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Adam Blundell 
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Posted: June 30 2004 at 9:50am |
This is a Cespitularia in the tank of one of my friends/coworkers.
I'm hoping to get it named Aurora blundellalis but it probably wont' happen.
Don't you just love those glowing metallic colors? I sure do.
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Posted: June 30 2004 at 10:28am |
Ahhh, the infamous "Blue Xenia". Great coral. You don't see it very often. If he gets it growing well he may be able to make some $$ off the frags.
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Posted: June 30 2004 at 11:33am |
I'm sure that's his plan.
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Posted: June 30 2004 at 12:12pm |
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Does it pulse?
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Adam Blundell
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Posted: June 30 2004 at 12:30pm |
That I don't know. I'll say no, it just sways???
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Posted: June 30 2004 at 9:12pm |
I want some! I want some!
That is way cool!
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Posted: June 30 2004 at 11:39pm |
If it doesn't pulse, what good is it! 
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Posted: July 01 2004 at 12:38am |
Pretty cool stuff. I guess they have calcareous sclerites that reflect the light giving it a iridescent look. Just how cool is this hobby ?!?! 
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Posted: July 01 2004 at 7:54am |
 Mark Peterson wrote:
If it doesn't pulse, what good is it! |
Mark,
Can you name any coral that pulses? Okay other than xenia, and that doesn't even always pulse.
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Posted: July 01 2004 at 9:26am |
Actually, here is a non-Xenia coral that pulses.
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Posted: July 01 2004 at 2:03pm |
Really? What tank is that in?
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Posted: July 01 2004 at 7:49pm |
...and what kind is it? Just for the heck of it, I'll guess. Is it an Isis hippuris, Pacific bushy gorgonian?
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Posted: July 01 2004 at 8:01pm |
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Anyone know what they sell in europe? I'm going to germany and think it might be worth my time to go fish shopping.
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Posted: July 01 2004 at 8:54pm |
You're going to Germany and you're going fish shopping? I think there are far better things to be shopping for there than fish. Plus, getting them home would be a real pain.
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Posted: July 02 2004 at 4:50am |
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Posted: July 03 2004 at 1:10pm |
Yes the polyps open and close but only when the current is slow. It also regularly sheds a layer of dead /algae covered skin. it has so many tiny polyps that it creats a very different effect than xenia when pulsing they almost seem to twitch more than wnything
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Posted: July 03 2004 at 1:45pm |
I'll buy that for a dollar! I want some. Oh in Germany there are lots of places that you can buy Cannibus Sativa from. (Or however you smell...spell it.) It would probably grow really well under the lights that we use for our aquariums.
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Posted: July 06 2004 at 1:59pm |
I'll be there a while on AT (I love the Army)
So I'll have plenty of nights out. We will go see alot of historical sights too. I'm thinking about boxing them up in styrofoam they all come from overseas to begin with.
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