A few things I need ID'ed..

racingtiger03

racingtiger03

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these are a few random things I have found on my LR that I can't ID.. Still fairly new to the hobby as far as things I haven't researched lol.
#1/2

The red stuff(1) at the back of the rock. I'm sure is a macro-algae just curious what kind. Also the brain coral(2) on front I have up till now id'ed as a rose brain/pacific brain is that correct?
#3

The red tubes almost in the center of the picture. They open and close randomly, I suppose for filter feeding.
#4/5

again in the center 4 you'll see a few white ball specs coming out from a red center. The white balls are on what appears to be tentacles that extend out mostly at night and its just a red ball during the day. #5 is in the bottom right corner of the rock, just clear tentacles with white tips coming from some kind of skeleton base.
 
renogaw

renogaw

Active Member
Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3151596
I think in pic 1, that's a candy cane coral....
nah, it's a big brain.
the red macro algae is probably gracilera (or something close to that).
the second pic is just too blurry
maybe you can edit the pics and circle what you're talking about for the others?
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by renogaw
http:///forum/post/3151602
nah, it's a big brain.
the red macro algae is probably gracilera (or something close to that).
the second pic is just too blurry
maybe you can edit the pics and circle what you're talking about for the others?
Really??? What's the "real" name...out of curiosity
 
racingtiger03

racingtiger03

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I love that brain coral.. its been in the tank since day 3!! It was on the first peice of LR I added and I didn't know it till a month later. It was less than 1/4 its current size :) The short blue/green tentacles it puts out at night look cool too! whatever species it is, I would recommend to anyone. Very hardy!
As for the last 3 to be ID'ed I edited the picture circled and added numbers, so refresh if it isn't showing that. Thanks!
 
racingtiger03

racingtiger03

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Thanks cranberry. I dont think number 4 is a mushroom though. It actually has a lot of small tentacles with little white balls on them. Do some mushrooms have tentacles? I'll try to get a better picture of it..
 
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roxannej

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Originally Posted by racingtiger03
http:///forum/post/3151863
Thanks cranberry. I dont think number 4 is a mushroom though. It actually has a lot of small tentacles with little white balls on them. Do some mushrooms have tentacles? I'll try to get a better picture of it..
It's not a mushroom, it's a Pseudocorynactis from Fiji and is beautiful but not safe with fishes and adjacent invertebrates. It is a voracious eater that has powerful nematocysts in the ball-like tentacle tips.
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...002/invert.htm
(Picture near the bottom right of the page.)
Pseudocorynactis
Pseudocorynactis spp. are like Corynactis but are much larger (to about six inches (15 cm) diameter, and usually not colonial. They also reproduce by fission, but it is unusual to find more than about six clones together as a group. The so-called orange ball anemones that can be observed on coral reefs at night are Pseudocorynactis spp. The column varies in color from cryptic shades of brown to orange, red and magenta. The tips of the tentacles are commonly bright orange, but they can also be white. These tentacle tips are extremely sticky, like flypaper, due to the presence of powerful nematocysts. This fact makes the larger species from the Indo Pacific region unsuitable for aquariums housing fishes, which they readily capture. They also can catch mobile invertebrates such as shrimps and snails, and sometimes "attack" sessile invertebrates growing on adjacent rocks, enveloping them in the gastric cavity through a widely opened mouth. Pseudocorynactis spp. can be fed daily, but only require twice weekly feeding to keep them healthy. If they are not fed frequently enough, they shrink. There is a marked behavioral difference between the common Caribbean and Indo-Pacific species.
The Caribbean species, Pseudocorynactis caribbaeorum mainly opens its tentacles at night, and closes rapidly when it senses light. The Indo-Pacific species remains open both day and night, and is not sensitive to light. The presence of food smells (dissolved amino acids) in the water stimulates either species to open up and extend the tentacles, and the caribbean species can be trained to open in the light by feeding it during daylight hours. The mechanism for its apparent memory is not known. Whether you have a large reef aquarium or a simple small aquarium, any of the corallimorphs can be easily maintained and enjoyed for decades.
I have several in my tank and they haven't bothered anything.
 
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roxannej

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Does it look like either of these pictures? If so, I sent these picture off to WetWebMedia and Mr. Fenner answered:
<Mmm, given your clue as to origin... and the prominent/distinctive features of the corallites (deep pits, alternating protruding and smaller septa...) I do think these are Hidden Cup Coral, Phyllangia americana (family Faviidae)... Is mostly found "under rocks and ledges" in the wild, and often has more color... reddish-brown. Bob Fenner>


 
racingtiger03

racingtiger03

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Yes that is exactly what #5 looks like.
As for the two #4's.. I have been feeding one of them becasue I thought it was quite a pretty coral. Should I be seaking a way to remove these two? The tank houses two small true percs that are only about 2"-2.5" in size currently..
 
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roxannej

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Originally Posted by racingtiger03
http:///forum/post/3152208
Yes that is exactly what #5 looks like.
As for the two #4's.. I have been feeding one of them becasue I thought it was quite a pretty coral. Should I be seaking a way to remove these two? The tank houses two small true percs that are only about 2"-2.5" in size currently..
I have many in my reef tank and they don't seem to bother anything. I have one, in fact, at the base of my huge toadstool and it doesn't mind a bit.
They do colonize, though not very fast.
 
fretfreak13

fretfreak13

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The yellow/orangish tubes are Vermetid Snails, I think. I have a lot of them and they look EXACTLY like that.

They also throw out little "spider webs" like this when I feed my fish.

(These arent my pictures, either. Got them off google)
 
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