Les see your Scolymia

[Shrimpster]

Post all your scolymia pictures here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CableGuy]

Here are some I got in the other day.

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r265/BaysideCorals/au8.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r265/BaysideCorals/au6.gif
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r265/BaysideCorals/au21.jpg

[Shrimpster]

sweet were did you get them

[seapug]

Here's a pic of mine from about 6 months ago. It's about 3 X size and flourescent red like Cable Guy's now (btw, nice ones, CableGuy). Scolymias are awesome.

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/142835scolymia1.jpg

[reeffish964]

Wow. Look at the colors on these scolies.

[CableGuy]

My scolly's came from Aussie.

[reef211]

Hi there, what are going prices for scolymia? I beginning to like these corals alot now and i dont want to get rip off from the LFS.
I notice that the green one are cheaper then the red one, is that right? Cableguy how much did you pay for your?

[mpruitt307]

Dark greens are the most common and are the cheapest. The red, purples, oranges,ect are harder to find and so the price goes up. I paid 150 for red and green an 90 for a purple and only 40 for a green.

[Mental1]

Here's an unusual sight -- open and eating -- usually this guy is closed up ...


http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/131354Scoly-Eating.jpg

[reef211]

mpruitt307

Can you post some pictures of your scolymia. thanks

[slick669]

here is minehttp://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a336/jlf545_/Picture221.jpg

[JM68]

here's a pic of my pink and orange...

those aussies above are awesome, i really want one, but i haven't seen one at my lfs for less than 300$

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t29/flurdog/pinkscoly.jpg

[Duce]

Wow Cable Guy those are some nice Aussie Scoly....where you got them?

[Sheol]

Jm86, Ok I give up? where is the orange?
I lucked out on my Scoly ( plus its pretty young-read:SMALL) the clerk at Pet-O-Rama didn't know anything about the corals in the saltwater part of the store. I now & the have a little flash of guilt, but its fleeting.
Scolys are one of my favorite corals..

Matthew

[JM68]

The darker parts at the top of the outer section and around the outer edge (that u can see at the bottom of the pic) also around the mouth. You cant c the color difference in the pic just the difference in shades because of the VHO lighting in my tank. Its not flourescent orange more like some of the aussies, its a deep red orange. Its hard to get a pic with accurate coloring because there's a lot of blue light over the tank.

[Dradee]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/Carrida/christmas001.jpg

[CableGuy]

All Three Scolly's came from the LFS in Saskatoon, SK. They are not a cheap coral but I think they are well worth it!

Colby

[Ephraim]

You grabbed those in S'toon cable guy? I didn't know there were some good shops in town there. Where'd you pick them up?

[Sheol]

Yeah, I understand. And its a beautiful coral anyway. Congrats!

Matthew

[skewch]

There's only 1 saltwater specialty shop here, it's called Bayside Corals. Lots of really nice pieces, they really do a good job bringing in the more unique stuff.

[lhoy]

Not the best picture but I got this beauty for $60!!

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b68/lhoy/NewLivestock005.jpg

[reef211]

wow, $60 that's a good deal! how big is it?

[josee1013]

What's the differences between the scolymia and the cynarina???
:confused:
This is what I have, witch coral is it?

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b221/josee1013/disc.jpg

[kizkiz]

Josee - you have a scolymia.

As a rough visual guide, the scolys have sort of concentric rings, where as cynarinas have segments pointing inwards.
This is a cynarina

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e197/kizkizkieran/ralbericofuniid_400.jpg

[josee1013]

thanks KizKiz! :D

[Canarygirl]

Wow, I didn't know that either. So the red/blue scoly that ReefScience sold me is actually a green/orange cynarina! :rolleyes:

[kizkiz]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11561288#post11561288 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Canarygirl
Wow, I didn't know that either. So the red/blue scoly that ReefScience sold me is actually a green/orange cynarina! :rolleyes:

Nto so sure it is from that one pic i've seen of yours.
Try googling cynarina and scolymia and have a look at them
I find it can be easy enough to tell the difference, but not so easy to explain.
Even reading bornemans description it didn't really help :D

They will open up and feed slightly differently too.
Sods law my cynarina is closed up right now, normally open the second the lights go off.
Will try and get a pic up for you tomorrow

[Canarygirl]

Mine has those bony structures that radiate inwards from the outer edge to the center...look like spokes on a wheel.

[bradleyj]

No aussies yet, but I have 4 of them.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/tileman/100_6043.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/tileman/100_5197.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/tileman/100_5198.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/tileman/225%20g%20%20reef/100_5799.jpg

[Lotus99]

Mine doesn't have the fancy colors, but I love it when it does this with food:
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d84/Lotus99/Fish/HPIM3513.jpg

[sigster500]

One i bought today.

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h320/sigster500/mini-scoly.jpg

[Shrimpster]

all of them are awesome keep'em coming

[Sheol]

Pretty sweet corals! Need more eye candy, this thread might help.. er supply my addiction to it!

Matthew

[kizkiz]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11564200#post11564200 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Lotus99
Mine doesn't have the fancy colors, but I love it when it does this with food:
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d84/Lotus99/Fish/HPIM3513.jpg

Compare the above with this very poor (taken by torchlight :lol: ) pic of my cynarina feeding

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e197/kizkizkieran/cynarinafeeding2.jpg

See how the cynarina has opened right out, whereas the scoly kind of unfolds but not as far?

[Canarygirl]

mine opens in the middle but not at outer edge like your pic.

[Shrimpster]

interesting

[kizkiz]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11568602#post11568602 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Canarygirl
mine opens in the middle but not at outer edge like your pic.

As said, yours is almost certainly a scoly.
A pic would be nice ;)

one of mine having a munch

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e197/kizkizkieran/scolyfeeding2.jpg

[reef211]

Here is mine, i just got him yesterday.

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<img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b86/mikeaphan/scolymia.jpg"><br><br>
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[seapug]

Here's a much more up-to-date pic of mine, with my awesome little matching Eviota goby that lives behind it.
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee318/picklethepug/soly_goby.jpg

[stewart1019]

Would you say this one is a scoly or a cynarina?
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc193/stewart1019/scolymia1.jpg

[seapug]

I'd say that's a scoly because of the tissue and skeleton. Cynarinas are much more "bubbly" looking. But I could be wrong....

[Sheol]

My money would be on it being a Scoly. But there is room for error. To me, in most pis, Cynarina are a bit more transparent..

Matthew

[Sheol]

Acck!! PICS. (oops)

[reef211]

Here is better picture of mine.

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<img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b86/mikeaphan/120%20gallons%20RR/IMG_0703.jpg"><br><br>
</center>

[reef211]

Hello,

What type of coral is this? i got him for 10 bucks at the LFS. The LFS doesnt know what type of coral this, they think it a orange scolymia. Can someone ID for me. Thanks

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<img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b86/mikeaphan/120%20gallons%20RR/IMG_0704.jpg"><br><br>
<img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b86/mikeaphan/120%20gallons%20RR/IMG_0705.jpg"><br><br>
</center>

[Duce]

I say Lobo

[mpruitt307]

I think its interesting how little tube worms grow on the scoly's skeleton.

[JJ21]

I'm liking the scolys! :)


How would one do in a biocube 29? It would be the stock lighting and the stock pump as well as it being placed on the sand bed.
Thanks for helping me. Just doing some research on corals for when I start stocking my tank

thanks again!

[seapug]

They actually expand largest in somewhat reduced lighting and flow. They are great showpieces for smaller tanks with lower lighting so I'd recommend them to people with a nano. just know they can get quite large. Mine gets almost 10" across sometimes.

The Atlantis Marine Aqaurium online store had some pretty awesome ones last time I looked.

[chrissreef]

these are in the mail for me =)

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/1435/e9b51fg1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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[seapug]

nice ones, chrissreef. Especially that first one. I'd love to to see what it looks like fully inflated.

[reef211]

wow chrissreef, very nice. i love both of them, great color.

[Sheol]

Chrissfeef,

Man, those are some glorious corals, nicest Scolys I've ever seen actually. You get a chance to see them in person?

Matthew

[chrissreef]

I just hope they ship well next week :)

[Reef Happy]

Here is my one and only....

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s200/flystr8up/DSC_0004-1.jpg