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[strider]

Hi ppl

I added a couple of things to my Reef not 100% sure of the names
I was told but ive got a bad memory

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and i noticed about 6 of these things sticking out of little holes in a rock you can see 3 in the centre line of the pic they are lime green bands very small, i think they might be Digitate Hydroid

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[binski]

my guess 1) Palyzoas and Rhodactus (if its mushroom like - GSP if not), 2) Xenia, 3) brittle stars

[Steven Pro]

I agree with binski. The first image has button polyps (Protopalythoa) on the left with hairy mushrooms (Rhodactus) or Green Star Polyps on the right. The second one is definitely Xenia and the last look like the arms of mini brittle stars.

[strider]

thanx are the Brittle Star a problem

[kau_cinta_ku]

those stars will be fine in your tank

[strider]

Thanx very much still very new to the hobby so every time i see new things panic starts to set in as i dont need any beasties at this stage though im sure i'll have my fair share.

How do i make my photo size smaller so i can start my gallery?

[kau_cinta_ku]

do you use photobucket? if so on your pic. it should say edit. just go there and resize.

[strider]

yeh im using photobucket
i have been resizeing to 75% 0f original but i still get told the size is to big

Thanx i'll keep trying

[strider]

Also i found this little guy last night well 1 like him this is 1 ive just caught



any ideas

[greenbean36191]

Collonista. They are harmless grazers and they reproduce well.

[strider]

thanx

[crzy4reefs]

you'll find lots of neat things in the tank best time to look is at night with a flash light.

[PoukieBear]

When the green things retract, do they retrct into a purple matt? That's how you can tell if they are star polyps.

[strider]

yes when they've retracted its a light purple colour

[Amphiprion]

It looks as though the greenish polyps are a green morph of Erythropodium (or encrusting gorgonian). Green star polyps typically rise from a darker purple "mat", whereas EG arises from a peach to flesh-colored mat. Very nice color, but an exceptionally fast-spreading coral, often downright invasive.

[fakename]

BTW, you can download a freeware program called "Image Analyzer", that lets you set the pic size before you save. It's easy to get a 50K pic instead of guessing how much to compress the file.
It's available on tucows.com
I'm sure there are lots of similar progs out there, but I think this is a nifty one!

[strider]

Thanx

[Sun Devil]

Those dont look like rhodactis to me. I may be wrong but it looks like a large colony of green star polyps with the buttons. I think I see their pink base in the gaps between them. I have a colony twice that size that looks just like them. Good colony!!!