Unknown Orange Frag at LFS

tang_man_montreal

tang_man_montreal

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I'm hoping someone can help me out without a pic.
I was at my LFS lastnight, and noticed a BEAUTIFUL small orange frag, which the LFS labelled simply as "Polyps" (lol)... I then noticed the price.. only $9.99 Cdn!!!
I immediately put it on hold so that I could attempt to find out what it is before purchasing it.
Heres the description to the best of my abilities:
- BRIGHT orange.
- Upon preliminary inspection it looked like a Capnella sp... Although I've never seen Orange Capnella.
- I looked closely at it, and it didn't seem to have pinules like dendronephtya. It looked more like extended polyps, which is why it led me to think it was Capnella...
So I've been searching since last night. And the closest thing I've seen that resembles, is Scleronephtya. But again, I'm not sure.
Aside from Scleronepthya, are there any other orange corals that look similar to Capnella? I'll pass by tonight with my camera and snap a pic of it for y'all... Then again, for $9.99 Cdn, should I just pick it up and take the chance?
 
attml

attml

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DvSkin,
No, I snagged that pic from the GARF page! I wish it was!!!
Tang_man_Montreal,
It could also be Carnation Coral (Dendronephthya) which can be red or orange (This isn't from my tank either).
 
tang_man_montreal

tang_man_montreal

Member
attml,
Thanks for the reply.
I was actually looking at GARF's site today.
I doubt that it's dendronephthya, it may be scleronephthya, although I don't remember the extended polyps being so "pudgy", which is why I'm at a loss as to the actual ID of this frag.
Honestly, I'm hoping that it's neither of the above 2 mentioned corals, as they are insanely difficult to keep alive in an aquarium; The scleronephthya being less difficult than the other.
 
scuba steveo

scuba steveo

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DVS
I have an orange tree coral that look just like the one in the pic
if you want it, its your
for a small price
I want one of the orange ricordea after it splits
 
attml

attml

Active Member
That looks very nice! Am not sure what it is? You have to be careful sometimes with soft corals similar to this because they are somtimes dyed (I am not saying yours is dyed). I believe Banguy posted this link previously. http://www.reefsource.com/MSI%20Arti...yed_corals.htm In the mean time I will keep looking to see if I can come up with a match.
 
attml

attml

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I found this pic on another site while searching for corals for my tank. They are listing it as SCLERONEPHTHYA but it reminded me of your pics. The site says that it is non-photosynthetic.
 
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