Could it be an encrusting sps hitchhiker?

Mark75 · 09/23/2007, 07:54 PM

For scale it is about 2.5"x1", it is very white but changing colors. I have just recently notice it is covered in VERY small polyps? (if you look at the closeup you can almost make them out) thanks for your help.

Mark75 · 09/23/2007, 08:57 PM

Okay, somebody tell me something even if it is a guess.

dc · 09/23/2007, 09:00 PM

It's white?

Actually I thought maybe it was white coralline.

Mark75 · 09/23/2007, 09:05 PM

That is what I have thought it was all along dc, but just today I noticed some polyp extension. It is covered in very small polyps(at least they look like polyps, not random very uniform) and if you look in the lower portion of the photo you can see were it is dieing and leaving a structure. It is also very thick, maybe a 1/4 inch or more.

dc · 09/23/2007, 09:10 PM

Maybe some type of foram? It probably has to grow more and the polyps be real visible to id as a coral.

Mark75 · 09/23/2007, 09:19 PM

Yea, the polyps are to small to photograph with my point & shoot camera. I will give it some time and see what it does. If it grows I will post some pics. Thanks anyway dc.

DoNtSpEaKlAtIn · 09/23/2007, 09:27 PM

perhaps Heliopora

greenbean36191 · 09/24/2007, 06:04 AM

It's definitely not a scleractinian. It may be a dying fire coral, but the pictures are too poor to tell.

09/23/2007, 07:54 PM	#1
Mark75 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: East Tenn. Posts: 740	Could it be an encrusting sps hitchhiker? For scale it is about 2.5"x1", it is very white but changing colors. I have just recently notice it is covered in VERY small polyps? (if you look at the closeup you can almost make them out) thanks for your help.

09/23/2007, 09:00 PM	#3
dc Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Wyoming Posts: 44,684	It's white? Actually I thought maybe it was white coralline. __________________ Debi ~60 Cube~ Why? Because I said so of course. -Sent via Tapatalk Smoke Signals- Last edited by dc; 09/23/2007 at 09:06 PM.

09/23/2007, 09:10 PM	#5
dc Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Wyoming Posts: 44,684	Maybe some type of foram? It probably has to grow more and the polyps be real visible to id as a coral. __________________ Debi ~60 Cube~ Why? Because I said so of course. -Sent via Tapatalk Smoke Signals-

09/24/2007, 06:04 AM	#8
greenbean36191 Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ft. Lauderdale Posts: 10,598	It's definitely not a scleractinian. It may be a dying fire coral, but the pictures are too poor to tell. __________________ Some say the sun rises in the East. Some say it rises in the West. The truth must be somewhere in the middle. Current Tank Info: tore them down to move and haven't had the time or money to set them back up

09/23/2007, 08:57 PM	#2
Mark75 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: East Tenn. Posts: 740	Okay, somebody tell me something even if it is a guess.

09/23/2007, 09:05 PM	#4
Mark75 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: East Tenn. Posts: 740	That is what I have thought it was all along dc, but just today I noticed some polyp extension. It is covered in very small polyps(at least they look like polyps, not random very uniform) and if you look in the lower portion of the photo you can see were it is dieing and leaving a structure. It is also very thick, maybe a 1/4 inch or more.

09/23/2007, 09:19 PM	#6
Mark75 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: East Tenn. Posts: 740	Yea, the polyps are to small to photograph with my point & shoot camera. I will give it some time and see what it does. If it grows I will post some pics. Thanks anyway dc.

09/23/2007, 09:27 PM	#7
DoNtSpEaKlAtIn Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 19	perhaps Heliopora