maroon with orange lines

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  1. fears

    fears Astrea Snail

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    Maroon with bright orange lines. This picture makes it look big but it covers about an area the size of a thumb... It is soft and slimy.

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  2. 1.0reef

    1.0reef Giant Squid

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    you mean the blasto?
     
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  3. fears

    fears Astrea Snail

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    sorry what is Blasto? :)
     
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  4. 1.0reef

    1.0reef Giant Squid

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    a species of coral
     
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  5. thepanfish

    thepanfish Flying Squid

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    What is that? You may want to specify...;)
     
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  6. Gresham

    Gresham Great Blue Whale

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    Looks like a colonial tunicate to me.. from what I can gather from the pic :D
     
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  7. fears

    fears Astrea Snail

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    ok that make sense.

    The photos do not do them justice, they have brilliant color. Are tunicates hard to keep? I am surprised they are not more popular.


    ps I have posted a few more pics to that stream if anyone is interested.
     
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  8. Gresham

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    Tunicates tend to be sensitive with some of the colonials being the hardest to care for IME. I know numerous people having great success with the colonials though, Mike @ Azoox.org is one of them. He's got a great progression shot of the growth of his colonies.
     
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