i.d please.

stephen sykes · 05/28/2007, 07:53 AM

this is growing on the same rock that my finger corals on.

Joshua1023 · 05/28/2007, 09:36 AM

GSP?

stephen sykes · 05/28/2007, 09:50 AM

whats that?

kb0vhy · 05/28/2007, 10:00 AM

Almost looks like Xenia?????? But flat???

Shooter7 · 05/28/2007, 10:02 AM

Joshua is guessing Green Star Polyps, but I don't think so.

I'm guessing clove polyps (clavularia I believe), although I've never had them before. Just a guess...

Joshua1023 · 05/28/2007, 10:21 AM

Some kind of Sea Mat. I'm just not sure which. Could be a type of GSP or clove polyps. I don't think its a type of Xenia. The matt does have a pink coloration to it.

stephen sykes · 05/28/2007, 10:28 AM

thanks for the info guys. also, i moved my toadstool higher up the tank this morn and now it keep opening up then closing. should i move it or leave it for a ouple of days?

Joshua1023 · 05/28/2007, 12:49 PM

It doesn't matter. Toadstools will adjust to just about any conditions in your tank. It will usually wax over for a few days and emerge looking good as ever.

Sk8r · 05/28/2007, 12:54 PM

That actually could be a frag of a stony coral, pagoda or cup coral. It actually seems pretty happy where it sits.

BCreefmaker · 05/28/2007, 01:14 PM

i thought clove polyps.... not like any gsp iv ever seen

Reefmack · 05/28/2007, 07:11 PM

Not like any GSP I've seen either. If you look close at the pic, it has "fringe" extensions on each tentacle. Maybe clove or another of the types mentioned.

Ricepicker · 05/28/2007, 08:19 PM

clove polyp or encrusting gorgonian, definately not SPS

Southern Boy · 05/28/2007, 08:24 PM

I was thinking incrusing gargonian to.But green? I have some purple and pink .They both grow like a matt and have a pinkish base to them.

drummereef · 05/28/2007, 08:26 PM

Clove polyps don't grow from an encrusting mat like that, do they? Srange indeed....

Joshua1023 · 05/28/2007, 08:30 PM

I don't have any clove polyps, but they don't look like any I've ever seen. I have some encrusting gorgonian, but it doesn't have the little hairs around the outside edge of the polyps, although the mat is the same color and density.

Southern Boy · 05/28/2007, 09:10 PM

No cloves don't really matt like that.More like long stringy tissue growing along the rockor what ever they connect to.And no the incrusting gargonian don't have that little hairy look around the outside of the pollipsThey are more like xeinia omly the fingers are alot longer and skinnier.

Southern Boy · 05/28/2007, 09:32 PM

It might even be a small frag of a leather.My buddy had a beutiful finger leather at his store that looked alot like that.

returnofsid · 05/28/2007, 11:19 PM

Almost looks like a small piece of Devil's Hand Leather Coral.

05/28/2007, 07:53 AM	#1
stephen sykes Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: england uk Posts: 318	i.d please. this is growing on the same rock that my finger corals on. __________________ i aint got time to bleed. Current Tank Info: nano cube 24. M4 Sherman firefly, 76.2mm gun.

05/28/2007, 09:36 AM	#2
Joshua1023 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Reading PA Posts: 1,526	GSP? __________________ Only bad things happen fast. Only bad thing happen fast. Only bad things happen fast. Man,I'm friggen hard-headed!!! Current Tank Info: 90 gl tank,Coralife 14K MH lights,2 Current dual daylight/actinic 40 watt fixtures, tidepool sump,Coralife SS 220 protein skimmer,six inch sand bed w/ plenum, Current Prime Tower 1/3 hp Chiller,RedSea ozonizer w/ orp

05/28/2007, 09:50 AM	#3
stephen sykes Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: england uk Posts: 318	whats that? __________________ i aint got time to bleed. Current Tank Info: nano cube 24. M4 Sherman firefly, 76.2mm gun.

05/28/2007, 10:00 AM	#4
kb0vhy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Nixa, MO Posts: 209	Almost looks like Xenia?????? But flat??? __________________ Steve Current Tank Info: 75 D.A.S. Reef, 55 gallon Goldfish Bowl (Wifes Tank)

05/28/2007, 10:02 AM	#5
Shooter7 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Tolono, IL Posts: 6,754	Joshua is guessing Green Star Polyps, but I don't think so. I'm guessing clove polyps (clavularia I believe), although I've never had them before. Just a guess... __________________ Dave Current Tank Info: 10 years salty - standard 29g reef - moved from 120 gal reef, 2x250w Reeflux 10k's on ARO electronics and VHO super actinics on Icecap ballast, 2xTunze 6060, MSX 200 skimmer, GEO 612 Ca reactor, mag 12 return

05/28/2007, 10:21 AM	#6
Joshua1023 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Reading PA Posts: 1,526	Some kind of Sea Mat. I'm just not sure which. Could be a type of GSP or clove polyps. I don't think its a type of Xenia. The matt does have a pink coloration to it. __________________ Only bad things happen fast. Only bad thing happen fast. Only bad things happen fast. Man,I'm friggen hard-headed!!! Current Tank Info: 90 gl tank,Coralife 14K MH lights,2 Current dual daylight/actinic 40 watt fixtures, tidepool sump,Coralife SS 220 protein skimmer,six inch sand bed w/ plenum, Current Prime Tower 1/3 hp Chiller,RedSea ozonizer w/ orp

05/28/2007, 10:28 AM	#7
stephen sykes Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: england uk Posts: 318	thanks for the info guys. also, i moved my toadstool higher up the tank this morn and now it keep opening up then closing. should i move it or leave it for a ouple of days? __________________ i aint got time to bleed. Current Tank Info: nano cube 24. M4 Sherman firefly, 76.2mm gun.

05/28/2007, 12:49 PM	#8
Joshua1023 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Reading PA Posts: 1,526	It doesn't matter. Toadstools will adjust to just about any conditions in your tank. It will usually wax over for a few days and emerge looking good as ever. __________________ Only bad things happen fast. Only bad thing happen fast. Only bad things happen fast. Man,I'm friggen hard-headed!!! Current Tank Info: 90 gl tank,Coralife 14K MH lights,2 Current dual daylight/actinic 40 watt fixtures, tidepool sump,Coralife SS 220 protein skimmer,six inch sand bed w/ plenum, Current Prime Tower 1/3 hp Chiller,RedSea ozonizer w/ orp

05/28/2007, 12:54 PM	#9
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	That actually could be a frag of a stony coral, pagoda or cup coral. It actually seems pretty happy where it sits. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

05/28/2007, 01:14 PM	#10
BCreefmaker Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: B.C. Canada Posts: 1,129	i thought clove polyps.... not like any gsp iv ever seen __________________ To make apple pie from scratch, You must first create the universe.

05/28/2007, 07:11 PM	#11
Reefmack Moved On Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC, USA Posts: 3,412	Not like any GSP I've seen either. If you look close at the pic, it has "fringe" extensions on each tentacle. Maybe clove or another of the types mentioned.

05/28/2007, 08:19 PM	#12
Ricepicker Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Hamilton, Ontario Posts: 146	clove polyp or encrusting gorgonian, definately not SPS __________________ It's because I don't touch it. 25g Mixed reef (36x12x12) 250W 14000K HQI

05/28/2007, 08:24 PM	#13
Southern Boy Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Fort pierce, Florida Posts: 671	I was thinking incrusing gargonian to.But green? I have some purple and pink .They both grow like a matt and have a pinkish base to them.

05/28/2007, 08:26 PM	#14
drummereef Team RC Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: STL Posts: 14,754	Clove polyps don't grow from an encrusting mat like that, do they? Srange indeed.... __________________ -Brett 180g Marineland Starfire In-Wall 278 gallon system

05/28/2007, 08:30 PM	#15
Joshua1023 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Reading PA Posts: 1,526	I don't have any clove polyps, but they don't look like any I've ever seen. I have some encrusting gorgonian, but it doesn't have the little hairs around the outside edge of the polyps, although the mat is the same color and density. __________________ Only bad things happen fast. Only bad thing happen fast. Only bad things happen fast. Man,I'm friggen hard-headed!!! Current Tank Info: 90 gl tank,Coralife 14K MH lights,2 Current dual daylight/actinic 40 watt fixtures, tidepool sump,Coralife SS 220 protein skimmer,six inch sand bed w/ plenum, Current Prime Tower 1/3 hp Chiller,RedSea ozonizer w/ orp

05/28/2007, 09:10 PM	#16
Southern Boy Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Fort pierce, Florida Posts: 671	No cloves don't really matt like that.More like long stringy tissue growing along the rockor what ever they connect to.And no the incrusting gargonian don't have that little hairy look around the outside of the pollipsThey are more like xeinia omly the fingers are alot longer and skinnier.

05/28/2007, 09:32 PM	#17
Southern Boy Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Fort pierce, Florida Posts: 671	It might even be a small frag of a leather.My buddy had a beutiful finger leather at his store that looked alot like that.

05/28/2007, 11:19 PM	#18
returnofsid Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 3,852	Almost looks like a small piece of Devil's Hand Leather Coral.