what coral is this (no pic)

walkerbrody · 11/30/2007, 10:43 PM

I went to a new lfs today and they had a coral I haven't seen before. It looked and grew like green montiporia cap but structure was very thick and the polyps were 1/4" long and waved in the current. any Ideas what this is?

saltycreefer · 11/30/2007, 10:47 PM

Turbinaria most likely.

magdelan · 11/30/2007, 10:49 PM

Maybe a type of Cup Coral like Pagoda or Turbinaria? Also could have been a type of Echinopora or Echinophillia (challice coral)

Frick-n-Frags · 12/01/2007, 05:34 AM

yeah, turbinaria sounds like a good guess. not all that many thick plates with that sized polyps
look up "Turbinaria peltata" as a starting point.

walkerbrody · 12/01/2007, 01:06 PM

The polyps on this coral are all together not in small clumps like most fo the turbinaria I have seen. It looks like a plate coral to me (kinda) but the tenticals are short and it grows into one single large flat plate like a monti cap

11/30/2007, 10:43 PM	#1
walkerbrody lost ball in high weeds Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Gadsden, Al Posts: 504	what coral is this (no pic) I went to a new lfs today and they had a coral I haven't seen before. It looked and grew like green montiporia cap but structure was very thick and the polyps were 1/4" long and waved in the current. any Ideas what this is? __________________ "Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right." — Henry Ford Current Tank Info: 265 mixed reef, 110 fowlr, 40g fuge, 75g sump.

11/30/2007, 10:47 PM	#2
saltycreefer Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Fairfield,CT Posts: 1,696	Turbinaria most likely. __________________ I love being a turtle!!! Current Tank Info: Got out of tanks for a little while.

11/30/2007, 10:49 PM	#3
magdelan Fish? Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Gananda, NY Posts: 3,785	Maybe a type of Cup Coral like Pagoda or Turbinaria? Also could have been a type of Echinopora or Echinophillia (challice coral) __________________ "Excuses are the tools of the weak and incompetent, used to build monuments of nothingness. Those who specialize in them, are seldom capable of anything else."

12/01/2007, 05:34 AM	#4
Frick-n-Frags Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: north central OH Posts: 10,740	yeah, turbinaria sounds like a good guess. not all that many thick plates with that sized polyps look up "Turbinaria peltata" as a starting point. __________________ Only Dead fish swim with the current. Current Tank Info: 2 50 gal tanks, sump, still BB

12/01/2007, 01:06 PM	#5
walkerbrody lost ball in high weeds Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Gadsden, Al Posts: 504	The polyps on this coral are all together not in small clumps like most fo the turbinaria I have seen. It looks like a plate coral to me (kinda) but the tenticals are short and it grows into one single large flat plate like a monti cap __________________ "Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right." — Henry Ford Current Tank Info: 265 mixed reef, 110 fowlr, 40g fuge, 75g sump.