Please help identify

[Nelo]

I'm not sure which forum these belong under. They are a gorgeous purple with green centers. The reef store sold them as "some type of palythoa" although they just have a bit different tenticle pattern so I'm not sure! Help would be appreciated!!!! Please ignore poor pic quality.

 

[Nelo]

I'm not sure which forum these belong under. They are a gorgeous purple with green centers. The reef store sold them as "some type of palythoa" although they just have a bit different tenticle pattern so I'm not sure! Help would be appreciated!!!! Please ignore poor pic quality.

BTW one pic I spot fed them and boy did they eat! Reminded my of my fat headed dendros or my RBTAS

 

[Nelo]

BTW one pic I spot fed them and boy did they eat! Reminded my of my fat headed dendros or my RBTAS

I figured one expert would help

 

[Ahruk]

Sorry no ID, but those look really really cool

 

[Reefing Madness]

Duncan and Frogspawn.

Moved thread to LPS Forum.

 

[Nelo]

The frogspawn wasn't in question sorry. And they are 100000000% not Duncan's. I have Duncan's and honestly they look nothing alike, not even the same tentacle pattern and these are much smaller and not connected at all as duncanops are.

 

[Nelo]

Sorry no ID, but those look really really cool

Thank you I thought so too! Different then anything I've seen with the 2 rows of tendrils. One row points up the other hugs the surface of the rock.

 

[Ahruk]

Totally cool! What a find.

 

[Tahoe61]

How about oompa loompa zoanthids?

 

[Ahruk]

Probably not, my boyfriend is a zoa collector and I'm pretty up on named zoas (for the most part). :/ He's got oompa loompas in his tank and they're nothing like that. Never seen any zoa with the double tenacles like that. Are you sure it doesn't have a skeleton?

 

[Ahruk]

OH nevermind boyfriend says they do have double tenacles just can't really see them except when they're kind of open.

 

[Ahruk]

Is the skirt pink or orange in person? And does it look like a normal zoa when it's fully open?

 

[Reefing Madness]

Sure looks like an LPS to me.

 

[Nelo]

Is the skirt pink or orange in person? And does it look like a normal zoa when it's fully open?

The skirt is pinkish purple, it does look like a zoa with 2 sets of tendrils!

 

[Ahruk]

Huh... that's so bizarre. Never seen anything like that but sounds awesome. My only concern is that I think it COULD be an anemone as it kinda looks like a cross between b/t aptaisia/strawberry anemone and a zoa.

 

[Nelo]

I was thinking the same thing, it COULD be an anem. It eats a lot like my RBTA's too, and anems in my tank are incredibly successful for reasons unbenounced to me lol as they split non stop! I have never seen anything like these either though, they are absolutely the coolest little things ever though the way they do look like a pally with 2 sets of tentacles, like tiny multi colored Duncan's or something!? With a soft structure and only 3 of the 8 having a connected skeleton.

 

[Tahoe61]

We need more images there is just no way around it. lol, plus I really want a better look at them. If you could turn down the blue a little it would really helps. Thank you.

 

[Nelo]

I will as soon as I get home. Doing the best I can w/ the phone I have lol! I'll turn the blue off while I take the pics. Expect more uploads around 5:30-6:00EST!

 

[Ahruk]

Awesome Can't wait to see more. I love all the wierd/unique stuff this hobby introduces us to. It just goes to show how much is going on in our oceans.

 

[Nelo]

With and w\o blues