featherduster
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No one seems to have any idea what coral this is. I even took it to one of my LFS and tried asking on another forum:
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reefreak29
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did it come as a hitchhiker?
reefreak29
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yeh i have the same thing thats kinda what i was getting at lol
featherduster
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Originally Posted by reefreak29
did it come as a hitchhiker?
Yup, amazingly it survived my tank cycle and has been in my tank the entire 5 months. It also decently well under my extremely low lights(15W) for 3 months until I upgraded.
Wow steve24, that does look like mine. At first it was more clustered than yours, but now that it finally started to spread I noticed the polyps are more spread out in the new areas.
Edit: Have you ever seen the polyps retract fast? I did when one of my hermits poked at it. It was a pretty cool effect. Domino Wave like.
did it come as a hitchhiker?
Yup, amazingly it survived my tank cycle and has been in my tank the entire 5 months. It also decently well under my extremely low lights(15W) for 3 months until I upgraded.
Wow steve24, that does look like mine. At first it was more clustered than yours, but now that it finally started to spread I noticed the polyps are more spread out in the new areas.
Edit: Have you ever seen the polyps retract fast? I did when one of my hermits poked at it. It was a pretty cool effect. Domino Wave like.
featherduster
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Here is a picture of it from far away. It has very tiny polpys.
aaron7405
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Originally Posted by steve24
i have two spots of something like that on a rock. i think it was murph or lion-crazz that said he thought it was maybe a Montipora nodosa.
bad pic but it looks a little like yours...
steve
I dont think is montipora. I have red the montipora and is not as this is.
is more like a zooes when is fully open
i have two spots of something like that on a rock. i think it was murph or lion-crazz that said he thought it was maybe a Montipora nodosa.
bad pic but it looks a little like yours...
steve
I dont think is montipora. I have red the montipora and is not as this is.
is more like a zooes when is fully open
reefforbrains
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tiny poly is Encrusting Goni, I have red and white in my reef.
the other brown even smaller polyp is Porites common in christmas tree worm rocks.
hope this helps
the other brown even smaller polyp is Porites common in christmas tree worm rocks.
hope this helps
featherduster
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Originally Posted by ReefForBrains
tiny poly is Encrusting Goni, I have red and white in my reef.
the other brown even smaller polyp is Porites common in christmas tree worm rocks.
hope this helps
Ah, so you mean mine is a Porites species and steves is a Encrusting Goni?
Edit: Is there a more common name that the porites falls under? Is this a type of coral you would see in stores?
tiny poly is Encrusting Goni, I have red and white in my reef.
the other brown even smaller polyp is Porites common in christmas tree worm rocks.
hope this helps
Ah, so you mean mine is a Porites species and steves is a Encrusting Goni?
Edit: Is there a more common name that the porites falls under? Is this a type of coral you would see in stores?
reefforbrains
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No got confused in the posts.And was looking at wrong parts of the pics.
Feather- yours to me looks like an encrusting Goni.
Steve's almost looks like an Alveopora but he would know when its open for sure if it was as the polyp ext on Alve gets outrageous.
Feather- yours to me looks like an encrusting Goni.
Steve's almost looks like an Alveopora but he would know when its open for sure if it was as the polyp ext on Alve gets outrageous.
