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Current Reef Denizens
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Common/Scientific Name
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Indigenous to...
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Obtained from...
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Comments
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Montipora/Montipora capricornis
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Indo-Pacific, but probably aquacultured
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Todd Proctor's tank, 6/26/10
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3 pieces in tank, this is the largest. Growing very well!
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Green Sinularia/Sinularia dura
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Indo-Pacific
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Gil's tank, 8/6/10
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2 in tank, looking great.
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Eagle Eye Zoanthids (?)/Zoanthus sp.
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Aquacultured
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Reefs2go.com, 7/15/10
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Two 1" colonies, starting to grow already. Glow gold in actinics.
they look great!
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Melon Zoanthids (?)/Zoanthus sp.
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Aquacultured
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Reefs2go.com, 7/15/10
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One 1" colony. Bigger than the others in the tank, also glow gold.
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Neon Green Zoanthids (?)/Zoanthus sp.
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Aquacultured
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Reefs2go.com, 7/15/10
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One 1" colony. Glows green, smaller polyps than others
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Dragon Fire Zoanthids (?)/Zoanthus sp.
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Aquacultured
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MASM Monster Frag Swap, 8/15/10
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One 1" colony. Glows dark brick orange, growing very quickly,
already encrusting part of rock
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Orange Bam Bam Zoanthids/Zoanthus sp.
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Aquacultured
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MASM Monster Frag Swap, 8/15/10
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One 1" colony. Glows gorgeous orange, growing quickly
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Torch Coral/Euphyllia glabrescens
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Indo-Pacific
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Mark @ SaltwaterFishtoGo in Ferndale, 7/18/10
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Green with pink tips. Growing very quickly .
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Unknown Pink Finger Leather/Sinularia sp
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?
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Todd Proctor's tank, 6/26/10
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1 colony in tank, growing quickly
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Candy Cane Coral/Caulastrea furcata
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Indo-Pacific
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Kee's Aquarium, ~6/25/10
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Thought it was dead when I got it home, looking shriveled up for
a few weeks, until it suddenly started to inflate again. Both heads are now starting to split!
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Blue Acropora/Acropora sp
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South Pacific
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MASM Monster Frag Swap, 8/15/10
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Absolutely beautiful turquoise blue acropora for great price...my favorite
find of the frag swap!
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Acan/Acanthastrea sp
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Australia
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MASM Monster Frag Swap, 8/15/10
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4 head frag of red/gray acan
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Frogspawn/Euphyllia paradivisa
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Indo-Pacific
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MASM Monster Frag Swap, 8/15/10
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Beautiful glowing green and violet tips. 2 heads
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Green Slimer/Acropora yongei
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Indo-Pacific
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MASM Monster Frag Swap, 8/15/10
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Nice fat chunk that slimed nicely once in the tank. ;) Growing
faster than anything else in tank!
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Dendrophyllia/Dendrophyllia sp
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Indo-Pacific
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MASM Monster Frag Swap, 8/15/10
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Michelle convinced me to get this one...it's in a shaded area of the tank,
and I have to feed it weekly, but other than being high maintenance, it looks beautiful and eats readily
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Christmas Favia/Favites sp
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Indo-Pacific
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MASM Monster Frag Swap, 8/15/10
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Purchased 2 chunks (one small, one large). Add nice red color to the tank
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Pom Pom Xenia/Xenia umbellata
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South Pacific
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MASM Monster Frag Swap, 8/15/10
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Ping-pong ball sized colony added to right side of tank. Already
fragged for Sean's tank
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Birds Nest Coral (Bird of Paradise?)/Seriatopora hystrix
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South Pacific
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MASM Monster Frag Swap, 8/15/10
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Small frag with 7 "points" when purchased. Orangish/pink color with blue-ish polyps. Very pretty, and
growing quickly, tripling in size in 2 months
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Red Mushroom/Actinodiscus sp
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Indo-Pacific
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Sambo from MichiganReefers.com, ~9/20/10
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Got a great deal on four (3 large, one small), and all doing well
in tank. Glow a brilliant red in actinic lights!
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Past Reef Denizens
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Common/Scientific Name
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Indigenous to...
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Obtained from...
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Comments
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Cabbage leather/Sinularia brassica
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Indo-Pacific
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Todd Proctor's tank, 6/26/10
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Grew quickly for a while, but slowly faded to white and then all polyps
disappeared
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