coral info site?

salttess · 01/17/2007, 05:57 PM

I bought some live rock and it had a soft coral on it. I cant get a good enough pic for you, comes out too blurry. Is there a site with coral info and pics I can look at? I have never seen this before. It is good size, about the size of a quarter. It is dark pink and fuzzy with branches. The best I could get was this....

salttess · 01/17/2007, 06:31 PM

I take it back, I got a better pic of it....

SpektralerSpeer · 01/18/2007, 08:23 AM

Hello salttess,

of course I can't be sure, but from the photo and your description it looks like a Stylophora or Pocillopora. If so, then it is an SPS coral.

is it like any of these?

http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch...0pages/345.htm
http://www2.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/...0pages/310.htm

Paul

Travis L. Stevens · 01/18/2007, 09:56 AM

It looks like it might be a Chili Coral. But, it could also even be a sponge. It's really hard to tell from the pictures. Can you get a closer shot and some from different angles?

Tucson_Phish · 01/18/2007, 10:02 AM

go to www.salwaterfish.com they have a bunch of coral pic's with ID's

salttess · 01/18/2007, 02:30 PM

Well, I dont think its a sps because it is totally soft and pliable, I went to both the sites you suggested and it doesnt look like either of them. I thought chili corals were white with red polyps, but I will research that. Everytime I try to get closer it blurs up on me. So far it is doing ok, I have it toward the back of the tank in medium light. Thanks, Tina

SpektralerSpeer · 01/18/2007, 03:45 PM

Oh ok, definitely not SPS then... Too identify it properly really requires better quality, closer photos.

Sorry,

Paul

Travis L. Stevens · 01/18/2007, 03:48 PM

Check here for a Chili Coral

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...hreadid=994261

salttess · 01/18/2007, 05:53 PM

Travis, thanks....mine is not so red more deep pink, and although it looks the same shape as the daytime chili, mine has thinner branches and are fuzzy. But I will look at it tonight when lights are out. So far light hasnt hurt it and it is standing straight up. I will continue to look for it....any coral sites to surf? SpektralerSpeer....thanks for trying..... Tina

01/17/2007, 05:57 PM	#1
salttess Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: MS Gulf Coast Posts: 620	coral info site? I bought some live rock and it had a soft coral on it. I cant get a good enough pic for you, comes out too blurry. Is there a site with coral info and pics I can look at? I have never seen this before. It is good size, about the size of a quarter. It is dark pink and fuzzy with branches. The best I could get was this....

01/18/2007, 08:23 AM	#3
SpektralerSpeer Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Munich, Germany Posts: 178	Hello salttess, of course I can't be sure, but from the photo and your description it looks like a Stylophora or Pocillopora. If so, then it is an SPS coral. is it like any of these? http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch...0pages/345.htm http://www2.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/...0pages/310.htm Paul __________________ Tomorrow Shine Current Tank Info: 1,300 l (340 g) reef: lighting 4 × 400 W metal halide; 8 × 56 W T5; flow 20,000 l/h + Tunze Wavebox; temp. 26 deg. C; den. 1.0240; pH 8.15; alk. 10 dKH; Ca 410 mg/l; Mg 1,300 mg/l

01/18/2007, 09:56 AM	#4
Travis L. Stevens Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Perry, OK Posts: 13,946	It looks like it might be a Chili Coral. But, it could also even be a sponge. It's really hard to tell from the pictures. Can you get a closer shot and some from different angles? __________________ Travis Stevens Current Tank Info: Restarting 28g Bowfront

01/18/2007, 10:02 AM	#5
Tucson_Phish Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tucson Posts: 213	go to www.salwaterfish.com they have a bunch of coral pic's with ID's __________________ Tom Current Tank Info: 120 gal Oceanic system, 30 gal future propagation tank

01/18/2007, 03:45 PM	#7
SpektralerSpeer Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Munich, Germany Posts: 178	Oh ok, definitely not SPS then... Too identify it properly really requires better quality, closer photos. Sorry, Paul __________________ Tomorrow Shine Current Tank Info: 1,300 l (340 g) reef: lighting 4 × 400 W metal halide; 8 × 56 W T5; flow 20,000 l/h + Tunze Wavebox; temp. 26 deg. C; den. 1.0240; pH 8.15; alk. 10 dKH; Ca 410 mg/l; Mg 1,300 mg/l

01/17/2007, 06:31 PM	#2
salttess Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: MS Gulf Coast Posts: 620	I take it back, I got a better pic of it....

01/18/2007, 02:30 PM	#6
salttess Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: MS Gulf Coast Posts: 620	Well, I dont think its a sps because it is totally soft and pliable, I went to both the sites you suggested and it doesnt look like either of them. I thought chili corals were white with red polyps, but I will research that. Everytime I try to get closer it blurs up on me. So far it is doing ok, I have it toward the back of the tank in medium light. Thanks, Tina

01/18/2007, 03:48 PM	#8
Travis L. Stevens Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Perry, OK Posts: 13,946	Check here for a Chili Coral http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...hreadid=994261 __________________ Travis Stevens Current Tank Info: Restarting 28g Bowfront

01/18/2007, 05:53 PM	#9
salttess Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: MS Gulf Coast Posts: 620	Travis, thanks....mine is not so red more deep pink, and although it looks the same shape as the daytime chili, mine has thinner branches and are fuzzy. But I will look at it tonight when lights are out. So far light hasnt hurt it and it is standing straight up. I will continue to look for it....any coral sites to surf? SpektralerSpeer....thanks for trying..... Tina