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blakemiller1981 11/18/2009 01:28 AM

Different types of toadstools?
 
Are there a few different types of toadstools? The ones ive seen on here have very thin and delicate looking tentacles coming out of it. I seen one at a lfs around here that had thicker more stocky tentacles and diddnt wave with the current as much? If so what is the name of the ones with the thin tentacles as I want one.

zachfishman 11/18/2009 10:59 AM

Some are called "umbrella" leather corals (with the longer, soft-looking, hairy polyps) and others may be called "toadstool" leather corals (with a rougher appearance, shorter, spaced-out polyps).

"umbrella" - http://www.zeovit.com/miscpics/Sarco...lypLeather.jpg
"toadstool" - http://anythingsaltwater.com/images/...Fiji.sized.jpg

Their names are mixed and matched everywhere though.

blakemiller1981 11/18/2009 07:05 PM

so what is this?http://<a href="http://s921.photobuc...oadstool"></a>

blakemiller1981 11/18/2009 07:07 PM

http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/a...1/103_0185.jpg[IMG]http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/a...1/103_0185.jpg[/IMG]

ok try again if doesnt work this time dunno

zachfishman 11/18/2009 07:21 PM

Best guess is it's a small "umbrella" with the polyps slightly retracted. There's always the middle-ground too; lots of leathers out there.

blakemiller1981 11/21/2009 02:22 AM

ok thanks for the info man

jwoyshnar 11/21/2009 09:01 AM

Its a toadstool. I have two of them.

gophilau 11/26/2009 05:43 PM

Me too , Toadstool

mmopinc 11/26/2009 08:52 PM

That is one type of toadstool amongst the many varieties out there. I have about 10 different types of them myself.

urbanrat84 11/30/2009 09:05 PM

Wow 10 types? Do you have a pic of your tank?

blakemiller1981 01/01/2010 10:36 PM

thanks for the info guys. i have since moved one under 250 w mh and stil the tentacles are not stretched anymore. anyone know where to get the other kind with the long delecate lookig tentacles umbrellas?

Gary Majchrzak 01/01/2010 10:41 PM

suggestion:
 
research Sarcophyton

there are many different species of Sarcophyton ;)

Hormigaquatica 01/01/2010 11:07 PM

There are more than 2 dozen species of "toadstool" aka "umbrella", all of which are species of Sarcophyton. Many of them are flat- or dome-topped (toadstool) when young, but develop folds and ridges as they mature (umbrella). Sarcophyton elegans, S. tortuosum, S. boettgeri, S. ehrenbergi, S. glaucum, S. flexuosum, S. regulare, S. crassum, etc...

Gary Majchrzak 01/01/2010 11:12 PM

check this out:
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-0...ides/index.php

jimzin15754 01/02/2010 03:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gary Majchrzak (Post 16306837)

Great link Gary, Thanks! Not hard to guess where the rest of my afternoon is gonna be spent


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