Coral ID & ???

Discussion in 'Coral' started by Area 51 Exotics, Jun 15, 2005.

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  1. Area 51 Exotics

    Area 51 Exotics 3reef Sponsor

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    Is this a mushroom leather, and if so I thought they didn't have sweeper tentacles???
     

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  2. Gresham

    Gresham Great Blue Whale

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    They're not considerred sweeper tentacles, just long polyps.
     
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    Gresham Great Blue Whale

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    oh, and yup, thats a toadstool/mushroom leather
     
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  4. Area 51 Exotics

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    Will that polyp sting because it's got an 8" reach?
     
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  5. Bruce

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    nope im pretty sure they r completly harmless :)
     
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    Bruce Giant Squid

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    wait, the polyp is 8in???? or the coral?
     
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    The polyp, it look like a this piece of fishing line that it expands and retracts. My other leather doesn't do this...
     
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  8. amcarrig

    amcarrig Super Moderator

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    Do the "polyps" look anything like this?
     

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  9. mmakay

    mmakay Feather Duster

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    Hmmm, I didn't know leathers could do that! Those sweepers look just like the ones open brain corals have.

    Upon further review of the play I've decided that maybe my open brain wasn't the source of those sweepers at all! Maybe it had Comb Jelly issue of it's own and I didn't know it? That particular coral ended up dying. :eek:

    Time for more research....
     
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    They can't. Those are the tentacles of a comb jellyfish that took up residence in the coral :)
     
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