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aqua_code
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It kinda looks like Sinularia Finger Leather Coral
Kenya tree has more stubby branches
Kenya tree has more stubby branches
Kevin@Nemos
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A good old-fashioned finger leather Coral.
fish farmer
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Since it's limp out of water I'm thinking it is not a leather. Possibly a nepthea?
Kevin@Nemos
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I don't think so those tend to have bushier tentacles that tend to stay closer to the Colony.
This one is elongated with a much less polyp count.
But who knows for sure.... (someone here does lol) it's just a nice leather Coral
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LIreefguy
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Thank you
yes hoping someone knows
the picture you sent is kenya right. i have one of those 2. they drop babies all the time. probably like 10 babies in last 3 months
this pierce hasnt dropped a baby in over a year, if at all
i actually tired to kill it 3 years ago, left it buried without light for a year. then i rearranged my rock and it came back
yes hoping someone knows
the picture you sent is kenya right. i have one of those 2. they drop babies all the time. probably like 10 babies in last 3 months
this pierce hasnt dropped a baby in over a year, if at all
i actually tired to kill it 3 years ago, left it buried without light for a year. then i rearranged my rock and it came back
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LIreefguy
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could be a nepthea,
kenya is a species of nepthea right?
yes i argee not a leather, not hard to touch like toodstool or even my green nepthea in that case
maybe sinularia
fish farmer
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I have the Aquarium Corals book in front of me.
regarding Genus Sinularia....most sinularia feel dry, tough and leathery. S. flexibilis, along with others is more flexible and slimy to the touch.
The family of Kenya tree is Family Nephtheidae, Genus Capnella, from reading it seems to be more smooth and have the tendency to droop and can drop babies.
Then there is the Genus Nephthea, which I think is what I have and looks similar to your coral, although one description I read is when contracted they look like a cauliflower which mine doesn't do. Mine is droopy, frags terrible (won't easily attach) and isn't rough like a leather.
It also looks like Genus Lemnalia, they are also in the Nephtheidae family, they seem to have long branches with small polyps and not as bushy looking.
regarding Genus Sinularia....most sinularia feel dry, tough and leathery. S. flexibilis, along with others is more flexible and slimy to the touch.
The family of Kenya tree is Family Nephtheidae, Genus Capnella, from reading it seems to be more smooth and have the tendency to droop and can drop babies.
Then there is the Genus Nephthea, which I think is what I have and looks similar to your coral, although one description I read is when contracted they look like a cauliflower which mine doesn't do. Mine is droopy, frags terrible (won't easily attach) and isn't rough like a leather.
It also looks like Genus Lemnalia, they are also in the Nephtheidae family, they seem to have long branches with small polyps and not as bushy looking.
fish farmer
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This is what I'm calling green nepthea, but who the heck knows. There's a colt coral (Litophyton) to the left of the brown palys.
fish farmer
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At night do the polyps retract completely into the body? From reading it looks like retraction of polyps into the body is a trait of finger leather corals like Sinularia, Alcyonium, Lobophytum.
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LIreefguy
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I have Whst people call kenya
It drops babies like crazy. It just drops a little piece of its self. It’s very soft to the touch
I also have green nep atlthough different looking than yours it’s more harder to the touch when retracted like a good stoll. Also doesn’t grow as much in size during the day
Then I have this coral. It grows very big during the day and retracts small
It’s not as soft to the torch as Kenya
Doesn’t drop babies like Kenya
And any part that touched a rock will root and start growing
It also isn’t as hard to the touch of a roof stool
Easier to cut throw too.
It drops babies like crazy. It just drops a little piece of its self. It’s very soft to the touch
I also have green nep atlthough different looking than yours it’s more harder to the touch when retracted like a good stoll. Also doesn’t grow as much in size during the day
Then I have this coral. It grows very big during the day and retracts small
It’s not as soft to the torch as Kenya
Doesn’t drop babies like Kenya
And any part that touched a rock will root and start growing
It also isn’t as hard to the touch of a roof stool
Easier to cut throw too.
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Looks like Kenyii tree or Nepthia
I don't think so those tend to have bushier tentacles that tend to stay closer to the Colony.
This one is elongated with a much less polyp count.
But who knows for sure.... (someone here does lol) it's just a nice leather Coral
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LIreefguy
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Only thing is you notice Kenya and nepthia have a stalk and branches with polyps all over. This doesn’t really have branches and it’s polyps aren’t as close together
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