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02-07-2006, 05:06 PM
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Reefer Dude
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Conyers, GA
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Pic of Hydnophora Attacking Another Coral
Here is a pic of my Hydnophora attacking a nearby milliepora.
The Hydnophora spews out a spider web like substance when the other corals around it grow too close. Where ever the web like substance touches the other coral it dies. This is the third time this coral has been attached, I got a shot of it right after it happened this time.
Cool stuff.
Mike
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02-07-2006, 05:19 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Atlanta GA
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its their entrails they are spewing out. pretty cool
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02-07-2006, 06:48 PM
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Addicted to water
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Atlanta
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Mine blasted one of my blasto colonies (literally).  Thankfully those corals can take a beating, but I wasn't too thrilled regardless.
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02-07-2006, 09:28 PM
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Sharky
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Atlanta
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if it needs fraging....... i'd always apreciate it  |
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02-07-2006, 11:55 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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And in this corner !
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02-08-2006, 10:20 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Senoia, GA
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I had the same problem when mine got too close to other corals. I had to move it several times to give it enough room. I never lost a whole colony, but did have to break off the parts it killed. When I set up a new tank, the hydnophora will be at least 6 inches from anything it could kill.
Just my two cents,
Richard
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02-08-2006, 10:47 AM
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uber-stupid
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Biloxi, MS
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That's vicious.
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02-08-2006, 03:15 PM
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Addicted to water
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Atlanta
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Originally Posted by sharkboy1410
if it needs fraging....... i'd always apreciate it |
There's a waiting list for frags of that coral, mainly because I'm too chicken to frag it!
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02-08-2006, 08:14 PM
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Sharky
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Atlanta
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i'm afraid to frag stuff too, i do it by accident though.
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02-08-2006, 08:21 PM
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going broke fast
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: N 33° 57.067 W 084° 32.510 (Marietta Ga.)
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looks like spiderman..too kewl
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02-08-2006, 10:19 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Grayson, Ga
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you think a hydno is bad....try some rogusa....i had a hydno frag fall onto the rogusa while decorating. i didnt notice it right away, less than a minute anyways....hydno was dead in a couple hours!!!!
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02-09-2006, 06:40 AM
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Reefer Dude
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Conyers, GA
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Do you have any pics of the rogusa? I'd like to see it.
Mike
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Originally Posted by RobinsonFam1
you think a hydno is bad....try some rogusa....i had a hydno frag fall onto the rogusa while decorating. i didnt notice it right away, less than a minute anyways....hydno was dead in a couple hours!!!!
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02-09-2006, 03:24 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Grayson, Ga
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i can get one loaded tonite. its a small frag about 1"x1.5" that i have had almost a year. i have heard that most people either have a really slow grower or lightning fast. so far its only grown a tiny bit.
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02-09-2006, 04:08 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Dacula (Hamilton Mill)
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Hydno's stretch out like crazy though. I had one reach seriously like 1/2" to latch onto one of my caps. They are brutal! So cool though under actinics!
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02-09-2006, 07:00 PM
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Founder-Canton Reef Club
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Woodstock, Georgia
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Kayla
Frag it. Just get a pair of needle nose pliers and brake off a branch. Done it a bunch. or a saw if its pretty thick or odd shaped. Don't be scared. Frag it
I have one frag you can have.
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