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[trippkid]

If it is yellow,orange,pinkish,or black I would say it is a sun coral, if it is clear in color like I said, and I think it is then it is the star coral(maybe a generic term), but like I said very little info on these guys.

 

[mandarin w]

The picture look as if they are sun polyps to me also. I realize your LFS told you they were star corals. But I think the reason you can not find info on "star coral" is because that is not the proper name for them. And everyone scratches their hear wondering what you are talking about. I do recall seeing your question a few days ago about star coral. I had no ideal of what you were talking about. I did not answer because I did not want to give you the wrong info. But the picture really look like sun polyps. Are they yellow or orange in color when they do come out? Did you LFS tell you, need to hand feed each one of them. I don't thing sun polyps can eat shrimp unless you cut it very, very small. If they are sun polyps you are better off giving them mysis, or something else that is very small, I wouldn't give them brine, there really isn't any nutritional value to brine.

 

[dragonzim]

Also, that looks a bit like a Kenya Tree growing next to the coral you are talking about.

 

[mandarin w]

here is a picture of a "sun polyp" coral.

As mentioned before, yours doesn't look to healthy. These should be fat and plump around each head. They are usally pinkish in color when healthy. The sad part about these is once they start going down hill, they usally don't recover.

 

[shogun323]

Googling Star coral returns Montastraea cavernosa which is a carribean stony coral. Here is a pic.

 

[buffett]

wow i never thought i would get these kind of responses, i will try to get my brothers camera and take some better pics as i have not found my camera yet i think my sister in law took it so, i will post new pics asap
i really dont think this is a sun polyp, the color on these guys is kinda orange/brown, the lfs guy said just calcium is the best thing to use for suppliment
i am gonna try to call out there and ask the person who helped me and ask them for the real name of it and if i can find out mor infor on it

 

[quads4_lif]

There are alot of people on this site with lots of very helpful info. Most of us have been in your shoes at one point in time. As far as the skimmer (odyssea)you are looking at I would recomend staying away from it. Most of the stuff sold on that site is junk their lights last only a few weeks before they start causeing problems and I have even heard of a few of their lights catching on fire.

 

[buffett]

thanks for the info on that skimmer and lights

 

[trippkid]

now that you said about them being brownish, I have seen them too, it still is a star coral, my variety that I had was a pinkish-clear, but like I said I have seen them brown before. The tenticles are slightly fatter than what you would find on a sun coral, and if you look very closely you'll see small pimples on them. Also the mouth of the coral looks a little different from a sun coral. I hope this helps. Like I said before they are fairly easy to keep, just give them some good light and good water, they should keep growing for you.
Matt

 

[buffett]

thanks i still cant find my camera and could not get in touch with my brother so no new pics yet

 

[triggerphish]

I thought about oddysea because of the price, but after searching and reading what people say on this site I went with coralife lights and skimmer.
I just hooked them up today and the lights so far are amazing, my tank is new so I cant really tell if they are completely affective but they look great! skimmer yet to be determined.
Go big and you will have no regrets it will actually save you money in the long run.
Patience is key. buy what you can now and add later.