ID on toadstool

[flfireman1]

So I have a regular green toadstool.

I recently purchased a longer polyp toadstool. Is this what’s considered a weeping willow?

Thanks for the help.

 

[Sashaka]

Wow! A very pretty colored softy.

Is the coral fully extended? There are many types of toadstools and the length of polyps vary between types from short to quite long. I'm not sure it's a weeping willow. Their polyps are VERY long. See YouTube video below put out by Reef Builders. Whatever coral it is, it is nice. Congratulations on your new coral!

 

[flfireman1]

Wow! A very pretty colored softy.

Is the coral fully extended? There are many types of toadstools and the length of polyps vary between types from short to quite long. I'm not sure it's a weeping willow. Their polyps are VERY long. See YouTube video below put out by Reef Builders. Whatever coral it is, it is nice. Congratulations on your new coral!

Thank you for the reference. I guess it’s not a weeping willow. It does have longer polyps but that’s fully extended. It’s color is also a fluorescent green as opposed to a regular bright green of the green toadstool

 

[Kellie in CA]

I'm curious what actually defines a "Weeping Willow". I have a pair that have polyps that are easily 3 inches long. The color is different than the video though. It's a bright green/yellow.

I'm not sure what to call it.

 

[Sashaka]

It's a bright green/yellow.

Hi Kellie,
I have seen green colored ones advertised for sale too. Don't quote me on this, but I think they're a Japanese type. The green Japanese type polyps don't look as long to me as the standard, but I've never owned one myself, so I could be wrong. When not in flow, the polyps will droop down like a typical weeping willow tree. I've always wanted one of the green ones myself. They're hard to find for a reasonable price. If you ever decide to frag.... keep me in mind!

 

[LetItReef]

I'm curious what actually defines a "Weeping Willow". I have a pair that have polyps that are easily 3 inches long. The color is different than the video though. It's a bright green/yellow.

I'm not sure what to call it.

There are few types of Weeping willow. I have one similar that is posted above.
Pics?

 

[Kellie in CA]

Quite a bit bigger now, but this gives you the idea. There are actually 2, but they didn't open for over a year and I pretty much gave up on them. When they finally started to open the two stalks had fused at the base, so I didn't separate them. Grabbed them at a frag swap for $20 and had no idea about the long polyps. The seller just kept telling me how "yellow" the mother colony was. In my tank it's always looked green, but a month ago I switched to Red Sea Salt and they are getting more & more yellow from the bottom up.

 

[Sashaka]

I switched to Red Sea Salt and they are getting more & more yellow from the bottom up.

Beautiful, Kellie! Do you think the salt switch really made a difference? I've wondered whether I should buy a better salt, but I really don't see that much difference when inspecting the different brands by ingredients.

I have one similar that is posted above

Cool, LetItReef! Show it off with a pic.

 

[LetItReef]

Cool, LetItReef! Show it off with a pic.

Pardon the mess. Broke down my 40 and still waiting for a new tank.

 

[LetItReef]

I'm curious what actually defines a "Weeping Willow". I have a pair that have polyps that are easily 3 inches long. The color is different than the video though. It's a bright green/yellow.

I'm not sure what to call it.

If u decided to frag, let me know how $ and shipping. I am looking for a green one.

 

[Sashaka]

Pardon the mess. Broke down my 40 and still waiting for a new tank

It doesn't look so bad! Is that a red finger gorgonian in the background to the right? Awesome!

 

[LetItReef]

It doesn't look so bad! Is that a red finger gorgonian in the background to the right? Awesome!

Its a red grape macro algae.

 

[Sashaka]

Its a red grape macro algae.

Nice. I've thought about cultivating some of that for my tangs. I've read that herbivores love it, but I was afraid of it turning invasive in my sump or my tank. It looks pretty localized in your tank though.

 

[flfireman1]

So I have a regular green toadstool.

I recently purchased a longer polyp toadstool. Is this what’s considered a weeping willow?

Thanks for the help.

I recently was at a LFS and saw my same toadstool that was in question. It was labeled as an Aussie a green toadstool. Not sure if that is correct.