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Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Cauliflower is recovering!


'Cauliflowers' are soft corals meaning they do not have a calcareous skeleton. It's just one soft coral polyp attached to a rock. The cauliflowers have only been fairing fine since they got into the tank. They usually thrive in dark areas and are often found hanging upside down in caves. The right side of the picture shows the cauliflowers when they first came into the tank. One of the polyps has its tiny tentacles extended giving it a hairy appearance whereas the other is fully contracted and looks smooth. That smooth polyp has refused to extend its tentacles until recently. On the left, that is a recent shot. Not very sharp, but you can compare how much the polyps have gotten better and grown. That's great news for the deep blue sea!

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