few new additions to the tank

[tkhawaja]

I bought a few frags from J&L and Quinn. Mostly Montipora digita. Quinn was nice enough to throw in a small star polyps frag. They are just barely starting to come out. Thank you Quinn for sending the frags over with Beth. And, thank you Beth for holding them for me for a few days. I'm still figuring out how to properly use my macro lens set so these pics are not perfectly in focus. You can have a look here.

[Beverly]

Gee, and I thought NOBODY wanted Quinn's brown fuzzy sticks

[tkhawaja]

They're good for a start in an otherwise empty tank. Fuzzy brown sticks are cool!

[Quinn]

Ty, the tips of the lighter brown piece I sent you should "purple up" once the animal gets used to your tank. I have two more M. digitata colonies myself and one is becoming more purple every day it seems.

[Delphinus]

Looking good! One quick note though -- it's "M. digitata" (in case you're interested in the species names )

[tkhawaja]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

it's "M. digitata" (in case you're interested in the species names)

Yes, I am. Thanks, I have corrected my captions. What's the proper name for the star polyps thingies? See how me knowing the proper name would be good instead of using "thingies"?

[mr_alberta]

I think GSP is Clavularia sp.

[Quinn]

I think it's Pachyclavularia sp., almost certainly Pachyclavularia violacea. The name seems interchangeable with Briareum violacea. There needs to be a Fishbase for corals.

[Quinn]

For those interested, Sprung calls it Briareum asbestinum, an encrusting gorgonian.

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

[qwiksilver]

Originally Posted by teevee

Pachyclavularia sp., almost certainly Pachyclavularia violacea. The name seems interchangeable with Briareum violacea.

I was under the impression that Briareum was a type of encrusting Gorgonian, from what I've read. They deal with the lower light than star polyps because they are a type of Gorgonian.