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Title: coral id please
Post by: Darth on December 05, 2010, 01:43:51 PM
I got these on a piece of rock that I got from a friend who sold me some coral, they are blue and very very tiny , the pics aren't`t that great, they fluoresce under blue actinics really nice, they are very small. but growing nicely, anyone know what they are?




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(https://www.ovas.ca/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi22.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb340%2FDarthddy%2Fcoral.jpg&hash=ce2af3e8bf3ce6f94b13c1f86a41f2ea240997a2)
Title: Re: coral id please
Post by: Benja on December 05, 2010, 02:14:50 PM
Blue clove polyp

http://web1.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1781309


Title: Re: coral id please
Post by: Darth on December 05, 2010, 02:37:38 PM
thanks that seems to the same
Title: Re: coral id please
Post by: nissannx on December 05, 2010, 08:04:58 PM
my guess was clove as well. nice freebie
Title: Re: coral id please
Post by: Darth on December 05, 2010, 09:01:47 PM
yeah its really cool, started out with like 5 or 6, now there is 13
Title: Re: coral id please
Post by: Benja on December 05, 2010, 09:19:43 PM
Quote from: Darth on December 05, 2010, 09:01:47 PM
yeah its really cool, started out with like 5 or 6, now there is 13

lucky you.
I bought a piece about 2 weeks ago for my pico with 30+ polyps on it.
I am looking into my tank now, and... I see 2 polyps.  >:(
Title: Re: coral id please
Post by: Hookup on December 06, 2010, 08:54:32 PM
Not sure where you are headed in your tank adventure however theses are like weeds. Pretty weeds, but weeds in the garden, at least when it comes to SPS.  They can out grow many things and take over. 

In a softy tank they are an awesome freebee. I would think many LPS would out compete them but many would not. SPS would fail...


Good find, enjoy.. Maybe keep em isolated on their own island rock?
Title: Re: coral id please
Post by: reefdava16 on December 07, 2010, 12:37:09 AM
I see flatworms..
Title: Re: coral id please
Post by: Hookup on December 07, 2010, 09:04:03 AM
Quote from: reefdava16 on December 07, 2010, 12:37:09 AM
I see flatworms..

everywhere...

Some of them don't even know they are flatworms....
Title: Re: coral id please
Post by: Darth on December 07, 2010, 09:09:34 AM
Quote from: Hookup on December 07, 2010, 09:04:03 AM
everywhere...

Some of them don't even know they are flatworms....

really?
Title: Re: coral id please
Post by: Hookup on December 07, 2010, 09:20:19 AM
sorry mate, i was being "not funny" apparently... the line from the sixth sense... "i see dead people... everywhere... some of them do not even know they are dead?"

Title: Re: coral id please
Post by: Darth on December 07, 2010, 09:24:49 AM
I was just wondering because I dont see the flatworms, if they are there than I am missing them
Title: Re: coral id please
Post by: reefdava16 on December 16, 2010, 11:27:27 PM
Looks like flatworms on your reefepoxy.
Title: Re: coral id please
Post by: veron on December 17, 2010, 06:53:54 AM
you must have xray vision because I cannot see planaria in those pics.
Title: Re: coral id please
Post by: Darth on December 17, 2010, 07:50:39 AM
me either
Title: Re: coral id please
Post by: Hookup on December 17, 2010, 09:37:59 AM
On the gray epoxy holding the frag-plug down has some black dots that are not exactly circular... more oval... this is the right size and shape for flatworms (that i've seen)... but the color is different than what i've seen.  These are black and the flatworms i've seen are white ones and i've seen some yellow/brown colored ones... but hey, it's a big ocean...
Title: Re: coral id please
Post by: Darth on December 17, 2010, 10:59:31 AM
it is my understanding flatworms are white as well
Title: Re: coral id please
Post by: JetJumper on December 17, 2010, 11:01:01 AM
Quote from: Darth on December 17, 2010, 10:59:31 AM
it is my understanding flatworms are white as well

Brown flatworms are bad.  White are good.  From what I know about flatworms