ID these freebie corals - Page 2

cordell · 05/07/2012, 10:41 PM

Great, thanks for that info xavi! Glad to know it has a chance...

cordell · 01/15/2013, 04:22 PM

Update on these corals!

So, 2 of the 3 has done well. The first frag didn't make it, whatever it was. It just never caught on at all and slowly dwindled away over months.

The 2nd and 3rd corals have done very well, and I hope that with some new pics of them grown out a bit, you guys can confirm the IDs we determined when they were frags.

Here is the one that we couldn't determine if it was a Torch or Galaxea Coral. I'm leaning toward the galaxea. It never really retracts fully, but it appears to have several heads overall. Should I leave it down in the sand like it is, or move it in the rocks? Does this thing make a skeleton inside that it grows on?

And here is the one we thought was a Favia. I just placed this one on a rock and it has spread way out from that plug and over the rock. Not sure if this is what I should have done with it? It looks hungry in the pic...

05/07/2012, 10:41 PM	#26
cordell Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Monroe, LA Posts: 655	Great, thanks for that info xavi! Glad to know it has a chance... __________________ 75gal, ~120lb LR, started January 15, 2012. Probably mixed tank, only softies and couple LPS now. (2) 250w MH, 10g sump, 10g fuge, 10g QT Current inhabitants: 2 Ocellaris Clowns, few nassarius, cerith, and nerites; QT: Tricolor Wrasse and Firefish (both added 4/11)

01/15/2013, 04:22 PM	#27
cordell Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Monroe, LA Posts: 655	Update on these corals! So, 2 of the 3 has done well. The first frag didn't make it, whatever it was. It just never caught on at all and slowly dwindled away over months. The 2nd and 3rd corals have done very well, and I hope that with some new pics of them grown out a bit, you guys can confirm the IDs we determined when they were frags. Here is the one that we couldn't determine if it was a Torch or Galaxea Coral. I'm leaning toward the galaxea. It never really retracts fully, but it appears to have several heads overall. Should I leave it down in the sand like it is, or move it in the rocks? Does this thing make a skeleton inside that it grows on? And here is the one we thought was a Favia. I just placed this one on a rock and it has spread way out from that plug and over the rock. Not sure if this is what I should have done with it? It looks hungry in the pic... __________________ 75gal, ~120lb LR, started January 15, 2012. Probably mixed tank, only softies and couple LPS now. (2) 250w MH, 10g sump, 10g fuge, 10g QT Current inhabitants: 2 Ocellaris Clowns, few nassarius, cerith, and nerites; QT: Tricolor Wrasse and Firefish (both added 4/11)