Algae or sea plant?

[Ali-fish]

I was diving and took this picture. I wanted to know if this is a sea plant or an algae!! Or perhaps a coral ?



Thanks in advance



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[RevLine]

i'm interested to know as well. looks really cool.

[Ali-fish]

Originally Posted by RevLine

i'm interested to know as well. looks really cool.

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[54seaweed]

wow that's beautiful ,looks like a macro I tried to ID it but couldn't find a positive match
I found something close its in the caulerpa family called saw tooth but I'm not positive that it is correct , this is what I found , don't know if it's the lighting on the plant in your picture that gives the 2 shades of green or if it really like that


Marine Plants in the Aquarium

[Ali-fish]

Originally Posted by 54seaweed

wow that's beautiful ,looks like a macro I tried to ID it but couldn't find a positive match
I found something close its in the caulerpa family called saw tooth but I'm not positive that it is correct , this is what I found , don't know if it's the lighting on the plant in your picture that gives the 2 shades of green or if it really like that


Marine Plants in the Aquarium

this is the natural color of it. I encountered a lot of them with different colors too.

Red/ brown
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White/ black


Green/ black


Full Black


Amazing colors..

Thanks for the reply



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[Sniperhank]

Stichodactyla gigantea. That is an anemone that is parked a top of a sps colony.

[Ali-fish]

Originally Posted by Sniperhank

Stichodactyla gigantea. That is an anemone that is parked a top of a sps colony.

It does not look like an anemone. Not even close to any



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[54seaweed]

what ever it is it's beautiful and I want it lol

[Sniperhank]

Copied the wrong name! Sorry about that. It's a feather star. Cenometra bella.
Been awhile since I've seen a picture of one. Here about a year ago saw some in tanks and people were going wild for them...until they learned their abysmal life span in the home aquarium.

Edit: Found the exact guy you saw out of a UK site. It'll be pictured down at the bottom of the page.
http://www.amoenitas.co.uk/marine5/marine.htm
Double Edit: Here it is called a Bennett's Feather Star
http://reefguide.org/oxycomanthusbennetti.html

[Ali-fish]

Originally Posted by Sniperhank

Copied the wrong name! Sorry about that. It's a feather star. Cenometra bella.
Been awhile since I've seen a picture of one. Here about a year ago saw some in tanks and people were going wild for them...until they learned their abysmal life span in the home aquarium.

Edit: Found the exact guy you saw out of a UK site. It'll be pictured down at the bottom of the page.
http://www.amoenitas.co.uk/marine5/marine.htm
Double Edit: Here it is called a Bennett's Feather Star
http://reefguide.org/oxycomanthusbennetti.html

Excellent find. Thanks alot man 👍👍👍

what do you mean exactly ? Easy care level or opposite?


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[Sniperhank]

I can't think of one that has survived captivity. I can easily be wrong, but on a hobby grade level we can't meet the needs of it. Might not even know what the thing eats, but that is one of the things that the industry hasn't been stopped by yet. Fromia and linckia starfish have an awful survival rate in the home aquarium...some have success but no one really knows why that is since we aren't exactly sure what they even eat.

[54seaweed]

according to this it's expert only

FreshMarine.com - Feather Sea Star - Himerometra species - Buy Cheap Crinoid Feather Sea Star at Wholesale

[Darylb]

My LFS constantly has them in all different colours I would like one but unfortunately there life span is short in captivity


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