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Teleonomix » Blog » Tags » Cnidaria

Tag Archives: Cnidaria

Corals, Anemones, Jellyfish and their kin.

 

Green Rhodactis mushroom anemones.

April 17, 2016
by DDD
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Rhodactis Mushroom Anemones

Mushroom Anemones in the genus Rhodactis are often kept in marine reef aquariums.

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Fungia Coral.

January 23, 2016
by DDD
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Fungia Coral

The Fungia coral, also known as plate coral, or sometimes mushroom coral is a large polyp stony coral often kept in reef aquariums.

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Entacmaea quadricolor.

December 17, 2015
by DDD
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Bubble-tip Anemone That Lives On

Some time ago I wrote about the first bubble-tip anemone that I have ever owned.

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Ricordea Florida.

December 12, 2015
by DDD
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Ricordea

Ricordea corallimorphs are the most colorful, and quite possibly some of the most beautiful mushroom anemones.

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Tubastraea micrantha.

December 9, 2015
by DDD
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Black Sun Coral

For some reason the coral Tubastraea micrantha is referred to in English as the black sun coral even though it is obviously green in color.

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Coral Growth Update 22/June/2015

June 23, 2015
by DDD
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Coral Growth Update – June-2015

Time to show how much the coral frags have grown since the last update.

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Corals growing in my reef tank.

May 14, 2015
by DDD
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Another Coral Update

I have been posting updates on the growth of these coral frags.

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SPS corals.

April 9, 2015
by DDD
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Coral Growth Update

Just a quick update about pieces of corals in my reef aquarium I have posted about recently.

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Coral.

February 16, 2015
by DDD
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Coral Cutting Workshop at MAST- 2015

The 2015 Coral Cutting Workshop by the Marine Aquarium Society of Toronto (MAST) was held last Wednesday on 11/February/2015 in the community center of the Armour Heights Public Library in Toronto.

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Montipora Capricornis.

February 14, 2015
by DDD
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Montipora Capricornis

The coral Montipora capricornis is a small polyped stony coral.

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Purple gorgonian coral.

March 16, 2014
by DDD
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Purple Gorgonian

This is a photosynthetic gorgonian. Probably belonging to the species Muriceopsis flavida which is known as the purple feather gorgonian or purple brush gorgonian.

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A picture of a hammer coral frag.

February 15, 2014
by DDD
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New Coral Frags

It was coral cutting workshop again at the Marine Aquarium Society of Toronto.

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A picture of a tube anemone.

January 30, 2014
by DDD
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Cerianthus Tube Anemone

Cerianthus tube anemones are not photosynthetic. In fact they are not really anemones either but cousins of the true anemones.

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A picture of a frogspawn coral.

January 27, 2014
by DDD
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Frowspawn Coral

Frogspawn corals are large-polyped stony corals whose needs are few. They are so named because they resemble actual frog eggs. I have acquired this specimen sort of “by accident” in a coral cutting workshop during a Marine Aquarium Society of … Continue reading →

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A picture of Aiptasia anemones in a reef aquarium.

January 10, 2014
by DDD
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Aiptasia

Aiptasia anemones are a common pest in reef aquariums. They will take over any free surface and likely kill other corals in the process.

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A picture of a bubble tip anemone.

January 7, 2014
by DDD
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My First Bubble Tip Anemone

This was my first bubble tip anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor). It had the most beautiful colors, a kind of metallic green with nice pink tips that really bubbled.

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Dendrophyllia.

December 26, 2013
by DDD
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Dendrophyllia Coral

Dendrophyllia corals do not contain zooxanthellae and they do not require light to live.

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A Picture of Rock Flower Anemones.

December 21, 2013
by DDD
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Rock Flower Anemones

Rock flower anemones are incredibly beautiful although somewhat expensive anemones. An article about flower anemones on the Reef Builders website.

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A Picture of a lawnmower blenny sitting behind some cabbage leather coral.

December 11, 2013
by DDD
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Lawnmower Blenny Resting behind a Patch of Cabbage Leather Coral

It is called a Lawnmower Blenny because it eats algae, but it also eats other fish food.

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A picture of a pumping Xenia coral.

December 4, 2013
by DDD
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Pumping Xenia

The pumping Xenia coral is a fascinating creature because for a long time nobody had any idea why it was constantly pumping.

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