gorgonian id help

[zhenya]

Hi Guys and Gals,

I spent all morning looking through my reference books and for the life of me I could not get anything remotely close to positive id it is getting quite frustrating to say the least. Anyone else likes to take a stab at it?
I'm guessing that it is azooxanthellate specie and I really stepped in it this time

First pic is of the polyps,as close as I could get to them and second is more of the branch structure. I bought this couple of days ago becouse I figured that it probably stands a better chance in my tank becouse I feed alot of planktonic food and even if it is an aposymbiotic specie it may live for alot longer then in my LFS.
They do not feed anything except fish.

[madman19710]

Hi Guys and Gals,

I spent all morning looking through my reference books and for the life of me I could not get anything remotely close to positive id it is getting quite frustrating to say the least. Anyone else likes to take a stab at it?
I'm guessing that it is azooxanthellate specie and I really stepped in it this time

First pic is of the polyps,as close as I could get to them and second is more of the branch structure. I bought this couple of days ago becouse I figured that it probably stands a better chance in my tank becouse I feed alot of planktonic food and even if it is an aposymbiotic specie it may live for alot longer then in my LFS.
They do not feed anything except fish.

i thought i had seen it before i found it in corals for the mini reef aquarium by Dr.herbert axelrod he says it is melithaea in short it says that they are a real pain requiring backlighting and the like .he suggests seperate aquarium just for them i dont know how reliable he is just a book i have .

[zhenya]

i thought i had seen it before i found it in corals for the mini reef aquarium by Dr.herbert axelrod he says it is melithaea in short it says that they are a real pain requiring backlighting and the like .he suggests seperate aquarium just for them i dont know how reliable he is just a book i have .

Thanks,madman

Well,I looked at that particular family and according to E.Borneman they are "...characterized by having internods between the branches that look like contrasting disks..."
Mine is lacking this characteristic and this is the reason why I passed on that family. Also, I forgot to add that the whole coral is quite flexable and not just the branches,if it matters at all that is. I guess I have to look some more in the Verons and maybe some internet resourses.