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pickensw 
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Posted: May 22 2006 at 10:38pm |
I am needing some help identifing this coral. A local guy is getting rid of it and I would like to know what it is. He calles it a "mat". My tank is a 55gal with 260watts pc.
Thanks in advance...
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Posted: May 22 2006 at 11:05pm |
They look like sea mat palys to me. Be careful with those, they are very toxic!
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Posted: May 23 2006 at 9:04am |
 jbutler wrote:
They look like sea mat palys to me. Be careful with those, they are very toxic! |
That's exactly what I was going to say, including the toxic part.
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Posted: May 23 2006 at 1:19pm |
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I have one also and it is very nice when its polyps are out. Can't testify to the toxic part because I don't touch it.
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Posted: May 23 2006 at 6:22pm |
That is Florida Sea Mat. It grows in shallow water and turns a little green in the sun. I wouldn't worry about the toxicity. Unless you are already sensitive to coral, you would have to be fragging it, and getting the slime all over your hands and breathing the fumes for a while before it would have any effect.
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Posted: May 23 2006 at 10:28pm |
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Obviously, the only way you'd be effected is if you handle the coral. If you do handle it, I would take precautions.
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