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Aquaholic 02-07-2006 05:35 PM

Anenome, is or is not?
 
This may be a dumb question but im gonna ask it anyhow. Is a tourch coral and anenome or not?

Thank you.

Beverly 02-07-2006 05:43 PM

A torch coral has a stony base. Anemones do not.

OCDP 02-07-2006 05:49 PM

Heh you answered your own question.

Is a torch CORAL an anemone or not?

Nope . it's a coral! haha... anemones are not corals.

Cheers

Aquaholic 02-07-2006 06:24 PM

hey...
 
Just cause I'm Hanicapable dosn't mean you need to make fun of me.

:wink:

OCDP 02-07-2006 06:30 PM

I wasn't making fun I swear. :razz:



Hey if you want to get real picky.. it's a Torch coral, not a Tourch Coral hahah :lol: (uh oh I sound like someone I know) ahhhhh

muck 02-07-2006 06:31 PM

haha :rolleyes:

Willow 02-07-2006 06:50 PM

torch is an lps (Large Polyp Stony, meaning the coral grows from a stony coral base) and belongs to the Euphyllia family, similar to "frogspawn" and "hammer" type corals.

ron101 02-08-2006 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OCDP

Nope . it's a coral! haha... anemones are not corals.

Cheers

Not so sure about that. Have to check my books but I seem to recall that anemones are part of the coral family.

OCDP 02-08-2006 05:02 PM

Oh, sorry.. I just thought they were invertebrates


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