Mutant polyp
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frogdog
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Originally Posted by TeresaQ
http:///forum/post/3206983
???? Circle what you are talking about. I see an anemone, some zoos and a candycane.
T
the 'anemone' you see is a Zoa polyp. It has mutated into that. It happened slowly.
http:///forum/post/3206983
???? Circle what you are talking about. I see an anemone, some zoos and a candycane.
T
the 'anemone' you see is a Zoa polyp. It has mutated into that. It happened slowly.
frogdog
Member
Originally Posted by TeresaQ
http:///forum/post/3206993
Sorry, but that is an anemone that is growing there. Zoas cant turn into anemones.
Its a nice one though.
T
seriously. I watched it slowly do this.
http:///forum/post/3206993
Sorry, but that is an anemone that is growing there. Zoas cant turn into anemones.
Its a nice one though.
T
seriously. I watched it slowly do this.
frogdog
Member
Originally Posted by bender77
http:///forum/post/3207000
DO you have any before pictures? My guess it was a really small baby anemone hidden in the zoa's and you just watched it grow. It's really nice though
I dont think I have any pics from an earlier stage in this transformation, I'll check though.
Unless the 'baby anemome' looked EXACTLY like the zoos, this isnt the case.
This "anemone" used to be a normal zoo. It started growing larger than the other polyps, but looked the same still. Eventually it started breaking up. And now we have this thing. I kept a close eye on this polyp.
unless maybe an anemone somehow started growing out of the zoo...
It still has some of the original coloration as the other polyps also. this is stranger than i suspected...
http:///forum/post/3207000
DO you have any before pictures? My guess it was a really small baby anemone hidden in the zoa's and you just watched it grow. It's really nice though
I dont think I have any pics from an earlier stage in this transformation, I'll check though.
Unless the 'baby anemome' looked EXACTLY like the zoos, this isnt the case.
This "anemone" used to be a normal zoo. It started growing larger than the other polyps, but looked the same still. Eventually it started breaking up. And now we have this thing. I kept a close eye on this polyp.
unless maybe an anemone somehow started growing out of the zoo...
It still has some of the original coloration as the other polyps also. this is stranger than i suspected...
stevedave08
Member
Originally Posted by frogdog
http:///forum/post/3207019
couldnt find any earlier pics of it, but heres a different angle.
Wierd.
http:///forum/post/3207019
couldnt find any earlier pics of it, but heres a different angle.
Wierd.
cimpow137
Member
That actually looks like a plate coral. There was probably part of the skeleton on the rock and the coral just grew from that. Those things are pretty neat. If the coral dies and you leave the skeleton in the tank, in a couple months the skeleton is covered in lots of little tiny plate corals.
scopus tang
Active Member
Whatever it is, anemone or plate coral, its definitely not a zoa. No doubt it grew out of the colony, but not a zoa.
spanko
Active Member
Fungia sp. plate coral. If you touch it lightly around the edges it will pull up into itself. Then you will see that underneath it has a hard skeleton with ridges like you see on the tissues there. Looks good and is growing well it seems. That may just be a propagation site. Eventually that one may fall off and down to the sand bed and a new one may grow there.
In my experience the only down side is those tentacles are very sticky. I had a neon goby get to close while feeding the tank one day and was stung and consumed almost immediately. I have a picture some where I'll go look for it.
In my experience the only down side is those tentacles are very sticky. I had a neon goby get to close while feeding the tank one day and was stung and consumed almost immediately. I have a picture some where I'll go look for it.
frogdog
Member
Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/3207248
Fungia sp. plate coral. If you touch it lightly around the edges it will pull up into itself. Then you will see that underneath it has a hard skeleton with ridges like you see on the tissues there. Looks good and is growing well it seems. That may just be a propagation site. Eventually that one may fall off and down to the sand bed and a new one may grow there.
In my experience the only down side is those tentacles are very sticky. I had a neon goby get to close while feeding the tank one day and was stung and consumed almost immediately. I have a picture some where I'll go look for it.
no doubt that it looks similar to that in your other thread. There is no hard skeleton underneath it. At night it closes up to about 1/4 its size. The underside looks similar to the underside of a ricordia.
http:///forum/post/3207248
Fungia sp. plate coral. If you touch it lightly around the edges it will pull up into itself. Then you will see that underneath it has a hard skeleton with ridges like you see on the tissues there. Looks good and is growing well it seems. That may just be a propagation site. Eventually that one may fall off and down to the sand bed and a new one may grow there.
In my experience the only down side is those tentacles are very sticky. I had a neon goby get to close while feeding the tank one day and was stung and consumed almost immediately. I have a picture some where I'll go look for it.
no doubt that it looks similar to that in your other thread. There is no hard skeleton underneath it. At night it closes up to about 1/4 its size. The underside looks similar to the underside of a ricordia.
loopy101
Member
Originally Posted by frogdog
http:///forum/post/3211241
no doubt that it looks similar to that in your other thread. There is no hard skeleton underneath it. At night it closes up to about 1/4 its size. The underside looks similar to the underside of a ricordia.
i would say it looks like a plate coral as well. but if you say there isnt any skull. then i dont know what to think. so from what i understand the whole thing is soft?? no skull? can you get a picture of it when the lights first come on when its in its shrunken stage?
http:///forum/post/3211241
no doubt that it looks similar to that in your other thread. There is no hard skeleton underneath it. At night it closes up to about 1/4 its size. The underside looks similar to the underside of a ricordia.
i would say it looks like a plate coral as well. but if you say there isnt any skull. then i dont know what to think. so from what i understand the whole thing is soft?? no skull? can you get a picture of it when the lights first come on when its in its shrunken stage?