What's wrong here

Discussion in 'Coral' started by Rarend99, Feb 13, 2013.

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  1. Rarend99

    Rarend99 Coral Banded Shrimp

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    All my perimeters are perfect with calcium sitting around 430, alc is good, and zero nitrates nitrites. All my corals are doing well expect my patch of what I think are zoas(they came on the rock I got from a friend), they have been like this a couple days
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  3. PghSteeler

    PghSteeler Tassled File Fish

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    I can only see it small on my Iphone but they look fine to me. Opened for the msot part, if not fully a good bit at least.
     
  4. Ryan Duchatel

    Ryan Duchatel Millepora

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    They may be in an area of direct flow or something like that, that is causing them to not be fully open.

    If you arent happy, try and move things around to see where they react the best for you.
     
  5. oldfishkeeper

    oldfishkeeper Giant Squid

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    yes, I agree with pgh and ryan, they don't look too bad....you may want to move around a bit to find it a "happy" place with light and flow. I don't think those are zoas though, they look more like some type of button polyp either way, same suggestion :)
     
  6. KDtrey5

    KDtrey5 Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Those are green button polyps. They never looked fully open for me either...
     
  7. Rarend99

    Rarend99 Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Well if they're green polyps, they definitely are the least green I've ever seen lol, mostly all brown
     
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  9. DBOSHIBBY

    DBOSHIBBY Sleeper Shark

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    They look like texas trash palys.
    Probably getting to much flow on them. Try moving and see if they get better.
     
  10. Swisswiss

    Swisswiss Caribbean Reef Squid

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    thx for the ID!! i got a rock of these guys and thought as some point that they might have been majano, but was to embarrassed to ask.....:S


    WHOOP WHOOP!!! the rock tumbled and some came off so i took them and slipped them in some holes in the rock and within a week there was a nice little colony going. they grow pretty damn fast.

    another thing i noticed is the higher in your tank the greener they become
     
  11. DBOSHIBBY

    DBOSHIBBY Sleeper Shark

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    Just be careful. they are known to spread fast and alot of people find them to be almost pain in the a..
    i have some on there own rock and it is completely covered.
     
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  12. Marshall O

    Marshall O Giant Squid

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    I could be wrong, but don't these carry some of the worst palytoxin out there? Either way I would be very careful handling the rock. Always use gloves, and never touch your eyes before washing them after handling!