Reef Discussion

[firebird]

Came across something I had not seen or heard of before- Acontial filaments are seen most often in SPS corals and are used against other coral neighbours. These arise from the gastric cavity and are very potent. These are different to sweeper tentacles which are modified polyps but which in essence do the same thing-i.e.fight other corals

 

['vspec']

Killer shots, thanks bud

 

[MTG]

Thanks for the post, very amazing, cheers

 

[MagicJ]

I assume that the coral was reacting against the glass rather than another coral??

 

[firebird]

I assume that the coral was reacting against the glass rather than another coral??

In this case yes but they use these against other corals

 

[Edison]

I seen this a fair bit in my loaded SPS before the reaquascaping. Very interesting stuff. Not a happy neighbour.

 

[Agent M]

Is this the same as what you see on morphs when they are not happy?

 

[firebird]

Apparently morphs can do this too