Cladiella sp. or Alcyonium sp.
Picture was taken in September 1999 with a Sony Mavica FD91 digital camera, no flash Pictured to the left is a Colt Coral after only a few weeks in the tank. When first added to the tank it refused to open up and slumped over. As a trial and error guess, I moved the coral dead center of the tank under direct metal halide lighting and it quickly began to open up. I've left it there and has been doing wonderfully. |
Cladiella sp. or Alcyonium sp.
Picture was taken in October 1999 with Minolta 7000 SLR, ASA 200, no flash (scanned) Alcyonium is very similar to Cladiella so some confusion exists between genera. Alcyonium tend to be slimy to the touch whereas the others may be rough in texture. |
Cladiella sp. or Alcyonium sp.
Picture was taken in April 2000 with Nikon Coolpix 950 Digital Camera, No Flash This picture shows the coral 6 months later. It is much lager in size. The coral grew so large it could no longer balance on the rock it was on. I had to move the coral with its rock to the side of the tank on the sand bed where its gets less current and does not fall over. |
Cladiella sp. or Alcyonium sp.
Picture was taken in April 2000 with Nikon Coolpix 950 Digital Camera, +10 and +7 lens, No Flash This picture shows an extreme close-up of the tentacles of the Colt Coral where you can see the delicate branching structures. |
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NOTE: This coral has outgrown my tank. I did not want to cut the coral up (propagate) as I'm not really interested in soft corals. I sold the coral. When the coral was removed from the tank it weight about 14 lbs. and took up about 1 sq. foot of tank space. Unfortunately, the bag holding the colt ruptured during shipping and the coral arrived dry. The new owner attempted to save it by adding it to his 225 gallon tank anyway. The coral fell a part and melted into mush within days and killed 90% of his fish in the process. |