion in the tank.
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Keep your hands and arms inside the tank and enjoy the ride!
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Posted: March 14 2003 at 10:49am |
I don't know about Tubipora, mine do not have calcerous tubes and the pictures of tubipora I've seen are much nicer looking (imo) then the stuff I have. The only hit I got for woods polyp was at garf.org, they call it Woods Polyp (Anthelia sp.). Mine does look like anthelia, though.
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Posted: March 14 2003 at 12:36pm |
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Maybe the woods polyps I got from Suzy are just growing on the skeleton of an old Tubipora. This would explain my confusion... I'll check it out tonight when I frag it.
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Posted: March 14 2003 at 2:01pm |
Jon Finch is correct. The original colonies of woods polyps (Anthellia sp.)were given to myself and Tim Weidauer back in 1996 by LeRoy Headlee of GARF. Since then this weed, mostly frags of these original colonies, has infested almost every WMAS aquarium I can think of.
LeRoy and his wife, Sally Jo are great supporters of the WMAS, but they have drastically curtailed their hobby activities because of medical reasons. We used to take regular trips to Boise to "oooh and aaah" the beautiful and numerous tanks (50+) of coral that he grew with ease and abandon.
LeRoy and Sally Jo are truly great pioneers in this hobby; the kind of people that Adam speaks of in his reef.org editorial. It was a 1995 article in the SeaScope regarding live rock aquaculture that caught my eye and resulted in a long relationship with them.
We even saved 10,000+ crabs and snails that were caught in a winter storm auto accident on their way through Provo from Baja Mexico to Boise. In 1996 LeRoy was a guest speaker and amazed us with his instruction on how to frag a mushroom leather.
GARF Reef Janitors saved my reef www.garf.org/ugly.html. It's sad that we cannot take trips there as a club. Actually, I wonder if it's time to try another request?
Reminiscing, Mark
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