Id please

dotzkill · 06/16/2010, 10:43 AM

Thinking it could be cyphastrea or Goniopora but need confirmation. btw it came on a piece of live rock that a friend got and so we did some reading.. and figured Skely sticking out with some flesh isnt really a good start.. so Bi-daily my friend has been blasting some Zooplex on it and also throwing coral accel its way every 3 days, now almost a week latermy friend noted feeders out today.. so he shot some brine shrimp its way, and Bam.. tis eating meaty foods.The flesh is black.. Dunno if that is due to near death lost color or what.. but keep that in mind.

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thebkramer · 06/16/2010, 10:50 AM

[QUOTE=dotzkill;17250073]Thinking it could be cyphastrea or Goniopora but need confirmation. btw it came on a piece of live rock that a friend got and so we did some reading.. and figured Skely sticking out with some flesh isnt really a good start.. so Bi-daily my friend has been blasting some Zooplex on it and also throwing coral accel its way every 3 days, now almost a week latermy friend noted feeders out today.. so he shot some brine shrimp its way, and Bam.. tis eating meaty foods.The flesh is black.. Dunno if that is due to near death lost color or what.. but keep that in mind.

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Is it hard? or soft? From pic it looks like a colony of tube corals.

dotzkill · 06/16/2010, 11:25 AM

the white things you see are just the skeletons and the balck is the actual soft tissue.

dotzkill · 06/16/2010, 03:30 PM

Could this be a galaxy coral?

mr.maroonsalty · 06/16/2010, 06:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dotzkill

the white things you see are just the skeletons and the balck is the actual soft tissue.

Where are the sweeper/feeding tentacles coming from. LPS can recover from deep within their corallite. From the Picture it looks like black sponge growing in the recesses of a dead lps, perhap galaxia.

06/16/2010, 10:43 AM	#1
dotzkill Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 17	Id please Thinking it could be cyphastrea or Goniopora but need confirmation. btw it came on a piece of live rock that a friend got and so we did some reading.. and figured Skely sticking out with some flesh isnt really a good start.. so Bi-daily my friend has been blasting some Zooplex on it and also throwing coral accel its way every 3 days, now almost a week latermy friend noted feeders out today.. so he shot some brine shrimp its way, and Bam.. tis eating meaty foods.The flesh is black.. Dunno if that is due to near death lost color or what.. but keep that in mind. [IMG]http://i49.*******.com/346mkbq.jpg[/IMG] __________________ Current tank: 20 gal long, 2 powerheads (1 240 1 425), aquaclear 50, coralife 30" t5 10k Current Tank Info: 20 gal long, 2 powerheads (1 240 1 425), aquaclear 50, coralife 30" t5 10k

06/16/2010, 10:50 AM	#2
thebkramer Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Clifton Park, NY Posts: 3,198	[QUOTE=dotzkill;17250073]Thinking it could be cyphastrea or Goniopora but need confirmation. btw it came on a piece of live rock that a friend got and so we did some reading.. and figured Skely sticking out with some flesh isnt really a good start.. so Bi-daily my friend has been blasting some Zooplex on it and also throwing coral accel its way every 3 days, now almost a week latermy friend noted feeders out today.. so he shot some brine shrimp its way, and Bam.. tis eating meaty foods.The flesh is black.. Dunno if that is due to near death lost color or what.. but keep that in mind. [QUOTE] Is it hard? or soft? From pic it looks like a colony of tube corals. __________________ Rhonda There is NO such things as Dumb Questions!! There are However.. Dumb Answers!!! ;) ____________ Current Tank Info: 55g reef....Current Orbit SunPaq Lights, HOB Eshopps, HOB AquaClear 110, 2-1400 Koralia Powerheads & 1 Nano Koralia, 40+ lbs LR, 2" LS

06/16/2010, 11:25 AM	#3
dotzkill Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 17	the white things you see are just the skeletons and the balck is the actual soft tissue. __________________ Current tank: 20 gal long, 2 powerheads (1 240 1 425), aquaclear 50, coralife 30" t5 10k Current Tank Info: 20 gal long, 2 powerheads (1 240 1 425), aquaclear 50, coralife 30" t5 10k

06/16/2010, 03:30 PM	#4
dotzkill Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 17	Could this be a galaxy coral? __________________ Current tank: 20 gal long, 2 powerheads (1 240 1 425), aquaclear 50, coralife 30" t5 10k Current Tank Info: 20 gal long, 2 powerheads (1 240 1 425), aquaclear 50, coralife 30" t5 10k