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03/22/2006, 06:25 PM
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I adopted a coral What is it?
I adopted a coral. I have no clue what it is. Can anyone help?
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03/22/2006, 06:25 PM
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Oh yeah sorry for the bad picture. looks like i need to clean some glass
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03/22/2006, 06:26 PM
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Looks like Zoanthids to me.
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03/22/2006, 06:38 PM
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Pretty sure that it isn't a zoo...instead of individual polyps, it seems to have a leathery "skin" that the polyps are growing out of
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03/22/2006, 06:49 PM
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Found out from someone local......They think it is a pagoda coral. Anyone agree?
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03/22/2006, 07:02 PM
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Nah, its some zoos. I've got some in my tank.
Edit: I could be wrong. I just grazed over the leathery skin part. It looks a lot like some zoos. Weird. 
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03/22/2006, 07:26 PM
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In picture one, the specimen shows what looks like a hard, bony, but fleshcovered space between polyps. If intervening tissue is hard, it is a stony coral. The pagoda or cup coral has flat hard tissue broken by polyp heads, and if that's what you've got, it's a nice piece. You may want to visit the SPS forum to look at requirements and ask questions. I'm still new to the stonies myself, but they're my favorites.
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03/22/2006, 07:26 PM
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looks like pagoda cup to me...
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03/22/2006, 07:29 PM
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03/22/2006, 07:51 PM
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03/22/2006, 08:11 PM
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I second the pagoda (Turbinaria), because you can see the flesh in the second pic where the polyps are partially withdrawn.
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03/22/2006, 08:19 PM
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I'll third the pagoda
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03/22/2006, 08:25 PM
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Another vote for pagoda.
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03/22/2006, 08:28 PM
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Turbinaria, no doubt
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03/22/2006, 10:03 PM
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yet another vote for pagoda - pic 1 is a dead givaway.
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03/22/2006, 11:33 PM
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I'll ninth for a pogoda. It's not zoo's.
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03/23/2006, 06:16 AM
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Thanks everyone. Once again RC is a big help.
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03/23/2006, 10:32 AM
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Its easy. Turn the coral upside down. If the bottom is still part of the coral is a pagoda. If its a rock its zoos. Geez.
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03/24/2006, 02:36 AM
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Pa Pa Pa Pa-Go-Da
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03/24/2006, 06:57 AM
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what are we on like 13th well Ill 13th the tubinaria. Absolutely not a zoanthid.
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