Simple coral ID please

LaOtIn · 08/11/2016, 06:37 PM

Anyone have a clue what this is

nereefpat · 08/11/2016, 06:50 PM

Is it stony? The pic makes me think it's a leather

LaOtIn · 08/11/2016, 07:07 PM

No it's hard/stony

Gorgok · 08/11/2016, 07:10 PM

Heliopora

C.Eymann · 08/11/2016, 07:22 PM

Not even sure this is a true coral, its openings lack septums it also lacks verrucae and papillae on the coenosteum, assuming it is a true coral of course.
Not a clue here, maybe someone more knowledgeable will chime in.

C.Eymann · 08/11/2016, 07:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gorgok

Heliopora

I first thought this too at first but to me it looks like it lacks the papillae you would usually see with Heliopora. could just be the pic quality not making it apparent, it very well could be Heliopora.

heathlindner25 · 08/11/2016, 07:43 PM

Blue ridge?

C.Eymann · 08/11/2016, 07:59 PM

Im going to jump on the heliopora bandwagon, only one that makes sense.

LaOtIn · 08/11/2016, 08:12 PM

Ok. But it's red with tiny blue spots /shrug. Thanks guys

C.Eymann · 08/11/2016, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by LaOtIn

Ok. But it's red with tiny blue spots /shrug. Thanks guys

Throw some more flow at it, see if you can get it to open up more, if you see what look like tiny flower looking polyps extending then more than likely Gorgok nailed it with his ID of it being heliopora.

Kevin Guthrie · 08/11/2016, 09:11 PM

Can't tell the scale from the pic. Color and smoothness look like Helio but it would have to be a highly zoomed macro shot for the pores to look that big.

Gorgok · 08/11/2016, 10:17 PM

Yeah im assuming its really damn close and only measures about an inch wide, little over inch long. Quick check of the heliopora ID would be to flip it over and see if its blue on the non-skin side bits. Or break off a chunk and see if the insides are blue (little chunks can be placed in another spot and it will grow just fine too). Mine looks almost exactly like that when its plating, then the little lumps will decide to make branches at some point. I find it grows pretty fast, likes plenty of light and pretty decent flow.

LaOtIn · 08/12/2016, 06:34 AM

I did some reading on heliopora and yes I moved him right into the flow and good light. If he opens more I will throw a picture up.

Correct he is about 1.5" square.

I got him last year and my normal coral sales guy wasn't there so it was just bagged up. He was in the $5 section so that's why I got him

LaOtIn · 08/25/2016, 08:51 PM

I moves him up and into good flow and boom!
https://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/57bfaeae...24_221409.jpg?

Now it's a........?

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LaOtIn · 08/25/2016, 08:52 PM

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Gorgok · 08/26/2016, 01:06 AM

Still looks like a heliopora.

Kevin Guthrie · 08/26/2016, 10:57 PM

Helio.

If you can get to the back of the frag and see where they broke it off, you will see blue.

08/11/2016, 06:37 PM	#1
LaOtIn Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 704	Simple coral ID please Anyone have a clue what this is __________________ I am a water keeper that happens to like fish and coral Once a Marine, Always a Marine Semper Fidelis Devil Dog

08/11/2016, 06:50 PM	#2
nereefpat Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Central Nebraska Posts: 3,190	Is it stony? The pic makes me think it's a leather __________________ Pat Current Tank Info: 125 in-wall , 40b sump. 6 bulb T5. ASM G2 skimmer. LPS and leathers

08/11/2016, 07:07 PM	#3
LaOtIn Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 704	No it's hard/stony __________________ I am a water keeper that happens to like fish and coral Once a Marine, Always a Marine Semper Fidelis Devil Dog

08/11/2016, 07:22 PM	#5
C.Eymann Cnidaria lover Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Winterpark FL Posts: 1,483	Not even sure this is a true coral, its openings lack septums it also lacks verrucae and papillae on the coenosteum, assuming it is a true coral of course. Not a clue here, maybe someone more knowledgeable will chime in. __________________ "I glue animals to rocks" Current Tank Info: 80gal build in the works

08/11/2016, 07:59 PM	#8
C.Eymann Cnidaria lover Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Winterpark FL Posts: 1,483	Im going to jump on the heliopora bandwagon, only one that makes sense. __________________ "I glue animals to rocks" Current Tank Info: 80gal build in the works

08/11/2016, 07:10 PM	#4
Gorgok Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Cypress, Texas Posts: 1,904	Heliopora

08/11/2016, 07:43 PM	#7
heathlindner25 Moved On Join Date: May 2012 Location: flowery branch georgia Posts: 3,644	Blue ridge?

08/11/2016, 08:12 PM	#9
LaOtIn Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 704	Ok. But it's red with tiny blue spots /shrug. Thanks guys __________________ I am a water keeper that happens to like fish and coral Once a Marine, Always a Marine Semper Fidelis Devil Dog

08/11/2016, 09:11 PM	#11
Kevin Guthrie Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 506	Can't tell the scale from the pic. Color and smoothness look like Helio but it would have to be a highly zoomed macro shot for the pores to look that big.

08/11/2016, 10:17 PM	#12
Gorgok Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Cypress, Texas Posts: 1,904	Yeah im assuming its really damn close and only measures about an inch wide, little over inch long. Quick check of the heliopora ID would be to flip it over and see if its blue on the non-skin side bits. Or break off a chunk and see if the insides are blue (little chunks can be placed in another spot and it will grow just fine too). Mine looks almost exactly like that when its plating, then the little lumps will decide to make branches at some point. I find it grows pretty fast, likes plenty of light and pretty decent flow.

08/12/2016, 06:34 AM	#13
LaOtIn Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 704	I did some reading on heliopora and yes I moved him right into the flow and good light. If he opens more I will throw a picture up. Correct he is about 1.5" square. I got him last year and my normal coral sales guy wasn't there so it was just bagged up. He was in the $5 section so that's why I got him __________________ I am a water keeper that happens to like fish and coral Once a Marine, Always a Marine Semper Fidelis Devil Dog

08/25/2016, 08:51 PM	#14
LaOtIn Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 704	I moves him up and into good flow and boom! https://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/57bfaeae...24_221409.jpg? Now it's a........? Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk __________________ I am a water keeper that happens to like fish and coral Once a Marine, Always a Marine Semper Fidelis Devil Dog

08/25/2016, 08:52 PM	#15
LaOtIn Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 704	Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk __________________ I am a water keeper that happens to like fish and coral Once a Marine, Always a Marine Semper Fidelis Devil Dog

08/26/2016, 01:06 AM	#16
Gorgok Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Cypress, Texas Posts: 1,904	Still looks like a heliopora.

08/26/2016, 10:57 PM	#17
Kevin Guthrie Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 506	Helio. If you can get to the back of the frag and see where they broke it off, you will see blue.