Question about Coral

[peef]

Ok, so I am new at this and I was curious....When I buy a "Coral" off of here, is it shipped with a rock base attached? Is it JUST the organism...if so how do I go about placing it where I would like it to be? Is it like an anenome, where it will find its own home?

 

[wangotango]

soft corals like mushrooms, zoos, green star polyps, and leathers will usually be attached to a rock. hard corals like bubbles, frogspawn etc have their own skeleton which is not attached to a rock. these you can just place on the rock that is in your tank, given that you place the coral in a location where all of its needs are met (lighting/flow). they do not move around like anemonies do searching for the right spot.
-Justin