Coral ID...

DaBird · 04-24-2007, 02:34 PM

I have had this coral for about 8 mths. It's on about an 8 in. rock with an oyster and green 'shrooms, this coral has a ton of these 1/8 in poylps and they have a pretty good sting to other corals. It's encrusting I think, but it's hard to tell, the polyps just kind of dissapear on the rock, it's like they just "melt" into the rock, or fade, like they flatten out and are just gone (it's hard to explain)...at other times these polyps are almost 1/2 an inch long...It's beautiful, anyone want to try for a cupie doll?...LOL

vdituri · 04-24-2007, 03:03 PM

How big a cupie doll?

DaBird · 04-24-2007, 03:27 PM

a BIG one...'bout 2" tall...LOL

kimoy · 04-24-2007, 04:03 PM

is it a one whole piece or individual polyps? looks like an elegance but couldn't really tell by the picture which also resembles a paly.

DaBird · 04-24-2007, 04:08 PM

Definitely one whole piece, I'll post another pic for better perspective...

InLimbo87 · 04-24-2007, 04:11 PM

Looks like encrusting hydnophora to me, and yes they do pack quite the punch!

DaBird · 04-24-2007, 04:16 PM

The whole coral, the center of the rock is the oyster, you can see the coral that I'm talking about as the horseshoe shaped area..

aquaman3680 · 04-24-2007, 04:18 PM

Ok if you could take a picture of the skeleton rather than the polyps that would help out a lot! It is defiantly an LPS, looks like a tubinera of some kind (pogoda cup mabey?)

Matt

kimoy · 04-24-2007, 04:48 PM

i was thinking the same thing while looking at that last pic that it looks like a pagoda.

DaBird · 04-24-2007, 04:55 PM

Can the Polyps on a Hydnophora be this large? Thanks for the input everyone...keep 'em coming...

DaBird · 04-24-2007, 06:14 PM

Anybody else want to try this ID?...I'm not too sure it's a Pagoda...

aquaman3680 · 04-24-2007, 06:19 PM

hydnophoras cant be this long of polyps heres a pic of mine...

Matt

DaBird · 04-24-2007, 06:23 PM

Thanks Aquaman,that was my thinking on the hydnophora's, I also have one of those, The one I posted for is strange and no one has been able to ID it...

vdituri · 04-24-2007, 07:42 PM

I'm going to try Sasquatch's trick.
It's a aiptasia! It's going to take over the tank!
Quick, send it to me before it's too late!

Someday I'll be smart enough to give you a real answer
instead of a smart alec instead.

mps9506 · 04-24-2007, 08:09 PM

Post a picture with the polyps retracted so we can see the skeleton a bit.

04-24-2007, 03:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
DaBird Smart Alec with feathers Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Spring Branch, Texas Posts: 1,042 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Coral ID... a BIG one...'bout 2" tall...LOL __________________ "When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging..." Will Rogers 75 gal Oceanic started in 2001 30 gal fuge/sump 125 lb. LR, 100 lb. LS 2x 250w Reflux MH 12,000k pendants Remora pro skimmer W/1200 mag. Hydor Korlia #4, 6 assorted PHs. 1 pair of Ocellaris, Powder Blue Tang, Yellow Tang, Regal Tang, Scooter, Lawnmower, Red Mandarin, Flame Angel, 2 chromis, Copperband, 1 Emerald, 2 Blue legs, 1 Zebra hermit... Acros,Rainbow Monti, Leathers, Zoos, Zoos and more Zoos, Shrooms...

04-24-2007, 04:03 PM	#4 (permalink)
kimoy Sea Pen Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 335 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Coral ID... is it a one whole piece or individual polyps? looks like an elegance but couldn't really tell by the picture which also resembles a paly. __________________ 1.20 G pico RR with 2 megaflow kits, aqua c EV180 with mag12, 2x250 DE 12k halides with 2x54 T5 actinic+, 30G phlenum fuge with chaeto, iwaki 55rlt return pump connected to a sea swirl, 4 tunze 6025 inside the main tank for water circulation (2 are modded) 3 Koralias PH(2 #4's and 1 #3) sps,lps,zoas,softies,pink tip BTA tangs - yellow, unicorn, blue hippo, palini and RS Purple Blue Spot Jaw Fish red lyretail anthias pair of spotted mandarin goby wrasse - yellow corris scribble rabbit fish Clown Fish -3 percula high fin shrimp goby clean up crew - various snails and crabs, red linkia star And a 30G AGA softies with clown & diamond head goby

04-24-2007, 04:08 PM	#5 (permalink)
DaBird Smart Alec with feathers Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Spring Branch, Texas Posts: 1,042 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Coral ID... Definitely one whole piece, I'll post another pic for better perspective... __________________ "When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging..." Will Rogers 75 gal Oceanic started in 2001 30 gal fuge/sump 125 lb. LR, 100 lb. LS 2x 250w Reflux MH 12,000k pendants Remora pro skimmer W/1200 mag. Hydor Korlia #4, 6 assorted PHs. 1 pair of Ocellaris, Powder Blue Tang, Yellow Tang, Regal Tang, Scooter, Lawnmower, Red Mandarin, Flame Angel, 2 chromis, Copperband, 1 Emerald, 2 Blue legs, 1 Zebra hermit... Acros,Rainbow Monti, Leathers, Zoos, Zoos and more Zoos, Shrooms...

04-24-2007, 04:11 PM	#6 (permalink)
InLimbo87 Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Orlando Posts: 992 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Coral ID... Looks like encrusting hydnophora to me, and yes they do pack quite the punch! __________________ We are forever responsible for that which we tame... Oceanic 33g Cube Tank Thread ~Ian~

04-24-2007, 04:18 PM	#8 (permalink)
aquaman3680 Golden Moray Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Overland Park, KS Posts: 2,099 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Coral ID... Ok if you could take a picture of the skeleton rather than the polyps that would help out a lot! It is defiantly an LPS, looks like a tubinera of some kind (pogoda cup mabey?) Matt __________________ Check it out! The 90 gallon Road Trip

04-24-2007, 04:48 PM	#9 (permalink)
kimoy Sea Pen Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 335 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Coral ID... i was thinking the same thing while looking at that last pic that it looks like a pagoda. __________________ 1.20 G pico RR with 2 megaflow kits, aqua c EV180 with mag12, 2x250 DE 12k halides with 2x54 T5 actinic+, 30G phlenum fuge with chaeto, iwaki 55rlt return pump connected to a sea swirl, 4 tunze 6025 inside the main tank for water circulation (2 are modded) 3 Koralias PH(2 #4's and 1 #3) sps,lps,zoas,softies,pink tip BTA tangs - yellow, unicorn, blue hippo, palini and RS Purple Blue Spot Jaw Fish red lyretail anthias pair of spotted mandarin goby wrasse - yellow corris scribble rabbit fish Clown Fish -3 percula high fin shrimp goby clean up crew - various snails and crabs, red linkia star And a 30G AGA softies with clown & diamond head goby

04-24-2007, 04:55 PM	#10 (permalink)
DaBird Smart Alec with feathers Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Spring Branch, Texas Posts: 1,042 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Coral ID... Can the Polyps on a Hydnophora be this large? Thanks for the input everyone...keep 'em coming... __________________ "When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging..." Will Rogers 75 gal Oceanic started in 2001 30 gal fuge/sump 125 lb. LR, 100 lb. LS 2x 250w Reflux MH 12,000k pendants Remora pro skimmer W/1200 mag. Hydor Korlia #4, 6 assorted PHs. 1 pair of Ocellaris, Powder Blue Tang, Yellow Tang, Regal Tang, Scooter, Lawnmower, Red Mandarin, Flame Angel, 2 chromis, Copperband, 1 Emerald, 2 Blue legs, 1 Zebra hermit... Acros,Rainbow Monti, Leathers, Zoos, Zoos and more Zoos, Shrooms...

04-24-2007, 06:14 PM	#11 (permalink)
DaBird Smart Alec with feathers Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Spring Branch, Texas Posts: 1,042 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Coral ID... Anybody else want to try this ID?...I'm not too sure it's a Pagoda... __________________ "When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging..." Will Rogers 75 gal Oceanic started in 2001 30 gal fuge/sump 125 lb. LR, 100 lb. LS 2x 250w Reflux MH 12,000k pendants Remora pro skimmer W/1200 mag. Hydor Korlia #4, 6 assorted PHs. 1 pair of Ocellaris, Powder Blue Tang, Yellow Tang, Regal Tang, Scooter, Lawnmower, Red Mandarin, Flame Angel, 2 chromis, Copperband, 1 Emerald, 2 Blue legs, 1 Zebra hermit... Acros,Rainbow Monti, Leathers, Zoos, Zoos and more Zoos, Shrooms...

04-24-2007, 06:19 PM	#12 (permalink)
aquaman3680 Golden Moray Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Overland Park, KS Posts: 2,099 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Coral ID... hydnophoras cant be this long of polyps heres a pic of mine... Matt __________________ Check it out! The 90 gallon Road Trip

04-24-2007, 06:23 PM	#13 (permalink)
DaBird Smart Alec with feathers Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Spring Branch, Texas Posts: 1,042 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Coral ID... Thanks Aquaman,that was my thinking on the hydnophora's, I also have one of those, The one I posted for is strange and no one has been able to ID it... __________________ "When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging..." Will Rogers 75 gal Oceanic started in 2001 30 gal fuge/sump 125 lb. LR, 100 lb. LS 2x 250w Reflux MH 12,000k pendants Remora pro skimmer W/1200 mag. Hydor Korlia #4, 6 assorted PHs. 1 pair of Ocellaris, Powder Blue Tang, Yellow Tang, Regal Tang, Scooter, Lawnmower, Red Mandarin, Flame Angel, 2 chromis, Copperband, 1 Emerald, 2 Blue legs, 1 Zebra hermit... Acros,Rainbow Monti, Leathers, Zoos, Zoos and more Zoos, Shrooms...

04-24-2007, 08:09 PM	#15 (permalink)
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