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Snappy 01-14-2007 11:52 PM

id's please
 
This grew out of the side of the rock an acro colony that has since passed on was attached to. It has red tubes that it retracts into at night. Any ideas as to what it's called?
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat..._something.jpg
Is this what is called a corky finger? Or is it just some other plain jane gorgonian?
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat..._gorgonian.jpg

Der_Iron_Chef 01-15-2007 12:23 AM

First one...maybe Organ Pipe Coral?

andsoitgoes 01-15-2007 01:23 AM

I second the pipe organ/organ pipe call on the first one. Looks a lot like these:

http://www.tidalgardens.com/images/inv/464_lg.jpg

does it actually have a stony skeleton going towards the rock itself? It should be partially visibile at the base.

BMW Rider 01-15-2007 01:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Der_Iron_Chef (Post 230177)
First one...maybe Organ Pipe Coral?

Deffinitely a pipe organ.

Snappy 01-15-2007 01:38 AM

Cool, thanks. I bought a pipe organ one time and it died. It's interesting how it's the freebies that seem to be bullet proof. In the background of the 2nd photo you can see a patch of white zenia? that grew out of a rock that has a pavona colony. This pipe organ piece started from a single tiny polyp which I thought was also zenia so it got moved all over my tank this past year and is doing very well now it has a permanent spot. Unfortunately the blue A. Lorips that it hitch hiked with went RTN in the heat last summer.
Any idea on the second picture?

Delphinus 01-15-2007 02:10 AM

FIrst one is pipe organ, Tubipora musica. Second one is a corky finger gorgonian. I have the species ID somewhere but I have to look it up and post it later as it escapes memory at the moment.

Der_Iron_Chef 01-15-2007 02:18 AM

Briareum Asbestinum.

Delphinus 01-15-2007 02:53 AM

I'm not 100% certain but I was thinking maybe Plexaura flexuosa ..

(Based on this pic:
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/imag...4/Plexaura.jpg

From http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...004/invert.htm )

Snappy 01-15-2007 05:25 AM

Thanks


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