florida joe
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Just inherited this? Can any one identify if for me and any care info would be greatly appreciated
Identification help
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florida joe
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i think i have answered my own question is this a Zoanthids ?
florida joe
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Originally Posted by Bang Guy
Porites sp.
looks nothing like a Porites sp
Porites sp.
looks nothing like a Porites sp
chattown clown
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looks like a goniopora to me (an unhappy goni); but I've already been wrong once today on an ID
mushroomss
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im pretty sure those are a form of caribbean zooanthid.Hope this helps
mushroomss
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yup i just looked it up in a book of mine.Its a brown carribean zooanthid.
florida joe
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ok friends im still leaning towards zooanthid i just down loaded a pic of one
florida joe
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Originally Posted by mushroomss
yup i just looked it up in a book of mine.Its a brown carribean zooanthid.
happy its not a flower pot altho they look alike i think i will have a better chance of keeping the zoo
yup i just looked it up in a book of mine.Its a brown carribean zooanthid.
happy its not a flower pot altho they look alike i think i will have a better chance of keeping the zoo
psusocr1
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the reason why i say its 100% DEF. not a zoo is because his piece like a gonipora has a hard inner skeleton that the pores and heads come out of, whereas zoos, much liek a mushroom just attach to the rock..
the deciding factor,, if it retrats and goes in at night its definantly gonipora of they stay out its a zoo..but i would put all my money on the fact that its a gonipora 100% with that skeleton it has, especially because you can see some spores half in and half out of the skeleton , zoos dont do that ..they just attach on rock..
the deciding factor,, if it retrats and goes in at night its definantly gonipora of they stay out its a zoo..but i would put all my money on the fact that its a gonipora 100% with that skeleton it has, especially because you can see some spores half in and half out of the skeleton , zoos dont do that ..they just attach on rock..
mushroomss
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I could see how you think it is a flow pot but here are a few reason why i dont think it is.
1-Very unusual growth for a flowpot
2-You can see where the matt is spreading over the rock
3-It just looks like a caribbean zooanthid lol.
iding is pretty damn impossible most of the time unless you can see the coral in person.
just my 2 cents
1-Very unusual growth for a flowpot
2-You can see where the matt is spreading over the rock
3-It just looks like a caribbean zooanthid lol.
iding is pretty damn impossible most of the time unless you can see the coral in person.
just my 2 cents
psusocr1
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1. look at my flowerpot, same charectericstics and it grew the same way eventually
2.thats not a mat it looks like the exoskeleton where they are retracting in and out
3.i guess it might but all the charecteristics point to flowerpot.
not an argument i just firmly beleive it a gonopora, hopefully someone else will see what im saying if they have owned one like myself..once again the true test is when you got it was it totally in? when its in the dark at night does it totally go inside the skeleton if so its a gonipora, if its stay out and it looks like it rolls into little balls on the OUTSIDE of the rock then its zoos .. but i see no rock just a skeleton..youll also know when ity settles in if it gets long tentecles like mine then its obviously not a zoo,, but if they stay short for along time it could be a zoo
2.thats not a mat it looks like the exoskeleton where they are retracting in and out
3.i guess it might but all the charecteristics point to flowerpot.
not an argument i just firmly beleive it a gonopora, hopefully someone else will see what im saying if they have owned one like myself..once again the true test is when you got it was it totally in? when its in the dark at night does it totally go inside the skeleton if so its a gonipora, if its stay out and it looks like it rolls into little balls on the OUTSIDE of the rock then its zoos .. but i see no rock just a skeleton..youll also know when ity settles in if it gets long tentecles like mine then its obviously not a zoo,, but if they stay short for along time it could be a zoo
mushroomss
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the exoskeleton would be white not brown.And if it was receeding you would clearly be able to see white.I know tons of people that have ''tried'' to keep this coral like everyone else.imo its a waste of time.
mushroomss
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sorry psu your right.I downloaded the pic and zoomed in.You can see each head has 12 ''frills''.Definately a flower pot
mushroomss
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i dont remember which has 12 or 24 fingers his has 12.