Name The Coral/invert Etc

[demasonisrule]

He beat me to it...

 

[seffieuk]

He beat me to it...

Nope....... its not one you will see every day!!!

Seffie x

ps that photo was mine!!!

 

[sorgan]

Euphyllia cristata by any chance? (looks slightly like my grape coral but i am not totally sure)

 

[seffieuk]

Euphyllia cristata

And the prize goes to............. Sorgan, well done

Having polyps tipped with purple or pink, the Grape Coral resembles clusters of very small grapes!

The Grape Coral Euphyllia cristata is similar to its close relative the Frogspawn Coral Euphyllia divisa. However its tentacles look nothing like the Frogspawn, but rather more like shorter versions of the Torch Coral Euphyllia glabrescens tentacles. A close look will quickly help you to easily identify this coral. The Grape coral does not have branching polyps and each tentacle is perfectly straight with one contrasting tip.

Colors of individual tentacles on the E. cristata are green to brownish green. They are topped with yellow, cream, pink. lavender, or pale-orange tips. They are not as readily available as other Euphyllia but they are worth the hunt, I drove two hours there and two back to get mine

The Grape Coral can be easy to moderate to care for. It is a big eater and will grow easily if kept well fed. They are on the easier side to care for as far as Euphyllia are concerned, and do quite well under T-5 lighting. Like others of its genus, it will be the first to warn you that the water quality in the tank is less than acceptable.


Dear all, sorry I have stalled the fun, I have had two major child protection cases at school this week, its been rather awful and I am exhausted, but for the families concerned it has been catastrophic. Anyways, lets get this game going again.......

Come on Sorgan, post a photo oh, and did someone get the New salty one? I will go check

Seffie x

Just checked and Demason's one has not been answered yet ............. come on guys

Seffie x

 

[sorgan]

apologies this isnt a real brain teaser but i am tired lol

common name for this please

 

[cowbla1]

bristle worm for sorgans and montipora for the easy one

 

[sorgan]

not a bristle worm but VERY close, these ones are a bit more spicy than a bristleworm.

for the other one it looks like a macro shot of a Sarcophyton of some kind to me.

 

[demasonisrule]

Both wrong for the easy one, though cowbla was closer...And sorgan's looks like a fire worm?

 

[cowbla1]

Heliopora?

 

[demasonisrule]

Heliopora?

Your on the right track...notice that there are polyps on the tips of the branches

 

[sorgan]

It is a fire worm

 

[demasonisrule]

Another stick for you (genus):

 

[cowbla1]

I am just going to say random sps genuses after this one.

ACROPORA

 

[demasonisrule]

I am just going to say random sps genuses after this one.

ACROPORA

Is that for the hard one or the easy one?

 

[cowbla1]

easy