What Type of PE are these?
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They are definitely bleached out. But are they really a PE? I do not see the watermelon markings on the closed polyp. That is a distinct PE trait I thought.
Agree with Mike, based on the lack of watermelon stripping, I don't think those qualify as a true PE. As for color - still a little early too tell; they most likely (as Stray said) will end up Red, but could also end up orange. Fragged_it what type of lighting are you running on that tank?
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Thanks for the thoughts.
These were in my display tank for about a year and they were a nice brown with the green mouth. I know a nice brown sounds like an oxymoron but, they were. I removed the majority of the colony from my DT and put them in the frag tank. Since they've been in the frag tank they have started developing the colors shown. The picture isn't the best, but I thought it gave a good representation of them.
The frag tank is a small 30g breeder w/ an 8 bulb T5 fixture (36" 39W). Bulbs are: 4 ATI Blue Plus, 2 ATI Aquablue and 2 UVL Actinic white. The fixture hangs about 18-20" over the tank. I found I was washing out chalices when it was lower.
These were in my display tank for about a year and they were a nice brown with the green mouth. I know a nice brown sounds like an oxymoron but, they were. I removed the majority of the colony from my DT and put them in the frag tank. Since they've been in the frag tank they have started developing the colors shown. The picture isn't the best, but I thought it gave a good representation of them.
The frag tank is a small 30g breeder w/ an 8 bulb T5 fixture (36" 39W). Bulbs are: 4 ATI Blue Plus, 2 ATI Aquablue and 2 UVL Actinic white. The fixture hangs about 18-20" over the tank. I found I was washing out chalices when it was lower.
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They are NOT PE's
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Please show a pic of a real PE. and the markings. If these are not real
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HEre you go buddy
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/f14/pe-zoanthid-catalogue-33354.html
All TRUE PE's have the watermelon striping!
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Those are definitely PEs. You don't see the stripping on one closed polyp so you can't make the assumption that the rest don't have it. I'm willing to bet that the others have stripping on them.
If I had to place a guess I would say either Purple/Red PE or just Red-PE. Perhaps something like this once they color up.
If I had to place a guess I would say either Purple/Red PE or just Red-PE. Perhaps something like this once they color up.
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After looking at these pics, they look a lot like some of these RPE shots:
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/f142/r2r-spotlight-red-people-eater-rpe-1778.html
As a side note, the OP's picture with the closed polyp looks like it is "shedding" it's skin. I've found that when a PE shed's it's skin like that (which I think is a reaction to stress or stimulus) you won't see the stripe.
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/f142/r2r-spotlight-red-people-eater-rpe-1778.html
As a side note, the OP's picture with the closed polyp looks like it is "shedding" it's skin. I've found that when a PE shed's it's skin like that (which I think is a reaction to stress or stimulus) you won't see the stripe.
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Those are definitely PEs. You don't see the stripping on one closed polyp so you can't make the assumption that the rest don't have it. I'm willing to bet that the others have stripping on them.
If I had to place a guess I would say either Purple/Red PE or just Red-PE. Perhaps something like this once they color up.
YOu are correct. I am making the assumption that all have NO striping based on the single polyp.
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Hey Fragged it,
Did those go from a non-T5 (or mixed with MH) tank to a T5 only tank?
Did those go from a non-T5 (or mixed with MH) tank to a T5 only tank?
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WoW! Quite the debate :crossedlips:
These were grown out for a bit over a year in a 180 with a standard fixture that has (3) 150w MH and PC's. They were always a rich (slightly purplish) brown with the defined green mouth. Then moved to a frag tank with T5 only about 4 weeks (+/-) ago.
I'll see if I can get some better pictures with the white(r) lights on. I'll also shoot some pictures when they are all closed up to see how they look.
I will (embarrassingly) admit that the alkalinity in this frag tank fluctuates greatly. And I would say the poster that mentioned stress is probably on target.
These were grown out for a bit over a year in a 180 with a standard fixture that has (3) 150w MH and PC's. They were always a rich (slightly purplish) brown with the defined green mouth. Then moved to a frag tank with T5 only about 4 weeks (+/-) ago.
I'll see if I can get some better pictures with the white(r) lights on. I'll also shoot some pictures when they are all closed up to see how they look.
I will (embarrassingly) admit that the alkalinity in this frag tank fluctuates greatly. And I would say the poster that mentioned stress is probably on target.
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After looking over the other thread posted, these images look very close to what they looked like in my DT
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j191/fishes2889/9.jpg
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c25/epidemic420/P1010228-2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/impur/000_0015_00.jpg
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j191/fishes2889/9.jpg
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c25/epidemic420/P1010228-2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/impur/000_0015_00.jpg
Triggerman77
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Same deal ID these PE's
1st two pics
Green mouth
WM stripes on under side
purpleish bluish striped body
My camera is a tru point of sale cant get the real colors But i will try to borrow a cam and get new pics
2nd pic Is a Sweet anyone got a name for these also
NO green mouth
little WM Stripes
1st two pics
Green mouth
WM stripes on under side
purpleish bluish striped body
My camera is a tru point of sale cant get the real colors But i will try to borrow a cam and get new pics
2nd pic Is a Sweet anyone got a name for these also
NO green mouth
little WM Stripes
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