reeffreak
Reef pro
Nice additions Rc!
New Corals
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Rcpilot
Reef enthusiast
The echino coral is about 1.5" wide and 3" long. The rock it is attached to is about 5 x 4 inches. I have it sitting on the sand right now, with one edge propped up against another rock at a 45* angle. I'm hoping the zoas will grow onto some other rocks. They are kinda cool. Orange skirts and a milky/silver center. They look a lot like these:
http://totallyexoticcorals.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=11_52&products_id=3038
http://totallyexoticcorals.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=11_52&products_id=3038
yote
In Memoriam
Great looking corals Rc.
Piggy
Reef enthusiast
Nice additions.
Rcpilot
Reef enthusiast
Look at the last pic from yesterday. On the right side of the echino there are pink tentacles coming out of it. They look like hair-thin stings of pink bubble gum. Those suckers came out and reached all the way over to the zoas on the rock and were completely covering the zoas. The zoas had to retract.
Now that I look closer at this rock, I can see where the enchino has encrusted right over a few other zoas. It's stinging the ones still on the rock and I'm sure it will kill them eventually too. I had to frag this thing last night about 2hrs after I put it into my tank. I busted off pieces of rock around the edges and tried to save as many zoas as I could. I ended up with 3 frags of zoas. 2 of the frags are smaller with only 3 or 4 polyps. One has close to 15 polyps.
I was planning to frag the zoas eventually, but I had no idea this echino would attack them. That rushed me into fragging them ASAP. I hope the zoas survive. They are pretty stressed.
Now that I look closer at this rock, I can see where the enchino has encrusted right over a few other zoas. It's stinging the ones still on the rock and I'm sure it will kill them eventually too. I had to frag this thing last night about 2hrs after I put it into my tank. I busted off pieces of rock around the edges and tried to save as many zoas as I could. I ended up with 3 frags of zoas. 2 of the frags are smaller with only 3 or 4 polyps. One has close to 15 polyps.
I was planning to frag the zoas eventually, but I had no idea this echino would attack them. That rushed me into fragging them ASAP. I hope the zoas survive. They are pretty stressed.
yote
In Memoriam
I knew chalice was fairly aggressive.But I wouldnt have thought they was THAT aggressive.
