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storrsms
09-20-2003, 12:34 AM
I recently aquired a soft coral, but I have no idea what it is. It looks like a long potato with a piece of root attached when it is 'deflated'. and when the polyps extend it is 2-3 times as big. The shape stays the same only inflated, and the 'stalk' also inflates. I have a feeling from searches that it may be a Christmas Tree Coral, except it doesn't have any branching(at least not yet).
I will see if I can get a picture and post it, but my PC is in storage at the moment so I am at a disadvantage.
Thanks,
Mark
http://www.nano-reef.com/corals/?coral=6
is this what it is?
storrsms
09-20-2003, 3:20 AM
Here is a bitmap I tried. Hope this works- on the L is the expanded coral, on the R is the 'deflated' version. These are just a VERY crude attempt to show what the general shape is for this coral
mogurnda
09-20-2003, 11:00 AM
Lemnalia? Here's a picture I pulled off Reef Central (http://reefcentral.com). You might poke around the galleries there.
Originally posted by storrsms
Here is a bitmap I tried. Hope this works- on the L is the expanded coral, on the R is the 'deflated' version. These are just a VERY crude attempt to show what the general shape is for this coral
Your drawing looks very much like the chilli coral I posted the link too. That isn't it?
storrsms
09-20-2003, 4:25 PM
Is chili coral always red in color, because this coral is about the color of cooked pork with the polyps are the same base color but with light to medium brown stripes along the polyp shafts.
I got some pics but the PC I have available doesn't have the right connections for linking the camera- it's an older model so I can't download from here. I'll keep trying to get a pic posted.
Mark
I'm not sure if they are always red, but I'm also not sure what color cooked pork is, pinkish?
Guy
storrsms
09-20-2003, 7:02 PM
cooked pork is almost a light whitish-grey. I guess cut raw potato
that is allowed to dry out is also a close approximation of the color.
Does chili start out as a single 'bulb', then grow 'arms'? Because this coral is just a single 'bulb' with the polyps coming out of it, and when it deflates it shrinks to about 1/4 of the expanded size.
Now if I can only find someone with USB ports on their PC I can post some pics of this coral instead of trying to verbally or hand drawn examples.
Mark
I have 6 USB ports. Send me your camera and I'll post the pictures for you :D
storrsms
09-21-2003, 11:30 PM
:p :D :D :D Nice try Guy!!! Thanks for the offer though, but the shipping and insurance would probably cost as much as sending SD to California. lol
Reefer Madness! Keep It Alive!
Mark
storrsms
09-22-2003, 3:49 AM
The closest I can come wit the length of the polyps and general polyp spacing is a toadstool, however this one is not the flattened mushroom shape for the 'head', but more like the shape of morel mushrooms - except smooth with the polyps coming out over the entire head( the part that is wavy on a morel mushroom.)(morel mushrooms are an edible wild landbased mushroom for those who are wondering what a morel is). Now if I can only post a pic-----
Mark