Forgot the pic in last thread...what type of soft coral is this?

chuckdallas · 11/18/2010, 03:14 PM

I was told this is a Colt Coral but can't find a similar one on the Internet. If not, what type is that and what are the feeding/light requirements?

Sk8r · 11/18/2010, 03:19 PM

Looking good. Yes. Must like it where it is. Watch your alkalinity: keep it about 8.3; and run carbon changed weekly. Fishpoo broken down by bristleworms will supply this fellow pretty well. Not sure if it would like Cyclopeeze---I didn't have that available when I had softies, but the fish will like it.

Floowid · 11/18/2010, 04:22 PM

I have never seen a Colt coral white like that. Usually they are brown or pink from the symbiotic algae in their tissues. I have seen deep water Dendros (non-photosynthetic) that are white like that, as well as garden variety softies that have been dyed or bleached. The former will do fine if fed daily, the latter are doomed to die.

Im not sure what you have got there, and I assume no accuracy of the above information, it is just my observations, and I have been know to be wrong.

cloak · 11/18/2010, 04:36 PM

I think that's a kenya tree coral. I used to have one like that, but it had kind of a green iridescence to it as well. That one almost looks too white. It should take on a little color when the polyps open up.

mcosta528 · 11/18/2010, 04:48 PM

I've see colt that are bushy at the top like that, but not with such a wide base. It still can be though a certain corals come in enough varieties to drive you crazy! If its not a colt, it can likely be a finger leather, and like cloak said, it more than anything looks like a kenya tree coral. No worries they are easy to keep, and actually like the water to be a little dirty being they filter feed. It's probably grow alot as well. Also leather shed there skin. I don't know you're experience with them, but if the polyps close up, and it looks like it has a waxy coat no worries...its just shedding. You can help it by using a turkey baster to push the skin off.

seapug · 11/18/2010, 04:57 PM

It's really hard to tell with the photo but whatever it is, it's bleached. Really need a close up of the polyps to tell, but colt corals and sinularias will feel very soft and slimy to the touch while the Kenya Trees have a much more dry, "leathery" feel to the tissue.

11/18/2010, 03:19 PM	#2
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Looking good. Yes. Must like it where it is. Watch your alkalinity: keep it about 8.3; and run carbon changed weekly. Fishpoo broken down by bristleworms will supply this fellow pretty well. Not sure if it would like Cyclopeeze---I didn't have that available when I had softies, but the fish will like it. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

11/18/2010, 04:22 PM	#3
Floowid Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Centerville, UT Posts: 712	I have never seen a Colt coral white like that. Usually they are brown or pink from the symbiotic algae in their tissues. I have seen deep water Dendros (non-photosynthetic) that are white like that, as well as garden variety softies that have been dyed or bleached. The former will do fine if fed daily, the latter are doomed to die. Im not sure what you have got there, and I assume no accuracy of the above information, it is just my observations, and I have been know to be wrong. __________________ 75 gallon mixed reef

11/18/2010, 04:36 PM	#4
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	I think that's a kenya tree coral. I used to have one like that, but it had kind of a green iridescence to it as well. That one almost looks too white. It should take on a little color when the polyps open up. Last edited by cloak; 11/18/2010 at 04:55 PM.

11/18/2010, 04:48 PM	#5
mcosta528 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 105	I've see colt that are bushy at the top like that, but not with such a wide base. It still can be though a certain corals come in enough varieties to drive you crazy! If its not a colt, it can likely be a finger leather, and like cloak said, it more than anything looks like a kenya tree coral. No worries they are easy to keep, and actually like the water to be a little dirty being they filter feed. It's probably grow alot as well. Also leather shed there skin. I don't know you're experience with them, but if the polyps close up, and it looks like it has a waxy coat no worries...its just shedding. You can help it by using a turkey baster to push the skin off. __________________ 34 gal solana Current Tank Info: 34 gal. Solana

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11/18/2010, 04:57 PM	#6
seapug Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: 4980 ft. Posts: 7,954 Blog Entries: 1	It's really hard to tell with the photo but whatever it is, it's bleached. Really need a close up of the polyps to tell, but colt corals and sinularias will feel very soft and slimy to the touch while the Kenya Trees have a much more dry, "leathery" feel to the tissue.