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    Posted: October 23 2012 at 11:28pm
Hope someone can help me to identify this guy? 


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Looks like Colt Coral. Is it soft or hard?
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It's supposed to be a hard coral
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Hmm I'm no expert, it looks like colt. But if its hard than I have no idea, sps isn't my thing.
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Looks alot like a Colt or maybe Kenya Tree.
 
Gary, if you touch it, does it bend?
 
Does it 'sway' in the current? Not the little polyps, but the whiole thing...
 
a hard (SPS) coral won't do either.
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Looks like green bubble algae to me...with a tree like structure on it.
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Originally posted by fdc_guy fdc_guy wrote:

Looks like green bubble algae to me...with a tree like structure on it.
 
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I think he is asking about the 'tree like structure"on there , Dave
 
Hopefully not about those little green round things...
 
 
 
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Ya was just asking about the.. 'tree' thing.. But thanks about the heads up on those bubbles spreading that algae.
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Justaddsalt, is it hard or soft to the touch? If its soft or "meaty" feeling than its Colt Coral.
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K it's soft to the touch.. So I have Colt.. Thanks everyone
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It's probably a Sinularia species (leather coral) with green Valonia (bubble algae). Sinularias are a soft coral, but they are composed of tiny calcium splinters (spicules) that can align and allow them to be semi-rigid or flow in the current. When they die, they do not leave behind a skeleton - just very tiny splinters.
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Kool thanks for the info
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Does anyone have a pic of what they look like when they get bigger
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Originally posted by ReefdUp ReefdUp wrote:

It's probably a Sinularia species (leather coral) with green Valonia (bubble algae). Sinularias are a soft coral, but they are composed of tiny calcium splinters (spicules) that can align and allow them to be semi-rigid or flow in the current. When they die, they do not leave behind a skeleton - just very tiny splinters.
 
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Originally posted by JustAddSalt JustAddSalt wrote:

Does anyone have a pic of what they look like when they get bigger
Here's the one in my tank
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Jbeck, that looks amazing! I've never seen one so big and full like that. Major props sir!
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I agree that is a impressive coral you have there. Thanks for the pic.
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