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10-08-2007, 04:47 AM
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squid
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Bradford, england
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id please
hi guys can anyone put a name to this please, sorry its a rubbish picture taken with camera phone. thanks
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10-08-2007, 04:52 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Wichita,KS
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Our LFS sells them as Grape polyps . Pretty cool until my spotted rabbitfish ate em.
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10-08-2007, 05:08 AM
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squid
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Bradford, england
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thanks for that DLO, i am new to this forum and marine keeping had my tank for about 5 weeks and this came free with some live rock i bought.
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10-08-2007, 07:33 AM
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Keeper of the Reef
  
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Northern Indiana
Posts: 4,228
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Looks like sand polyps, (brown palythoas)
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10-08-2007, 07:50 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Illinois
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I had some they were called "Stick Polyps"
Stick / Tree Polyp
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Care Level: Moderate
| Light: High
| Water Flow: Medium
| Placement: Middle
| Tank Conditions: 72-78°F; sg 1.023-1.025; pH 8.1-8.4; dKH 8-12
| Color Form: Brown, Tan
| Temperament: Semi-aggressive
| Ideal Supplements: Iodine, Trace Elements
| Origin: Indonesia
| Family: Zoanthidae
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 Acrozoanthus Stick Polyps are colonial animals with multiple tan or brown individual polyps attached to the discarded or dead tubes of tubeworms or fanworms. The colony is also referred to as Encrusting Stick Anemones, or Tree Polyps. The polyps have long tentacles and the ability to sting other polyps or corals, although the sting is not strong.
Stick/Tree Polyps are semi-aggressive and need space between their own colony and other corals. They require a high light level combined with a medium water movement within the aquarium. For continued good health, they also require the addition of iodine and other trace elements to the water.
They will reproduce in the reef aquarium on their own by budding (splitting off a portion of their base or mouth), if adequate water quality parameters are maintained.
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10-08-2007, 08:07 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Wichita,KS
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I looked up sand polyps and brown palythoas , all the pics I see of those look like the normal type of polyps that grow/spread over a rock . These have a hard stem or branch that the polyps grow from . here is a pic of mine , about 10" tall .
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10-08-2007, 08:34 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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Looks like stick polpys like Kelli said.
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10-08-2007, 08:49 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Wichita,KS
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Yep , Kelli posted while I was writing my post . I agree .
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10-08-2007, 08:52 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Sedalia, Mo
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I am with Kelli and George on this one.
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