ID Please on Coral

firstsalt · 10/20/2009, 02:41 PM

well i have had this mushroom for about a three weeks and all of a sudden i saw a encrusting coral. it looks like a grey zoas but much smaller i mean much smaller than zoas. they are on the top left of the rock in the center of the screen

cloak · 10/20/2009, 03:06 PM

Just a random guess, but it looks like what might be leftover from a pagoda cup coral.

firstsalt · 10/20/2009, 03:10 PM

maybe i do see some other of what looks like a dead piece of a cup coral next to it

redsea reefer · 10/20/2009, 03:25 PM

maybe a Rhodactis Shroom, thats the only shroom that looks like it has polyps like that.

firstsalt · 10/20/2009, 03:28 PM

nah I don't think its a shroom it just came with the shroom rock i've seen rhodactis wish i had some there cool

redsea reefer · 10/20/2009, 03:48 PM

Maybe a Pagoda Cup coral, thats all I got...

firstsalt · 10/20/2009, 04:23 PM

thanks if anyone knows of any other coral it might be please tell but I think thats it. good im getting better lighting because they need a lot of light

firstsalt · 10/20/2009, 06:09 PM

bumpidy bump

matt880305 · 10/20/2009, 06:48 PM

they look like zoa's can you get a closer pic of them to get a positive

firstsalt · 10/20/2009, 06:49 PM

its hard ill try the lights r off now though

firstsalt · 10/20/2009, 07:03 PM

ill try to describe them cause a picture is almost impossible right now. they are about a millimeter in diameter. green yellow mouth. grey tentacles with enough room in-between them for at-least another tentacle.

firstsalt · 10/20/2009, 07:43 PM

bump

reefbro · 10/21/2009, 05:22 AM

Looks like it could be gonipora.

Whisperer · 10/21/2009, 06:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reefbro

looks like it could be gonipora.

+1

Naffster · 10/21/2009, 08:30 AM

Cup Coral?

spw4949 · 10/21/2009, 09:19 AM

Hard to tell from that pic but it looks like it MIGHT be gonipora but a close up would def help with an idea....

firstsalt · 10/21/2009, 02:34 PM

from the pics i looked at it looks like it could be either cup coral or gonipora. I am hopping cup coral because they are "easier" to keep. thanks and i removed the shroom that is right next to it.

Whisperer · 10/24/2009, 07:26 AM

Or alveopora. Gosh, can you get us a closer pic?

firstsalt · 10/24/2009, 09:43 AM

ill try

firstsalt · 10/24/2009, 09:56 AM

here best i could

Whisperer · 10/24/2009, 10:13 AM

Most likely not zoanthids because of the stinger-appearing tips of the tentacles. The density of the polyps is not consistent with cup coral. The skeleton from below reminds me of goniopora/alveopora.

firstsalt · 10/24/2009, 10:21 AM

ok thanks

10/20/2009, 02:41 PM	#1
firstsalt Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Rye, NY Posts: 438	ID Please on Coral well i have had this mushroom for about a three weeks and all of a sudden i saw a encrusting coral. it looks like a grey zoas but much smaller i mean much smaller than zoas. they are on the top left of the rock in the center of the screen __________________ -Peter D. "Fish are friends not food"

10/20/2009, 03:10 PM	#3
firstsalt Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Rye, NY Posts: 438	maybe i do see some other of what looks like a dead piece of a cup coral next to it __________________ -Peter D. "Fish are friends not food" Last edited by firstsalt; 10/20/2009 at 03:16 PM.

10/20/2009, 03:25 PM	#4
redsea reefer Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: L.A California Posts: 335	maybe a Rhodactis Shroom, thats the only shroom that looks like it has polyps like that. __________________ -Eddie- 34g RSM 130 - Tunze 9002 skimmer with inTank media rack - Vortech MP10

10/20/2009, 03:28 PM	#5
firstsalt Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Rye, NY Posts: 438	nah I don't think its a shroom it just came with the shroom rock i've seen rhodactis wish i had some there cool __________________ -Peter D. "Fish are friends not food"

10/20/2009, 03:48 PM	#6
redsea reefer Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: L.A California Posts: 335	Maybe a Pagoda Cup coral, thats all I got... __________________ -Eddie- 34g RSM 130 - Tunze 9002 skimmer with inTank media rack - Vortech MP10

10/20/2009, 03:06 PM	#2
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	Just a random guess, but it looks like what might be leftover from a pagoda cup coral.

10/20/2009, 04:23 PM	#7
firstsalt Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Rye, NY Posts: 438	thanks if anyone knows of any other coral it might be please tell but I think thats it. good im getting better lighting because they need a lot of light __________________ -Peter D. "Fish are friends not food"

10/20/2009, 06:09 PM	#8
firstsalt Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Rye, NY Posts: 438	bumpidy bump __________________ -Peter D. "Fish are friends not food"

10/20/2009, 06:48 PM	#9
matt880305 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: montgomery, il Posts: 844	they look like zoa's can you get a closer pic of them to get a positive

10/20/2009, 06:49 PM	#10
firstsalt Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Rye, NY Posts: 438	its hard ill try the lights r off now though __________________ -Peter D. "Fish are friends not food"

10/20/2009, 07:03 PM	#11
firstsalt Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Rye, NY Posts: 438	ill try to describe them cause a picture is almost impossible right now. they are about a millimeter in diameter. green yellow mouth. grey tentacles with enough room in-between them for at-least another tentacle. __________________ -Peter D. "Fish are friends not food"

10/20/2009, 07:43 PM	#12
firstsalt Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Rye, NY Posts: 438	bump __________________ -Peter D. "Fish are friends not food"

10/21/2009, 05:22 AM	#13
reefbro Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: central arkansas Posts: 71	Looks like it could be gonipora.

10/21/2009, 08:30 AM	#15
Naffster Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 18	Cup Coral?

10/21/2009, 09:19 AM	#16
spw4949 Registered Member. Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Albany, N.Y. Posts: 1,594	Hard to tell from that pic but it looks like it MIGHT be gonipora but a close up would def help with an idea.... __________________ Steve Current Tank Info: 46 gal bowfront, mixed reef, 2x250W current outer orbit w/4x39W T5 ,10 gal fuge....38 gallon aggressive FOWLR, 10 gallon sump.

10/21/2009, 02:34 PM	#17
firstsalt Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Rye, NY Posts: 438	from the pics i looked at it looks like it could be either cup coral or gonipora. I am hopping cup coral because they are "easier" to keep. thanks and i removed the shroom that is right next to it. __________________ -Peter D. "Fish are friends not food"

10/24/2009, 07:26 AM	#18
Whisperer Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Punta Gorda, FL Posts: 4,020	Or alveopora. Gosh, can you get us a closer pic? __________________ The bitterness of poor quality lingers long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten. --------- No one is born with intellect and age guarantees wisdom to no one. Current Tank Info: 120G reef, 30G sump, 10G QT tank

10/24/2009, 09:43 AM	#19
firstsalt Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Rye, NY Posts: 438	ill try __________________ -Peter D. "Fish are friends not food"

10/24/2009, 09:56 AM	#20
firstsalt Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Rye, NY Posts: 438	here best i could __________________ -Peter D. "Fish are friends not food"

10/24/2009, 10:13 AM	#21
Whisperer Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Punta Gorda, FL Posts: 4,020	Most likely not zoanthids because of the stinger-appearing tips of the tentacles. The density of the polyps is not consistent with cup coral. The skeleton from below reminds me of goniopora/alveopora. __________________ The bitterness of poor quality lingers long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten. --------- No one is born with intellect and age guarantees wisdom to no one. Current Tank Info: 120G reef, 30G sump, 10G QT tank

10/24/2009, 10:21 AM	#22
firstsalt Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Rye, NY Posts: 438	ok thanks __________________ -Peter D. "Fish are friends not food"