Recent content by traviere

You just have to keep them away from your zoas.

Ya, they come in all shapes and sizes with between 0 arms up to six. I'm pretty sure I saw one with even more. Strange little buggers. Keep them away from zoanthids and they are harmless.

It looks like a asterina star.

The little thing in the middle looks to be a clove polyp, but without a closer pic it's hard to tell. Send another pic when it grows a little more. Does it shine with green stripes under the actinics?

Boys and girls, I hate to disagree and I could still be wrong but that looks identical to a trumpet coral when it's not extended. Here is a pic of a Duncan And now a picture of a trumpet . If you notice the closed up trumpet on the left, it looks very similar to your pic.

Here we go: 1. Sun coral 2. Trumpet 3. Button 4. Gonipora I'm positive on the first 2. The second 2 are educated guesses based on the basic shape of polyps on the coral. If anyone feels correction is necessary, please chime in.

It could be a Kenya but it also might be Xenia that's not real happy. I had the same thing happen. I haven't exactly determined what happened, but I believe my water parameters were just a bit off. If this goes on for another day or two, you may be able to cut a piece off of there that hasn't...

It insures that they continue to survive in the wild. When the dominant female dies, a large male will switch to female to make sure they can continue to breed.

I agree with Big Reds. I have two black and white clowns. The bigger of the two beat up the smaller for about 2 weeks then they just went back to being a happy little family. Clowns are born male and the largest will switch to become the dominant female. You might have to rename them!

That's definitely not a Duncan. Keep an eye on it to see if it moves from that spot. If so, it's definitely an anemone and you will have to decide if they are comparable with what you want to do with your tank.