cannot figure out what this is

bang guy

bang guy

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Originally Posted by ReefForBrains
http:///forum/post/3087353
I am thinking it will turn a deeper brown/burgundy color. Name was on tip of tongue but I have lost much.
Normally it is llike calling for beetle juice. Hmm I will try again....
Bang Guy, Bang Guy, Bang Guy!
You're supposed to look into a mirror with the lights turned low and THEN say my name 3 times.
I can't tell what it is from the picture. I would guess a bleached protopalythoa. First thing I would do is to observe its behavior when it's fed a small piece of seafood.
 
cajonez

cajonez

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I tried to feed it a little peice of raw scallop and it appeared to close around it, but then it spit it back out. I think the peice may have been too big. I waited a few hours and just tried again with an even smaller peice. This time it closed tight around it and stayed like that for about 20 min. Its starting to open back up now. It couldn't have digested it that fast, did it just move it down into the tube maybe?
 
bang guy

bang guy

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Originally Posted by cajonez
http:///forum/post/3088723
I tried to feed it a little peice of raw scallop and it appeared to close around it, but then it spit it back out. I think the peice may have been too big. I waited a few hours and just tried again with an even smaller peice. This time it closed tight around it and stayed like that for about 20 min. Its starting to open back up now. It couldn't have digested it that fast, did it just move it down into the tube maybe?
Yep, into the tube. I'm sticking to my first guess of Protopalythoa.
 
bang guy

bang guy

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Originally Posted by cajonez
http:///forum/post/3090076
Should I spot feed this dude once or twice a week or will it be OK with just light?
Typically they do just fine with light and an occational scrap or some fish poo. They definately propogate faster with regular feeding though.
If it truly is Protopaly then make sure you wear gloves whenever there's a possibility of disturbing them.
 
rdub62

rdub62

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I have the exact same thing as the OP...however mine is red. It's not in much light but it wasn't noticable until a couple months after my tank was astablished...
 
cajonez

cajonez

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Originally Posted by Rdub62
http:///forum/post/3090709
I have the exact same thing as the OP...however mine is red. It's not in much light but it wasn't noticable until a couple months after my tank was astablished...
Mine is quite a bit darker now. The edges are turning red and the middle is getting white streaks. This is an updated pic, although my camera bites.
 
cranberry

cranberry

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Aren't the Parazoanthus dependent on their host. I see the picture without it's host up there... do you know the source? Do you know how long it's been without it's host?
 
cajonez

cajonez

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Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/3093293
Here google this and go to the first link.
Zoanthids: Polyps as cute as a button
I found that same link when I was researching. It looks closer to Protopalythoa vestitus than anything else. Still not big enough to tell for sure
 
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