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Old 10/11/2007, 11:56 AM
anonymousadrian anonymousadrian is offline
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xenia/cespitularia

is there a differnce between blue and tuquoise cespitularia?
they say this is blue cespitularia



but they say this is also blue cespitularia




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Old 10/11/2007, 02:51 PM
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They are most likely different localities of the same thing. The only kind of Cespitularia I've heard of is Blue.
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Old 10/12/2007, 09:16 PM
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That is the same as blue xenia. Its said to turn blue when its under high spectrum lighting for a while. I think the difference is the way they took the pics. One with flash (sparkles) and one without the top.
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Old 10/12/2007, 10:12 PM
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common names have a good way of confusing thing's. Cespitularia is in the Xeniidae family, and your colony look's healthy and the same color as mine was when it 1st came in . I heard that Xenia's don't really react well to Mullet's but that might just be a rumor
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Old 10/13/2007, 09:41 AM
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I have had mine right under a 250 14k MH. In the month and a half that I have had it, it has went fro 1/2" to ~1 3/4" but it has not become any more blue.

Oh btw, the other pics that you showed were taken with a flashlight directed onto it causing light refraction of the sclerites. They would not look that blue in the pic without it. For any of you naysayers out there, don't jump down my throat. I'm just trying to share what I have seen.
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Old 10/14/2007, 02:41 PM
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I just picked up this blue cespitularia a few days ago.


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Old 10/15/2007, 10:36 AM
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Originally posted by humanremainz
I heard that Xenia's don't really react well to Mullet's but that might just be a rumor
I've heard this as well, however there are reports of aptaisia infestations being directly related to the presence mullets.
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Old 10/24/2007, 05:11 PM
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anyone got some cespitularia or blue for sale?
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Old 10/24/2007, 05:11 PM
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anyone got some cespitularia or blue for sale?
 


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