Another coral ID

jumpfrog

Active Member
My LFS gave me these pieces that fell of the main coral. The main coloney was similar to a galaxia in that it had many small hard tubes with the polyp coming out from each. Here's a pic of a few pieces I stuck in a rock hoping they will multiply.
Anyone know what they are?
 

nm reef

Active Member
Difficult to tell from the pics but it could be a Galaxea fascicularis ... if it is be aware that they have some very powerful sweeper tentacles that can do some serious damage to neighboring corals! A low current is reported to minimise the reach of the sweeper tentacles but they can still reach over 6" to inflict damage.:cool:
 

jumpfrog

Active Member
Thanks NMReef. I have it well away from anything else in the tank. Ironically, where I used to keep my galaxia. It does have similarities to the galaxia but with just the individual polyps by themselves it's hard to tell. I had a hard time getting any kind of pic due to where I placed it. Maybe when it extends better I'll try to move it just to get a pic. Do you think it will multiply?
 
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