Help identify please

[eakatank]

Hello all,

I stopped by my LFS today and ran into something I had not seen. Pics were taken with my phone so they're not what you would call good. It has blue branches and white tops. The owner told me he wasn't exactly sure what they were called but had heard they were difficult to keep in captivity. They've had them for about a month and they look owefully healthy to me. Thoughts?:snshne:



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[lcstorc]

I just saw these on another thread a couple of weeks ago. I forget what they are but remember that they are hard to keep.

 

[michael_cb_125]

Are they colonial tunicates?

 

[eakatank]

I can't find any pics of colonial tunicates that look very similar. This is about the size of a fist and apparently it sheds the top every week or so.

 

[reefjitsu]

That stuff is most often sold as Blue Palm Coral (Neptheis fascicularis). It is not a coral though, it is colonial tunicates.

 

[rebekwl]

I have also seen them called Lollipop Tunicates. I have read that they are very hard to keep, very beautiful though...

 

[Dentoid]

It's a Pom Pom tunicate. See this link!

Animal Library: Invertebrates: Other Inverts: Sea Squirts: Oxycorxnia fascicularis

 

[goldenmean]

Gosh I love saltcorner.com.
Its a great place to make an ID!

 

[kimoy]

sometimes it is also called blue cauliflower

 

[eakatank]

Awesome! Thanks for the help.