Protopaly thread!!!
 

This has to be one of my favorites.They grow huge,sometimes bigger than quarters.They also havent been the slowest either,i get a few poyps every week or so.In some lighting they also get a green skirt!http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...600_x_450_.jpg

sorry guys,they arent for sale. :frown:

I have the same ones.
Out of curiousity what lighting are you running deacon?

Only a 96 powerquad and they are 15 inches below! Yours look different under MH correct?

those are freakin awesome haha... need to find me some of those bad boys

I had no idea until last week that those buttons could come in different colours. I've got some greenish ones in one tank and about a zillion brown ones in amongst my tanks.

Red though ... that is very cool. Thanks for posting the picture. :cool:

I think protopalys are the sweetest of all zoo's they are really colorfull,bigger than a pencil eraser,and come in cool two tone morphs.They are in the same family as purple people eater,RPE,ect.

EDIT: the speckelled ones in different colors are also quite nice.Please people post pics of your sweet palys!!! cmon!! :biggrin:

I have those too. :smile:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y4/...s/IMG_0244.jpg

Ive seen that they get a nice salmon color under MH lighting,what color bulb do you run?

Could someone who knows post the difference between zoanthids, and Palythoa :question: I sold my corals book, and don't know the difference.

I remember having some green button polyps that wanted to take over the tank. :eek:

Palythoa are the matting type that encrust like a GSP.Protopalys look like a big zoanthid usually more colorfull and dont share a continous mat.Green button polyps are proto's.Acual paly's you dont see to often and they are usually tan,brown,green.Hope this helps.

I have these too I also have the tan/silver ones that are super super hairy I'll get a pic of those :cool:

So then.... which are these? Protopalys?? Looking a little rough in this picture due to the constant stinging from the frog spawn. Looks better now that I moved it.
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...5_zoos-med.jpg

Those are protopaly's

Thanks for the ID

So then are Protopalythoa connected at all :question: , or are they unconnected polyps like Yellow Polyps.

I also read something about a single row of tentacles versus a double row. I can't remember the significance anymore :confused:

Mine seem to be somewhat connected, but I had a new polyp spring up a good inch away from the main group. :confused:

Say, if you ever feel like parting with a few of those polyps...

Matthew

heres what a palythoa looks like,and yes proto's are connected but much like a zoo.Not always tight mat type,spread out and still connected.
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...600_x_453_.jpg

The only ones I have that aren't the regular brown or green are these
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...lythoa0045.jpg

Beauties!!! love the stardust type proto's.

Sweet pics guys. :cool: I've got both the salmon ones and the pinks that Snappy has. My salmon ones are just starting to get back to the nice bright color they were when I got them, not quite at the pic you posted Snappy, what K lighting do you have them under?

The pinks are quite prolific once they get going. I didn't think I'd have much success just cramming them on the rocks but they seem to be taking off just in this last little while. I guess I must be doing something right :wink:

I have 3 x 175 watt 10 k. Actinics were not on at the time of the photo. However, since I moved them a little further away from the frog spawn they are now more pink and less purple.

I have a big "bunch" of the red/salmon ones that I keep fairly high in the tank but off to the side under 400W MH and they are growing quite well. I also have the pink ones that are not doing so hot (light pink) I have moved them as they were getting quite shaded by my monti cap so hopefully they will pick up and grow.
I love the red ones. I bought them from Sleeman when I bought some of his other corals.

My order came in today from marine aquaria (ultimate frags) so I have a new pic of proto's for you

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...816zoo0025.jpg

and this is only 5 hrs after being added to the tank and nearly 48hrs in transit :mrgreen:

Wow those look awesome!!! Great score! :cool:

Awesome.. those look pretty damn sweet

Here are a couple of fuzzy shots from my tank. Ryan I think I need a camera like yours.


http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...Snappy_039.jpg
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...Snappy_034.jpg

Great pieces guys..