ID Please? Branchy growth + starfish-shaped coral

GuySmily · 12/07/2011, 11:30 PM

I have a few of these popping up on one side of my tank:

I also picked up this coral from a LFS. Has purple and green "legs" and green dots:

Thanks!

pugcrush · 12/07/2011, 11:50 PM

1 is harmless..sponge of some sort

2..did it come with the rock? Need a better picture perhaps, but it looks like a small plate coral

GuySmily · 12/08/2011, 08:07 AM

Came on the rock, but was sold as a frag (not as a rock).

Still a cell phone pic, but I think this is a little better. I need to clean my glass.

BlueFyre · 12/08/2011, 08:51 AM

It's a plate coral, I had one that looks just like it come in with a frag.

gmate · 12/08/2011, 12:24 PM

Nice find in the second picture!

GuySmily · 12/08/2011, 12:33 PM

Cool, does that mean it'll turn into this?

SneakyPete · 12/08/2011, 01:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GuySmily

Cool, does that mean it'll turn into this?

I think it means it is one of those, just smaller ;-)

12/07/2011, 11:30 PM	#1
GuySmily Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: El Dorado Hills Posts: 181	ID Please? Branchy growth + starfish-shaped coral I have a few of these popping up on one side of my tank: I also picked up this coral from a LFS. Has purple and green "legs" and green dots: Thanks! Last edited by GuySmily; 12/07/2011 at 11:36 PM.

12/08/2011, 12:24 PM	#5
gmate MASC Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 2,267	Nice find in the second picture! __________________ https://www.marinecolorado.org/ 180, 90 and 50 gallon reef ready systems. Fragging & trading since 2010. Current Tank Info: 180g, 90g & 50g frag tank

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12/07/2011, 11:50 PM	#2
pugcrush Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: FL Posts: 305	1 is harmless..sponge of some sort 2..did it come with the rock? Need a better picture perhaps, but it looks like a small plate coral

12/08/2011, 08:07 AM	#3
GuySmily Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: El Dorado Hills Posts: 181	Came on the rock, but was sold as a frag (not as a rock). Still a cell phone pic, but I think this is a little better. I need to clean my glass.

12/08/2011, 08:51 AM	#4
BlueFyre Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 587	It's a plate coral, I had one that looks just like it come in with a frag.

12/08/2011, 12:33 PM	#6
GuySmily Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: El Dorado Hills Posts: 181	Cool, does that mean it'll turn into this?