More Corals after MACNA with some questions!

[a9reef]

I finally got around to taking some photos of the new corals I picked up at MACNA. I have a few questions for you guys (see below). Thanks!

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3 what exactly is that thing coming out of the mushrooms mouth?

4 this it the yuma that refuses to attach itself to a rock..

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6 this fellow managed to get out of my separate holding tank thru a hole the size of a pencil LOL... i still can't find him (it's been about a week) =(

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8 yuma that refuses to attach itself (shot taken under blue led light - thanks jim @ house)

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10 whats that yellow thing on the left?

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[a9reef]

some more pics:

1 will these zoos heal? i think they half died from the light being too strong up top and i moved them.. now they lost their colors but they still close up... will they ever return to what they use to look like before?

2 this guy is a beast, he eats like a hippo

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4 what is the orange color thing? i thought it was a mushroom when I bought it but i'm having doubts now

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8 yuma escaping lol

 

[prattreef]

Very nice Jason!!!
In order--the stuff coming out of the mushrooms mouth is zooxanthellae (symbiotic algae). Corals have the ability to control the amount they house in their tissue it is being expelled most likely to adjust for higher lighting.

The zoas will recover.

That orange "thing" is another type of Corallimorph related to the more common mushrooms and Ricordea we see. I can't recall the name right now. It is very nice.

The tang that eats like a "hippo" will also get as big as one.

 

[daaznmofo]

3. poops
10. looks like a toadstool.

second post
1. they should heal. don't start corals all the way on top. start on the bottom. i dunno about the starfish all over the coral tho.
4. looks like a st. thomas shroom, i believe.

 

[Awibrandy]

You have a beautiful Tank! Congratulations................................

 

[Reef Reaper]

Great tank!! Keep up the good work!

 

[skatezen]

Very nice Jason!!!
In order--the stuff coming out of the mushrooms mouth is zooxanthellae (symbiotic algae). Corals have the ability to control the amount they house in their tissue it is being expelled most likely to adjust for higher lighting.

The zoas will recover.

That orange "thing" is another type of Corallimorph related to the more common mushrooms and Ricordea we see. I can't recall the name right now. It is very nice.

The tang that eats like a "hippo" will also get as big as one.

Randy,
Isn't that a juv. Vlamingi tang? In which case it would get huge!

 

[waigm]

Nice

Nice Tank Jason, Nice Yuma

 

[saltygeek75]

nice mushrooms

 

[nanoreefer22]

Yellow thing on the left = Toadstool leather

Good stuff

 

[dubs]

yo that a nice assortment of mushrrom u have there ....give me some lol i really like the funky color yuma