Coral ID

[oo bubbagump oo]

It's Justin. What kind of Coral is this exactly?
If you can include diet, growth, additive information it will be greatly appreciated!

 

[nicky1.8t]

i would say it is a colt , i have one just like it and thats what my lfs told me it was i dont feed it any thing special, they do grow very fast mine doubled in size in 2 months, good luck with it

 

[nick17]

I was going to say the same thing.
Here's some info..
It likes to eat filter feeding invert food, brine shrimp, micro-plankton a few times per week, when open.
Hope this helps,
-Nick

 

[justinx]

looks an awful lot like Capnella to me. Very similar to colt, but more branching as this appears. Colts are generally thick, where as capnella are thinner. My opinion . . . . capnella.

 

[krux]

capnela (kenya tree).

 

[nm reef]

I'd agree with the Capnella ID...from what I understand they tend to be much more difficult to keep than the colts.They recieve less nutrition from zooanthellae than colts and need a food source available via the water column to thrive.

 

[justinx]

Originally posted by NM reef
I'd agree with the Capnella ID...from what I understand they tend to be much more difficult to keep than the colts.They recieve less nutrition from zooanthellae than colts and need a food source available via the water column to thrive.
This is very true, but if supplied with the correct conditions, they grow like weeds. The neat thing is though that they frag themselves. Once they get too bog for their arms to support, they will pinch off that arm and it will fall off, starting a new colony. A great coral IMO. Feeding DT's is a MUST though.
HTH
Justin

 

[reef fool]

Originally posted by JustinX
This is very true, but if supplied with the correct conditions, they grow like weeds. The neat thing is though that they frag themselves. Once they get too bog for their arms to support, they will pinch off that arm and it will fall off, starting a new colony. A great coral IMO. Feeding DT's is a MUST though.
HTH
Justin
They frag themselves like crazy is right! Seaham358 has one and he has had about 30-40 offshoots. I have 3 of the "babies" in my reef and they are growing steadily. He trades/sells them all the time.
Here is a pic of one of the babies he gave me. It is only about 1 1/2" tall here. It is now 4" tall

 

[oo bubbagump oo]

Capnella huh? Thanks guys, I'll do a search on him...