Help with coral ID please

jterrell · 03/10/2009, 06:29 PM

This little guy was a hitchhiker. I think it is a LPS because of the calcium structure. The polyps stay out pretty much all the time. As you can see it has stung the unidentified SPS surrounding it.

BS · 03/10/2009, 06:33 PM

cup coral...

rendogg · 03/10/2009, 06:34 PM

Do you know where it's from? it looks like it's on an encrusting Montipora of some type.

jterrell · 03/10/2009, 06:49 PM

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Originally posted by rendogg
Do you know where it's from? it looks like it's on an encrusting Montipora of some type.

No clue. That rock was attatched to a Sarcophyton I had ordered. Turns out that the rock was two different corals as well. Saddly, the yellow toadstool died.

avp · 03/10/2009, 07:00 PM

looks like a favia of some sort.

-avp

betamed · 03/10/2009, 08:04 PM

1 vote for favia

sassafrass · 03/10/2009, 09:04 PM

Favia or perhaps Diplostrea species

jterrell · 03/10/2009, 09:49 PM

Don't know if this helps but there is no flesh between the polyps.

Saltliquid · 03/10/2009, 09:56 PM

There are so many i just call them brain corals.

All these designs hve a strong sting to any thing near by and normally they are as tough as nails.

I have had them extend up to 25 mil to kill there neighbour.

The ones we see here anyway,looks the same,acts the same!

Sorry i have a thing about latern names unless absolutely needed!

jterrell · 03/10/2009, 10:03 PM

Thanks guys! I think we may be getting somewhere.

reefD · 03/10/2009, 11:52 PM

are you trying to identify the coral center of pics or surrounding the center of pic?

reefD · 03/10/2009, 11:54 PM

to me it looks like a favit and an encrusting monti being killed by algae.

reefD · 03/10/2009, 11:54 PM

algae does kill corals

crvz · 03/11/2009, 07:36 AM

Looks like a favia or favites to me as well, and these corals can have pretty long sweepers to kill off impeding threats. A nice looking hitchhiker if you ask me, too.

jterrell · 03/11/2009, 08:48 AM

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Originally posted by reefD
to me it looks like a favit and an encrusting monti being killed by algae.

The SPS is being killed by the favit as you can see around it however having just power compacts I think it was doomed from the start. As it dies off algae grows in its place.

jterrell · 03/11/2009, 08:53 AM

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Originally posted by crvz
Looks like a favia or favites to me as well, and these corals can have pretty long sweepers to kill off impeding threats. A nice looking hitchhiker if you ask me, too.

The sweepers don't seem too long on this one, as you can see in the first photo. Although as it grows I could be suprised. Being a LPS dominated tank I think this guy will be quit happy.

DetectiveTofu · 03/11/2009, 09:19 AM

Judging by the lack of of connective tissue between the polyps (as far as I can see), I'm going to have to go with Favites spp.
Definitely not a cup coral (assuming this person meant some species of Turbinaria), or Diploastreas spp. IMO

jterrell · 03/11/2009, 09:27 AM

This is what it looked like whene I first got it.

BS · 03/11/2009, 03:23 PM

not my pic but ......

http://www.flickr.com/photos/randy-shelton/3265014545/

BS · 03/11/2009, 03:26 PM

http://www.palaeos.org/Scleractinia

jterrell · 03/11/2009, 05:53 PM

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Originally posted by BS
not my pic but ......

http://www.flickr.com/photos/randy-shelton/3265014545/

Thank you BS however the cup coral seems to have their polyps on stalks (like candy canes) the coral I have is more like a brain. Can you produce any other pics?

BS · 03/11/2009, 06:12 PM

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Originally posted by jterrell
Thank you BS however the cup coral seems to have their polyps on stalks (like candy canes) the coral I have is more like a brain. Can you produce any other pics?

I'm still looking....... I had some similar that came in on some LR and I thought that was the famlly they were in.... I do remember they had a potent sting...

jterrell · 03/11/2009, 08:10 PM

I've wondered if it was the reason my yellow toadstool didn't make it...

Any thoughts on that?

BS · 03/11/2009, 08:11 PM

Ok try here........... http://www.chucksaddiction.com/CoralGenus.html

jterrell · 03/11/2009, 09:09 PM

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Originally posted by BS
Ok try here........... http://www.chucksaddiction.com/CoralGenus.html

Very cool! Thanks, now I've got enough reading to keep me up till 2:00am

03/10/2009, 06:29 PM	#1
jterrell Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ruidoso, NM Posts: 263	Help with coral ID please This little guy was a hitchhiker. I think it is a LPS because of the calcium structure. The polyps stay out pretty much all the time. As you can see it has stung the unidentified SPS surrounding it.

03/10/2009, 06:33 PM	#2
BS Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: SE Coastal NC, just across the line Posts: 529	cup coral... __________________ nuttin like the taste of saltwater... Current Tank Info: 125 Reef,29 frag,22 finnex frag tank

03/10/2009, 07:00 PM	#5
avp Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Mississippi Posts: 452	looks like a favia of some sort. -avp __________________ If it squirms, it’s biology; if it stinks, it’s chemistry; if it doesn’t work, it’s physics; and if you can’t understand it, it’s mathematics. -Dr. Magnus Pyke Current Tank Info: rectangular

03/10/2009, 09:56 PM	#9
Saltliquid Registered Member. Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Brisbane Australia Posts: 911	brains There are so many i just call them brain corals. All these designs hve a strong sting to any thing near by and normally they are as tough as nails. I have had them extend up to 25 mil to kill there neighbour. The ones we see here anyway,looks the same,acts the same! Sorry i have a thing about latern names unless absolutely needed!

03/10/2009, 11:52 PM	#11
reefD Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Schenectady,New York Posts: 4,968	are you trying to identify the coral center of pics or surrounding the center of pic? __________________ DAVID Current Tank Info: it has four sides and a bottom...oh yeah and it has water in it. lol

03/10/2009, 06:34 PM	#3
rendogg Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Abbotsford, B.C. Posts: 578	Do you know where it's from? it looks like it's on an encrusting Montipora of some type.

03/10/2009, 08:04 PM	#6
betamed Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cooper city fl Posts: 1,383	1 vote for favia

03/10/2009, 09:04 PM	#7
sassafrass Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: capitola ca Posts: 1,729	Favia or perhaps Diplostrea species

03/10/2009, 09:49 PM	#8
jterrell Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ruidoso, NM Posts: 263	Don't know if this helps but there is no flesh between the polyps.

03/10/2009, 10:03 PM	#10
jterrell Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ruidoso, NM Posts: 263	Thanks guys! I think we may be getting somewhere.

03/10/2009, 11:54 PM	#12
reefD Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Schenectady,New York Posts: 4,968	to me it looks like a favit and an encrusting monti being killed by algae. __________________ DAVID Current Tank Info: it has four sides and a bottom...oh yeah and it has water in it. lol

03/10/2009, 11:54 PM	#13
reefD Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Schenectady,New York Posts: 4,968	algae does kill corals __________________ DAVID Current Tank Info: it has four sides and a bottom...oh yeah and it has water in it. lol

03/11/2009, 07:36 AM	#14
crvz Team RC Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: houstonia Posts: 7,989	Looks like a favia or favites to me as well, and these corals can have pretty long sweepers to kill off impeding threats. A nice looking hitchhiker if you ask me, too. __________________ -Chris- You don't win friends with salad. "Look! They're trying to learn for free!" ... "Use your phony guns as clubs!" Current Tank Info: rectangluar? wet?

03/11/2009, 09:19 AM	#17
DetectiveTofu Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,150	Judging by the lack of of connective tissue between the polyps (as far as I can see), I'm going to have to go with Favites spp. Definitely not a cup coral (assuming this person meant some species of Turbinaria), or Diploastreas spp. IMO

03/11/2009, 09:27 AM	#18
jterrell Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ruidoso, NM Posts: 263	This is what it looked like whene I first got it.

03/11/2009, 03:23 PM	#19
BS Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: SE Coastal NC, just across the line Posts: 529	not my pic but ...... http://www.flickr.com/photos/randy-shelton/3265014545/ __________________ nuttin like the taste of saltwater... Current Tank Info: 125 Reef,29 frag,22 finnex frag tank

03/11/2009, 03:26 PM	#20
BS Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: SE Coastal NC, just across the line Posts: 529	http://www.palaeos.org/Scleractinia __________________ nuttin like the taste of saltwater... Current Tank Info: 125 Reef,29 frag,22 finnex frag tank

03/11/2009, 08:10 PM	#23
jterrell Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ruidoso, NM Posts: 263	I've wondered if it was the reason my yellow toadstool didn't make it... Any thoughts on that?

03/11/2009, 08:11 PM	#24
BS Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: SE Coastal NC, just across the line Posts: 529	Ok try here........... http://www.chucksaddiction.com/CoralGenus.html __________________ nuttin like the taste of saltwater... Current Tank Info: 125 Reef,29 frag,22 finnex frag tank