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Old 02-07-2006, 05:35 PM
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Post 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?

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Old 02-07-2006, 05:43 PM
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A torch coral has a stony base. Anemones do not.
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Old 02-07-2006, 05:49 PM
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Heh you answered your own question.

Is a torch CORAL an anemone or not?

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

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I wasn't making fun I swear.



Hey if you want to get real picky.. it's a Torch coral, not a Tourch Coral hahah (uh oh I sound like someone I know) ahhhhh
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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.
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Nope . it's a coral! haha... anemones are not corals.

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Not so sure about that. Have to check my books but I seem to recall that anemones are part of the coral family.
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Oh, sorry.. I just thought they were invertebrates
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