A few pictures of new coral

Here are a few pictures of our new coral. This first one is a toadstool leather. We just got it, Hanneke actually bought it. It's a nice yellow color and it, along with the other two below, are in the small tank we have.

This next one is called a large polyp Duncan's Head. It was the most expensive coral I've bought but I was surprised they had it and it was half the price I expected from shopping for it online for a while. This first picture is of it during the day. This coral is one I purchased.


As you can see in this next picture of it, taken at night, it has nice neon green in its center. It is a stony coral so in time it will grow more branches (if it does well, that is) and more polyps. If it grew more and I was inclined to, I could use bonecutters and cut off a branch and give it to a friend, trade it, etc.


Finally, here is the other coral Hanneke bought. It is called a sun coral and the picture is taken at night because the tentacled polyps you see only come out at night. This is Hanneke's coral and it is the first one we have that requires target feeding. Our others are primarily photosynthetic, though they also filter feed. This one is carnivorous and needs to be fed brine shrimp or phytoplankton. Han does both with a turkey baster. It's a pretty cool coral.



Here's one last picture of our small tank overall. In it you can see the bright orange color of the sun coral under the lights. There are some snails crawling up the back. You can see that our candycane coral, the purple one on the right, is repairing itself - those lines of goo coming off it are it self-repairing.

See you all soon.