ID These little red corals PLZ

[ddelozier]

I got some of these on a piece of rock i traded for with a Local Reefer. They are no bigger than a pencil eraser, but do put out sweeper tentacles.


The rock has skeletons from where a colony these, but most didnt fair well in the guys tank due to inadequate light im guessing.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Can you get a better picture? Right now I'm thinking Pseudocorynactis. Judging by the skeletons with the lack of septal teeth and the polyp structure with the stinging tentacles around the outside.

 

[ddelozier]

thats as good a pic as i can get. They arent very big, and i have them low in the tank, almost against the glass to get the pic i did. I will try. Im thinking they may have to grow back out a bit before a positive id can be done.

 

[Surfnut]

It looks like a very unhappy Sun Coral to me.

 

[Mike Johnson]

It looks like a very unhappy Sun Coral to me.

Considered that - no septal teeth on the skeleton.

Edit: After more searching Surfnut could be correct and I believe that he is. There's several variations of Tubastrea.

 

[whippetguy]

They look like the colonial cup coral that I had on my gulf live rock when I started my tank. I had several colonies, some lived for about 6 months but eventually died off. If you look at my tank thread post #52 has a photo of my urchin but in the background there are some that are similar to yours. You might want to check out this webpage, too. It has some good polyp ids. http://www.oceanlight.com/lightbox.php?x=polyp__marine_invertebrate_anatomy__marine_invertebrate__animal