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 Topic: Nifty AdditionThe new items published under this topic are as follows.
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Posted by: whodah -
on Friday, July 10, 2009 - 06:46 PM |
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We just added a very unique submission to the CoralPedia.com site. Although a bit late on our part, the submitter (spy_i) submitted these Zoanthids that were found in Dubai, UAE (United Arab Emirates)! Spy_i added in their notes that the salinity in Dubai is too high (in the upper 37 to lower 38 psu range) to form reefs and it came as quite a surprise to find Zoanthids there.
spy_i wrote: "I currently live in Dubai and [stumbled] upon this zoa on the famous Madinat Hotel (opposite Burj Al Arab Hotel). I was strolling along the hotel's man made creek when I saw like a beehive on the water dikes. [...] I personally collected this Zoa from the man made creek [...]. I never imagined that such life [would] have existed here in the waters of Dubai. I know that the level of salinity is too high that Dubai [doesn't] have any Reefs at all. I was looking around the macro's that [were] growing on the dike when I [noticed] a dark beehive like thing. All I thought was a dark chocolatey sponge. Surprisingly, upon closer inspection, the blue center on the zoo just pierce thru its brown skirts. To my excitement I [quickly] pulled a small colony that was growing on a clam... then I realize this zoo is everywhere with big colonies matting on the side of the man made dikes."
Thanks for the submission and special treat, spy_i!
You can see spy_i's "Green Eyed Arabs" here:
You can see where other corals have been reportedly collected by visiting our CoralPedia's Coral Origins page.
Enjoy,
-Who Dah?
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Posted by: Kigs! -
on Friday, May 01, 2009 - 07:02 AM |
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This is a nice treat for Zoanthid aficionados. David Acevedo (Daceman) sent us these images that had all of us drooling! He wrote, "About 4 months ago I was bored so I decided to take 1 polyp of each Nuclear green and Purple death and cut them in half and glue both sides together leaving me with 2 polyps of purple/green polyps on a disc. One died and the other lived." Thanks to David for sharing these nifty shots with us and keep up the mad scientist experiments! 
Check out rest of the pictures here.
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