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FAQs about Stony Coral, Cnidarian Identification
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Identification, Stony
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Euphyllia cristata Chevalier 1971, Grape Coral.
Colonies of 1-2 inch diameter. Large, circular polyp tentacles with
round to flattened knobbed ends.
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Thanks in Advance - 2 quick...? questions,
Scler. recruitment
11/17/2008 Gang (think that covers both genders), <Okay>
I have 2 questions I was hoping you could shed some light on. The first is a
mystery that seems to be repeating itself. I first noticed about 9 months ago
that I had what looked like 1 -2 small pink Pocillopora (sp?) <Mmm,
Pocillopora?> polyps growing on my return. High up many feet from my colony.
I thought it was odd. About a month or so after that I saw a path growing on two
other rocks also a good distance from that. Again after some time I saw a patch
growing on my glass of my tank on the opposite side of the other action. Now I
have a 2-4" multi arm colony growing on 2 of my rocks, <Usually discoid...>
on my return, a 2 inch disk growing on the glass and notice that at the water
line along the back of my tank, on other live rock and on different sections of
my returns I have new little growths... My question is what is going on?
<Asexual repro.? Or... possibly another organism/species... phylum altogether>
If it was already on the live rock, fine, but not the glass of my tank. If was
displaced when I had an algae issue and was scrubbing rock a year ago, OK, but
how is it spreading now? Is it reproducing? <Or just growing...> I can't
imagine that. Could my urchins be spreading it? <Mmm, doubtful> I am at a
loss... a happy loss, but thought I would ask. <A photo (or three) please...
something close up, well-resolved...> My second question is star polyps...
They are getting close to my corals and onto larger rocks I don't want to pull
out... can I control them or should I get the out now before it is too bad?
<Up to you... there are many instances of adaptation twixt Clavulariids/Stoloniferans
and other Cnidarians... learning to "get along" well enough... but if it were
me/mine... I'd keep them separated...> (ok worse.) Also where they are on big
rocks can I fight back? Who will win when they hit my birds nest? <The
Polyps> Tooth coral? <Here too> Lastly, since I am cleaning them out.
I put some on the back wall of the tank (on the glass) it too is spreading.
Should I get rid of that too? <Up to you...> Thanks, counting the number
of question marks, I think I may have exceeded two.... Jim <Do read here:
http://wetwebmedia.com/polypcompfaqs.htm Bob Fenner>
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Re: Thanks in Advance - 2
quick...? questions 11/18/2008 Here are some photos. One
from Top of the tank fuzzy sorry water reflection. Another of the
largest new piece. One on the side of the tank. One of the newest
small piece. One on the return and one of the tank... just for fun.
<Mmm, do look like colonies of some stony coral. B>
Re:
Thanks in Advance - 2 quick...? questions One with the
wife's Camera... better I think. This is a piece that started as the
small one in the last set. It has been about 9 months to get to this
size maybe less. Again and always. Thanks <This as well... I'd
leave as is... enjoy. B>
Re: Thanks in Advance - 2
quick...? questions any idea how they got there? <Yes...
very likely "recruits" from some errant (as in wandering) polyps on your
live rock or base/s of other hard materials organisms placed in the
system. Quite common. Bob Fenner> |
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