zygote2k April 12, 2009 April 12, 2009 I have this unusual leather coral that I got from a WAMAS trade last summer- can't remember from whom.. I'm pretty sure it's a Lobophytum sp. and I know for sure that it isn't a "cabbage leather". I have looked through hundreds of pix on the net and have found nothing that resembles this coral. Each of the individual polyps has 8 tentacles that are whitish green under actinics and white under 10k's. It hasn't yet shed it's skin or any of the other things that leathers do. I have done an extensive search in the Alcyoniidae family and came up with zip. Maybe you can help with another picture and identification.
L8 2 RISE April 12, 2009 April 12, 2009 If you were to bring it over and let me look at it in my tank, I might be able to ID it better..
lanman April 12, 2009 April 12, 2009 It's certainly different! That's all the polyps it has? How can it feed itself? Haven't seen anything quite like it... bob
dbartco April 13, 2009 April 13, 2009 Still looks like sarcophyton to me with the autozoid and the siphinozoid polyps. What is the lighting and flow around it? It looks like from a low flow, lower light area to allow it to expand the capitulum that much.
lanman April 13, 2009 April 13, 2009 Still looks like sarcophyton to me with the autozoid and the siphinozoid polyps. What is the lighting and flow around it? It looks like from a low flow, lower light area to allow it to expand the capitulum that much. So like you're some kind of expert on expansive capitulum's eh? I'm something of a capitulum man myself - and I can tell you, I've seen some bigger ones! bob
zygote2k April 13, 2009 Author April 13, 2009 Still looks like sarcophyton to me with the autozoid and the siphinozoid polyps. What is the lighting and flow around it? It looks like from a low flow, lower light area to allow it to expand the capitulum that much. This coral has been kept under medium/high flow and under 464w of mh/pc light. After seeing it today, what do you think about it?
dbartco April 13, 2009 April 13, 2009 looked around for pics of the some of the other known species of sarcophytons earlier. Will keep up the search...
TROLL April 14, 2009 April 14, 2009 GARF.org might have good resources on sarcophytons. They're specialized in that type of coral.
extreme_tooth_decay April 14, 2009 April 14, 2009 Seems likely to me that it has a lot more polyps that just aren't out for whatever reason. I wouldn't be surprised if it fills in after it sheds.
zygote2k April 14, 2009 Author April 14, 2009 (edited) Seems likely to me that it has a lot more polyps that just aren't out for whatever reason. I wouldn't be surprised if it fills in after it sheds. All of the polyps are out. It has never shed, but it has tripled in size since I acquired it. The actual surface is different than any other Sarco that I have seen. Even the polyp shape is different. This is a flattened species too- I have never seen one like this. Edited April 14, 2009 by zygote2k
GaryL April 14, 2009 April 14, 2009 it looks like my devil's hand without the fingers. i got a small frag from chip(flowerseller) years ago and it now about the size of 2 hands put together.
droyal1110 April 14, 2009 April 14, 2009 Whatever it is, its beautiful. I even made a post on RC trying to get the drop on people =D So far everyone thinks its a toadstool sarcophyton sp.
zygote2k April 14, 2009 Author April 14, 2009 Whatever it is, its beautiful. I even made a post on RC trying to get the drop on people =D So far everyone thinks its a toadstool sarcophyton sp. Thanks- I couldn't figure out how to post a photo on RC smaller than the 50kb limit.
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