So I was sold these as zoas, but the way they grow and how big they are they seem to be palys imo. Anyways what is this coming from the middle of their mouths?? Does anyone know what their name is? The purple ones in the middle.
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All of them are pooping at the same time?? LolPoop what goes on must come out
Really you don't think? My palys have longer stalks and bigger heads. I have a green paly thats got a head the size of like a fingernail and I never see zoas get that big of a head.Oh and I don’t believe size is a good indication of it’s a zoa or a paly from my reading and understanding
Ya I had my tank crash from dinos so I had lights out for a couple days and I'm slowly turning the lights back upThey also look to be stretching for light
@footgalReally you don't think? My palys have longer stalks and bigger heads. I have a green paly thats got a head the size of like a fingernail and I never see zoas get that big of a head.
Hmm I see some having palys that can't identify sediment in the stalks. I need to move the small watermelon zoas to another rock and those captain jerks because they spread so fast, maybe I can put a piece of the stalk under the microscope to see“The true difference between palys and zoas is much harder to distinguish. It is in the coenenchyme (or mat tissue); palythoa (protopalys included) take up sand and other small particles to build their structure (particularly noticable in the "stem" of the polyp or course texture of the oral disc). Zoanthids (such as those pictured above) do not.
Polyp, colony form, and oral disc shape and color are all highly variable between members of these two genera.
If you have a question as to which you have, take a picture of the of the polyp. If it shows the sand grains like this out of focus shot of a Palythoa grandis, it is a paly not a zoa.”
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There are other differences if I remember correctly it’s something about the skirts. To bad there isn’t someone doing genetic research on these so we can know!Hmm I see some having palys that can't identify sediment in the stalks. I need to move the small watermelon zoas to another rock and those captain jerks because they spread so fast, maybe I can put a piece of the stalk under the microscope to see
Yes, my Gobstoppers do this. A couple of times a month they all poop in unison.All of them are pooping at the same time?? Lol
So I was sold these as zoas, but the way they grow and how big they are they seem to be palys imo. Anyways what is this coming from the middle of their mouths?? Does anyone know what their name is? The purple ones in the middle.
Ya I've read how zoas have round tentacles and paly pointedThere are other differences if I remember correctly it’s something about the skirts. To bad there isn’t someone doing genetic research on these so we can know!
How does one just show up one day? I guess they probably move around since they are anemones. Should I cut it out and toss it or just throw it in the frag tank?Berghdia nudibranch will get rid of that aiptasia if and when it multiplies out of control lol.
Don't nudibranchs eat coral though?How does one just show up one day? I guess they probably move around since they are anemones. Should I cut it out and toss it or just throw it in the frag tank?