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12-26-2002, 06:28 PM
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Stress Monger
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 3,186
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Another new Acro
Well I picked up another Acro colony today... I'm really beginning to like Christmas...  While acclmating it I noticed a small white spot on one of the stalks. Funny thing is, the spot opens and closes and 2 little tiny feather like things come out and move around. Disturb it and they draw back inside and then come back out once they feel it's safe. I'm going to try and get a pic, but not sure if I'll be able to.
The Acro was labeled a "Pink Acro"... I think it's another tricolor, owner called it a "cats Paw" the other day when I was there. Body is sort of reddish brown with blue at the tips and the polyps are bright green...
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12-26-2002, 06:34 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: St. Petersburg, FL
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Sounds like the maxillopeds of a porcelain crab. Harmless. Congrats on the new colony! |
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12-26-2002, 06:56 PM
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Stress Monger
Join Date: Jan 2002
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Got 2 pics of it, one with it wide open and the other with the "feather" like pieces extended. First pic is of the opening...
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12-26-2002, 06:57 PM
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Stress Monger
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Las Vegas, NV
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Here's one with the feather like things.. lol Got to love the technical terms...  |
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12-26-2002, 08:21 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: St. Petersburg, FL
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Nope, that looks more like a cirriped, a sedentary barnacle. The little feather structures you see are actually appendages modified into cirri for prey capture. I don't see distinct parts of the shell... there should be four hinged parts to the shell: rostrum (first outer), tergum (first inner), scutum (second inner) and carina (second outer), going from anterior to posterior.
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12-26-2002, 08:27 PM
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Stress Monger
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Las Vegas, NV
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Won't be a major problem for the Acro will it? Thanks Chris...  |
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12-26-2002, 08:56 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Montana
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I have had those before and was not a problem!
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12-26-2002, 09:27 PM
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Stress Monger
Join Date: Jan 2002
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Quote:
Originally posted by MontanaRocknReefer
I have had those before and was not a problem!
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Thanks Johnny... I'm still pretty new to reefing let alone SPS corals and while I feel I have a pretty good grip on most of it, the little things still make me wonder.. 
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12-27-2002, 07:53 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Houston,Tex. USA
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I have noticed those things on my acropora from time to time also. They never seemed to bother the coral while being fun to watch.
my 180 ecosystem sps/clam tank:
http://berlinmethod.com/suet/
my 120 ecosystem sps tank:
http://suetruett.homestead.com/home.html |
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12-27-2002, 09:04 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: St. Petersburg, FL
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They're harmless |
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