Lets see pics of the rarest coral you have ever had living in your tank.

[CHALICEKEEPER]

THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE FUN AND LET EVERYONE KNOW WHAT KIND OF COOL STUFF THEY COULD HAVE IN THEIR TANK ONE DAY. Blue Lollypop Tunicate

 

[montipora]

That is really nice, where did you get that from if you don't mind me asking?

 

[Reef Pets]

Very cool. This should be a nice thread for sure.

 

[seafansar]

lol. I dunno if anyone's going to top that! But to be fair, that's not a coral. :nerd:

 

[CHALICEKEEPER]

that is really nice, where did you get that from if you don't mind me asking?

actually got it from my lfs in florida only one they had i believe he said it was a cross between a sponge and a coral thats why i posted it

 

[seafansar]

Looks like a weird colonial tunicate to me.

 

[Ian]

Looks like a weird colonial tunicate to me.

I think that would make it an invert, not a coral.

Pretty neat either way...

 

[Acro76]

Most of the true rare corals in this hobby are butt ugly corals that would be difficult for most to identify. Rare color morphs of a species would be easier to i.d.

actually got it from my lfs in florida only one they had i believe he said it was a cross between a sponge and a coral thats why i posted it

Appearance wise, yes they are similar, but with regards to biological classification they are not even close... A tunicate is actually more closely related to vertebrates like fish than corals!

 

[CHALICEKEEPER]

Nobody is posting pics so it can be anything rare that lives in your tank. I just want people new 2 this 2 see crazy stuff they can have in their tanks:haha:

 

[Acro76]

I think that would make it an invert, not a coral.

Pretty neat either way...

A coral is an invertebrate, as it lacks anything resembling a spinal column (vertebrae) during development. A tunicate is a urochordate, which during development has a simple notochord.

 

[Eight]

Archohelia Rediviva... This is from a couple of months ago.

 

[CHALICEKEEPER]

Hott piece thats what im talkin about i have never seen one of those good show :still_dreaming:

 

[Acro76]

No doubt those are rare in the hobby and with the flood of corals from Australia, they are probably somewhat uncommon, and/or poor shippers.

How is the Archohelia doing for you?

 

[Ian]

A coral is an invertebrate, as it lacks anything resembling a spinal column (vertebrae) during development. A tunicate is a urochordate, which during development has a simple notochord.

well, that shows what I know :nerd:

 

[Acro76]

Ian you are a coral growing PHD! :xd:

 

[Acroholic]

Archohelia Rediviva... This is from a couple of months ago.

That is beautiful. Is it anywhere related to cyphastrea decadia? Kinda reminds me of that, at least in shape, but not color, of course. And what are those orange bristleworm looking things in the bottom right? Are they bristleworms?
Dave

 

[Reefers Cove]

i dont know if this is rare but i've been asking to other reefers about it and nobody can tell me the name, anyone here knows?

 

[Eight]

That Archo has been doing ok. It's admittedly not quite as nice as that photo from a couple of months ago. It seems to have developed a little bit of brown short turf algae on the tips, I think it's getting a bit too much light, so I am going to move it into a darker spot of my tank. (It's not photosynthetic, so it needs to be fed regularly.) I feed it usually three times per week.

I wrote an article about it in Reef Hobbyist Magazine.

Reef Hobbyist Magazine - Volume 3 Issue 4

Those yellow orange things to the right of the coral are the arms of my brittle star. He's since been evicted to my other tank though. Too much of a food thief!

 

[uchin]

 

[Ian]

Micro Blanophyllia