Neon what, ID please?

[najer]

This is in my Evo 13.5 / 52 under their stock rubbish leds, all leds on, under blues it is eyewateringly neon green (no pics under blues as my camera can't deal with it), what is it please? :)
@sfin52

 

[HeyJay]

Green Nepthea I think

 

[sfin52]

@najer I throw mine on your thread

 

[sfin52]

Bump

 

[najer]

No takers, @Dr. Dendrostein @MixedFruitBasket ?

 

[sixty_reefer]

Have you got a full size pic?

 

[fishguy242]

hi guys,thinking nepthea on @najer ,poss same diff type @sfin52. ,@vetteguy53081 @AcroNem ,any thoughts??thanks

 

[AcroNem]

I agree, most likely a Nephthea sp.

 

[sfin52]

I'll try a detailed shot tonight nothing like @nager

 

[vetteguy53081]

Looks like either colt coral, green Kenyii tree or Nepthia

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

If it was red polyps with white stalk, and with sclerites then I'd say dendronephthya. Anything else, your guess good as mine. Bummer

 

[sfin52]

 

[vetteguy53081]

Thats gotta be Nepthia

 

[fishguy242]

yep nep,what happened hit a really large bug! :p

 

[sfin52]

Thats gotta be Nepthia

Thats what I thought. I get nepthia and sinularia mixed up. Can you explain how you can tell. I'm lost like a fricken Easter egg

 

[fishguy242]

softer looking polyps ,more like "flowers" sinulara not as "fluffy" per say

 

[vetteguy53081]

Thats what I thought. I get nepthia and sinularia mixed up. Can you explain how you can tell. I'm lost like a fricken Easter egg

The way I understand it is that there's a discernable difference between the polyps of a Sinularia and Nepthea as
Sinularia possess small bony needles called scerlites in the base of the coral..nepethea does not have these.
Kenyii has a thick trunk, like a tree, and many branches giving it an arboreal appearance. The fine polyps of the Litophyton coral will make movement in your aquarium much more active.

Between the two you ask of, it seems either of these are sold as nepthia

 

[sfin52]

The way I understand it is that there's a discernable difference between the polyps of a Sinularia and Nepthea as
Sinularia possess small bony needles called scerlites in the base of the coral..nepethea does not have these.
Kenyii has a thick trunk, like a tree, and many branches giving it an arboreal appearance. The fine polyps of the Litophyton coral will make movement in your aquarium much more active.

Between the two you ask of, it seems either of these are sols as nepthia

how to tell the difference between the different types. You explained it very well. Thank you.

 

[najer]

Have you got a full size pic?

I'll try but some idiot placed a blue cespitularia in front of it! :rolleyes:

 

[najer]