I need ID on a few things

[henjon]

Hi!

I bought a few things from a guy who deceided that his life was at an end (sad story really).

Anyhow from one day to another i had live animals, although my tank would not be ready for another month.

So atm i keep the animals in a nano reef.

But there is a few things which i cannot ID. So i hope that maybe you guys could help.

I would like it very much if you know the latin name aswell. Although any name will do

Here goes.

I got some polyps of some sort (does not look anything like majano)

Some kind of cuke or apple.

And some sort of chromis

pics as follows.

[henjon]

hmm well you can see the pics on this link.

http://www.nordicreefforum.dk/forum_...?TID=1321&PN=1

[Mermaid123]

I took the liberty of moving your thread so you'd get more of a response.

The first photo is zooanthus sp. common name button polyps. They do well in about any light, as long as it's not too low. Very hardy, a good beginner coral.

The second photo appears to be a Sea Apple (Pseudocolchirus violaceus). These are the most toxic members of the cucumber family and do have the capacity to kill off your entire tank if they get stressed or die. I'd be trading it in at the LFS.

The fish appears to be a Beau Gregory damsel possibly. Aggressive little buggers!

HTH
Val

[henjon]

Thanks Val!

Yeah the damsels have been a bit agressive, although sofar only towards each other (got two of them). I have noticed that they have the abillity to get black stripes across thier body, but only if they get stressed or if the lights are off.. Truely an effektive camoflage abillity.

The sea apple is going to the toilet!

Thanks again!

brgds

[Deep Bluenigma]

Like Val said about the fish...can't remember the name, but the one I had got really big and was a total terror to the other tankmates...get ride of him before getting more desireable looking fish...

[Mermaid123]

The stripes your seeing are exactly what you said... camoflage, and some really excellent camo at that. Generally they adopt this coloration at night to make it more difficult for predators to see them. Take a look at a yellow tang at night some time, they fade out to a very pale yellow and develop a bright white horizontal stripe down the center of thier bodies. It might look to us like they're just plain sick but to a predator at night it's the HUGE eye of another fish....a fish thats much larger than them, better leave it alone! It's just TOO cool!

The Sea Apple really is a fascinating animal. I would give it the big "fw swirly bath" by any means. If you dont think the LFS will take it why not move your corals to the bigger tank when it's ready for them and set the nano up as a Sea Apple tank. Watching them feed alone is worth saving it. Very interesting.

HTH
Val