Colt vs. Leather......What would be the difference?

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  1. cuttingras

    cuttingras Starving Artist :)

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    Sorry it's taken me a while to get the pics straight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    OK here is my Finger(?)Colt(?) Leather(?)<,#1., Thingie... The coral after mine is classified as a, #2., Colt coral. The third pics is that of a, #3., Finger Leather. What's the difference, other than the name.....
    1. My Thingie...
    with old pc lights
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    with new T6 lights
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    2. Colt Coral....
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    3. Finger Leather....
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    let's see if this works wow it took me a while to figure that out!:snore::dizzy2::uneasy::dizzy::sleeping::loco::hammer:
     
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  3. coral reefer

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    #1 looks like lobophytum! Finger or Devil's hand coral!
     
  4. omard

    omard Gnarly Old Codfish

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    Colt corals are have much more water in structure. Feel very slimy...

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    Many types of finger leather corals...sometimes they are sold as colts.
     
  5. cuttingras

    cuttingras Starving Artist :)

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    Mine was sold to me as a Finger, but Patrice is questioning whether it's a Finger or Colt. I'm really confused and just want to name it....Herbie...:confused:

    Omard, I've never touched it. :) It came with the rock it's on. That's what I attribute to it's really good health.

    Matt Rogers, if you have power....could you add a poll to ask "Colt or Leather, which one do you think it is?"
     
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  6. geekdafied

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    a colt is a leather, lol. A super duper slimey leather...

    All of those pics are colt corals. Colts act and look differently in different tanks cause of different lighting etc. There is also more then one kind of "Colt coral".
     
  7. cuttingras

    cuttingras Starving Artist :)

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    so is mine a finger colt leather coral?:confused:
     
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  9. geekdafied

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    "Finger leather" refers to any branching leather. Which there are several different types of "finger leathers". Sinularia, Colts, Kenya Trees, Devils hand, etc.
     
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    do a google image search on "finger leather coral"
     
  11. cuttingras

    cuttingras Starving Artist :)

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    I did for that and for the colt the pics 2 & 3 were random off the Internet..... yeah I realize fingers and colts come in all shapes and colors, but which exactly is mine? Finger Leather or Colt Coral or a combo of both of those that I just don't get?
     
  12. geekdafied

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    finger leather and colt coral are the same thing