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Colonial
Polyps
Colonial polyps can range from colorful disks to fields of feathery
tentacles. They have a wide range of colors, from green, red, blue to yellow,
as well as, stripes and polka-dots.
In general they prefer mild flow enviroments but do benifit from occasional
stronger water flow. Due to their high density colonies they tend to trap
debris between themselves, which actually serves as a good food source,
but this can also lead to potential algae problems.
Overall they are relatively inexpensive and under good conditions can
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Button
Polyps
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Green Button Polyps
Zooanthus pulchellus
Elongated stalk with flat oral disc. A row of tenticles radiates from
the disks outer edge. |
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Brown Button Polyps
Zooanthus sociatus
Elongated stalk with flat oral disc. A row of tenticles radiates from
the disks outer edge. |
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Candy Polyps
Zooanthus grandis
Elongated stalk with a large flat oral disc. A row of tenticles radiates
from the disks outer edge. |
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Yellow Polyps
Parazooanthus grandis
Tall narrow stalk with an elongated oral disk and tenticles |
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Sea Mat
Palythoa tuberculosa
A thick encrusting base with polyps embedded within tissue. As polyps
open up the tenticles protrude beyond its surface |
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Fuzzy Mushrooms
Rhodactis sp.
Large oral disks with many small branching tenticles. Outer rim usually
has numerous tenticle like extensions. |
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Metalic Mushrooms
Discosoma sp.
Short based radiating into a very large oral disk. Colors range from
Green, red, to blue and purple. Oral disks can be smooth, striped, or pimply. |
| Star
Polyps |
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Green Star Polyps
Clavularia ( Briareum ) viridis
An encrusting purple base with numerous polyps extending from it. Each
polyp is tall, narrow and has tenticles radiating from it. As the base,
or mat, spreads new polyps extend from it. |
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Silver Star Polyps
Clavularia ( Briareum ) sp.
An encrusting purple base with numerous polyps extending from it. Each
polyp is tall, narrow and has tenticles radiating from it. As the base,
or mat, spreads new polyps extend from it. |
| Xenia |
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Waving Hand Poylps
Xenia sp.
Columnar base with braching elongated polyps. This species of xenia
generally does not pulse. |
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Pulsing Xenia
Xenia elongata
Columnar base with braching elongated polyps. This species polyps will
open and close ( pulse ). |
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