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medic29
03/27/2007, 09:20 AM
This may not be a LPS and if not I apologize, I just don't know what it is and/or where to find out so I decided to post it here in case someone here can identify it.

I'm curious what this coral is and finally have the time to post some pics of this coral. It was a hitch hiker on a gorgonian I got a few months ago.

http://medic29.home.insightbb.com/bnarc/coral13.jpg

Initially I was told it was a sun coral, but I question that because from what I've been told and read, they usually are not out or open up when the lights are on and this thing just doesn't seem to care. Plus, I have not found any pics of a sun coral that has a base like this one does.

http://medic29.home.insightbb.com/bnarc/coral14.jpg
http://medic29.home.insightbb.com/bnarc/coral15.jpg

The base seems to wrap around the branch of the gorgonian and the coral moves. Initially it would just spin around on the branch and face diffferent directions. But it also had moved up and down the branch and to other branches.

medic29
03/27/2007, 09:21 AM
This is an example of it spun around; if you not from the previuos pictures it was pointing the opposite direction and I couldn't get any clear pics of the front of the coral.

http://medic29.home.insightbb.com/bnarc/coral16.jpg
http://medic29.home.insightbb.com/bnarc/coral17.jpg
http://medic29.home.insightbb.com/bnarc/coral18.jpg
http://medic29.home.insightbb.com/bnarc/coral19.jpg
http://medic29.home.insightbb.com/bnarc/coral20.jpg

I had moved the gorgonian because it didn't look happy and a short time later this coral dissappeared and I figured it ended up dying because I had moved the gorgonian, but I wasn't sure, I just didn't know what had happened it it.

Then several days later it showed up again on a different gorgonian on the other side of the tank, in the front of the tank in direct light.
http://medic29.home.insightbb.com/bnarc/coral21.jpg
http://medic29.home.insightbb.com/bnarc/coral22.jpg
http://medic29.home.insightbb.com/bnarc/coral23.jpg

In researching this I learned there is a coral called a Dendrophyllia that is similar to a sun coral. I've looked at pics of these as well, but can't tell if what I have is one of them or not.

If anyone has any ideas I would definitely be interested in what I have in my tank.

Thanks!!!

Ti
03/27/2007, 11:03 AM
It's a dendro

"Umm, fish?"
03/27/2007, 11:59 AM
It's very pretty. Be sure to feed it.

medic29
03/27/2007, 12:01 PM
Identification made: Nemanthus annamensis (Gorgonian Wrapper Anemone)

Thanks for the help!!!

Minhle100
03/28/2007, 06:58 AM
hey medic if you don't want it i would like to buy it from you

medic29
03/28/2007, 07:23 AM
Send me a PM. I'm not so sure I want to keep this, now if it was a RBTA....that would be a different story!! LOL

BlueCorn
03/30/2007, 05:56 PM
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