the next LE leather coral

[Elite]

Hahaha.. LE doesn't mean jack to me.. I keep macroalgae and some of them are much nicer than the LE crap (IMO). ;D

 

[bluenassarius]

hahahha

 

[Gomer]

Thanks sam, but I am migrating away from softies LPS has its claws dug into my heart.

 

[bluenassarius]

heres the real prize that was on the LE leather piece

i shoulda scooped it up the first day but i figured the fools who were manning the SW section wouldn't sell it to me. i came back a few days later and the coral lost alot of color and tissue. it's a very nice piece, blue base with extremely bright red polyps. reminds me of the superman monti but the red polyps extend much longer.

 

[bluenassarius]

i fed it oyster eggs the other day and it responded very well. does anybody have an ID for this coral? there are clear tentacles/sweepers between the red polyps that sway around also. its soo weird!

 

[Lyn]

Very nice. Much better than rawhide or beef jerky!

 

[neyugn0w01]

leather or goni?

 

[phishphood]

Looks like a goniopora/alveopora?

 

[bluenassarius]

lol thanks lyn.

neyugn, i think it might be a small polyp goni. what throws a curve is the small clear tentacles that extend between the polyps.

i haven't observed many small polyp gonioporas. i might take a trip to the LFS that has some and see if this could be a small polyp goni. alveoporas are usually larger polyp yes? i haven't seen any small polyp ones before..

 

[GreshamH]

Looks like an unhappy goni to me.

 

[bluenassarius]

this is what it looked like the first day i saw it. same color too, blue w/ red.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Superman-STYLOCOENIELLA-ARMATA-Live-Coral-Acanthastrea_W0QQitemZ170289840693QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item170289840693&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

the polyps extend at least 1/4"