id's please

[Snappy]

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?

Is this what is called a corky finger? Or is it just some other plain jane gorgonian?

[Der_Iron_Chef]

First one...maybe Organ Pipe Coral?

[andsoitgoes]

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



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

[BMW Rider]

Originally Posted by Der_Iron_Chef

First one...maybe Organ Pipe Coral?

Deffinitely a pipe organ.

[Snappy]

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]

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]

Briareum Asbestinum.

[Delphinus]

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

(Based on this pic:


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

[Snappy]

Thanks