Wait a minute, thats not a coral!

[Daddy-o]

Walking past a planter box today and out of the corner of my eye I glimpsed a flower. Problem is that my brain thought "Nice Jaw Breaker Mushroom!" Surely I am not the only one going insane?

 

[fishguy242]

love it ,lol 1235.oo per head LOL HAPPY SRING,happy reefing

edit no one in this hobby is sane,must be something in the water

 

[Admann]

I am so happy I'm not the only one, I saw a mountain with ski runs on it that reminded me of platygyra.

 

[Phycodurus]

1235.oo per head

well drat ... i just picked up a 6-pack at $1500/head.

 

[Admann]

Isn't it odd that some cacti look like acropora, stylophora, pocci and most deserts were once seas. Yeah, makes you think

 

[Phycodurus]

[in my best david attenborough voice]

"... when threatened, the saharan green chromis leaps from the sandy dunes and seeks the protective shelter of the spiny acropora cactus."





(hehe, sorry ... a wee bit bored at lunchtime)

 

[Gareth elliott]

It is interesting that life evolves many of the same shapes or abilities in different families or even kingdoms.
Take flight, has evolved 4 or 5 times in fossil record.
Flying insects
Pterodactyl’s
Insects(twice)
Birds
Bats

At least 3 times different animals have evolved or lost the ability to synthesize vitamin c. Fish can, Mammals lost it, then some evolved it again. And even before fish some microbes can but some lost it.

 

[Jman76]

Isn't it odd that some cacti look like acropora, stylophora, pocci and most deserts were once seas. Yeah, makes you think

This!! I thought I was the only one too lol...Evertime I come home I think I have Acros and Digi in my yard haha. Cacti are ALMOST as cool as coral

 

[Daddy-o]

O good, I am not the only one. It might be easier to set up a terrarium in an old tank with some cacti - you could get close to the same look.

 

[Fishingandreefing]

That’s a sign of an addict. Images of corals float in front of my eyes when I signing up ot

 

[fishguy242]

whole lot cheaper too

 

[musicsmaker]

This is also NOT a coral. Can you guess what it is?

 

[Gareth elliott]

This is also NOT a coral. Can you guess what it is?

Tree fungus?

 

[musicsmaker]

Tree fungus?

You got it. An edible one, at that. I'll hold off to see if anyone knows the name of it.

 

[hubcap]

You got it. An edible one, at that. I'll hold off to see if anyone knows the name of it.

candy corn?

 

[musicsmaker]

It is interesting that life evolves many of the same shapes or abilities in different families or even kingdoms.
Take flight, has evolved 4 or 5 times in fossil record.
Flying insects
Pterodactyl’s
Insects(twice)
Birds
Bats

At least 3 times different animals have evolved or lost the ability to synthesize vitamin c. Fish can, Mammals lost it, then some evolved it again. And even before fish some microbes can but some lost it.

I'm not sure about the mechanism behind vitamin C synthesis, but sometimes a novel gene can be transferred from one population to another by way of a virus. Interesting to think that such a gene could be lost for 1000 years, only to be reintroduced into a totally different population by way of a virus and some transposons.

 

[Daddy-o]

looks like a hybrid pancake/red cap

 

[Tahoe61]

Oh fantastic I am not the only one. I am very muched relieved.

 

[fishguy242]

looks like a hybrid pancake/red cap

oh you also see corals in food too love it

 

[C. Eymann]

Isn't it odd that some cacti look like acropora, stylophora, pocci and most deserts were once seas. Yeah, makes you think

Funny,
My father is an ex-reefkeeper, he passed his addiction on to me.
I keep trying to get him to consider another tank, but he keeps telling me that his cactus collection reminds him of coral, but much less demanding.

He puts his collection in the garage every winter and spoils them with light from an old reef halide fixture ;Hilarious


I had to get rid of my euphorbia and pencil cactuses because of their toxicity when I got my Bengal, miss them both were nearly 10ft tall.