36? Wow — pic!!!!!
Cannot get all 36-ish in one shot at one time, but here's a representative sample.
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36? Wow — pic!!!!!
Cannot get all 36-ish in one shot at one time
That looks awesome!Cannot get all 36-ish in one shot at one time, but here's a representative sample.
Or crappy photography skills ......
It's just a bog standard purple digi. I have it in a few places in the tank but for some reason in that spot it forms that odd leafy look. There's a ton of flow that comes out from behind the rocks there, so perhaps the growth form is a result of that. Not really sure
Still not all of them, but a better sense of it perhaps ....
As mentioned, corals have the ability to adapt to different conditions (light, flow, food availability, etc.) Veron famously examined adaptive behavior of a Pocillopora species living in different biotopes. I observed much the same in Pocillopora meandrina specimens in Hawaii. On the reef, they had the thick, c-shaped branches while in an aquarium they morphed into a shape usually associated with P. damicornis (probably due to different water velocity conditions.) Light intensityis known to influence branch morpholgy as well. In high light, branches are columnar while deeper water specimens tend to flatten out to expose a maximum amount of surface area to light. In another instance, I did some experiments while at Wildlife back in the 90's. Corals that were fed tended to grow tall, while specimens relying on light and whatever they could catch in an 'unfed' situation tended to flattened out for maximum light capture (phototrophy v. heterotrophy.) Hard to say what caused the coral to morph under these particular circumstances, but fascinating nonetheless.That's great!! I bet @Dana Riddle would like to know that.
I love M. digitata for it's supremely adaptable form.
An Orange digi has been one of my favorite corals, but they never branched in my tank like you see in the pictures. Instead it grew an enormous mostly-flat table shape! Only a handful of stubby vertical "branches" ever formed.
Nevermind the damsels.. look at those colonies!!! Amazing tank for sure;Happy any secrets??
Still not all of them, but a better sense of it perhaps ....
Good spot. Yes, resplendents. They are generally quite shy and usually don't end up showing in the video.
It's just a bog standard purple digi. I have it in a few places in the tank but for some reason in that spot it forms that odd leafy look. There's a ton of flow that comes out from behind the rocks there, so perhaps the growth form is a result of that. Not really sure