what is it?

[taznut]

there are a lot of these on my lr and they were completely white when i put in the rock so i thought they were just coral skeletons but then they colored up (a light brown) and they have short clear fingers coming out of them (like a GSP)... thanks for the help...

 

[yosemite sam]

Is your rock from the Carribbean or Pacific?

 

[taznut]

Originally Posted by Yosemite Sam
http:///forum/post/3054458
Is your rock from the Carribbean or Pacific?
i got it from a guy in Florida... he gathers it himself so i would guess from around there...

 

[yosemite sam]

I just flipped through a reference book and it's hard to tell for sure, but it's probably a type of cup coral from the Caryophlliidae family. It's a diverse family that includes several different genuses, may of which are non-photosynthetic, so you may have to feed then to keep them alive. That's a pretty sweet hitchhiker!

 

[taznut]

Originally Posted by Yosemite Sam
http:///forum/post/3054493
I just flipped through a reference book and it's hard to tell for sure, but it's probably a type of cup coral from the Caryophlliidae family. It's a diverse family that includes several different genuses, may of which are non-photosynthetic, so you may have to feed then to keep them alive. That's a pretty sweet hitchhiker!
what ever they are they made it through a long cycle and i didnt feed anything during the cycle so they are tough... thanks for your help!!!

 

[mr.clownfish]

i think they are hydroids. search it on google. there are many different kinds of them

 

[cranberry]

Nope, they are not a hydroid. Yosemite is correct. They are the colonial version of the cup coral.

 

[taznut]

Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/3055285
Nope, they are not a hydroid. Yosemite is correct. They are the colonial version of the cup coral.
after looking at pics of the cups that looks right... i hope they fill out a little more and wish they werent so brown... kinda ugly...
thanks everyone