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07/03/2005, 11:31 AM
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All About Cycloseris
hey there all LPS fans. I have just finished the first of many coral profiles for my website and I wanted to ask this knowledgeable body of aquarists for 2 things.
http://coralite.net/cycloseris.html 1. This is the template for how I plan to profile many more corals at the generic and species level of detail. I have just a couple minor things I plan to change, like the captions for individual images. I am fishing for suggestions and comments on how to make the presentation better. I would also like criticism of the content for this group of corals in case I have left something out or if someone feels I am erroneous in some way please let me know. 2. I am recruiting other aquarists to do profiles of their favorite coral groups. I figure if I get others to do profiles of corals they know more about than the coral profiles will turn out more thorough and interesting. I have already asked some of the RC regulars to do some coral groups but I am still trying to find people to do the following groups. Blastomussa, trachyphyllia, scolymia, cynarina, euphyllia, plero and physogyra, lobophyllia and some others as I think of them. If you are interested in doing a coral profile, even one that isnt listed, please let me know. Looking forward to hear what ya'll think.
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07/03/2005, 11:57 AM
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Jake,
Clean out your PM box, dude. I've been trying to PM you! Melissa (from Atlanta) ---That A. lokani is doing well - turning the most beautiful purple... |
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07/03/2005, 05:24 PM
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Website looks awesome! Perhaps include the common names though. I didn't think I saw that. Oh, and how to pronounce the latin names.
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07/03/2005, 06:05 PM
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Hey Jake,
The site looks great. As for Cycloseris identification, one thing I've noticed is that Cyclo's have a ring of tiny polyps around the outer edge of the coral while Fungia do not. This makes is very easy to identify a healthy Cycloseris. You can barely make them out in this C. tenuis  In this pic of a few of mine, you can really see the tentacles on the green Cyclo. 
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07/04/2005, 06:43 PM
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I read that in Veron's book a long time ago, so now I'm wondering if it refers to the Fungia and Cycloseris genus as a whole, or a specific comparison of the species I was studying.
 I will double check tomorrow. 
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07/05/2005, 01:06 PM
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"Fungia grow much larger than Cycloseris, may be elongate, may have septa with larger teeth, and may have costae with elongate spines. Unlike Cycloseris, Fungia usualy occurs in reef environments."
- JEN Veron Corals of the World Volume II, pg. 236 "may be", "may have", "usually"... I guess there is no such thing as a definite answer in identification.
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07/06/2005, 06:06 AM
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I have one that is electric green and is convex.Similar to the green one in Coralite's pics.So is it fungia or cycloseris?
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07/17/2005, 11:12 AM
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Right price for Orange Cycloseris
A LFS has several orange cycloseris (he calls them orange fungia) that are about the size of a silver dollar and moderately dome shaped. He's asking $65 each. Is that within the range for this coral? It's difficult to find Orange for the tank so I'm thinking of paying the ransom!
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