Help with coral ID please

pinniger · 09/04/2007, 06:49 PM

This came as a hitchhiker on my rock, just wondering if anybody knows what kind it is.

MalHavoc · 09/04/2007, 06:55 PM

You got that as a hitchhiker? Really?

It looks like Goniopora sp, a notoriously difficult LPS coral to keep alive for more than a few months, as its husbandry requirements are mostly unknown. Alveopora is a close relative, and is easier to keep. Goniopora has 24 petals on each stalk, whereas Alveopora has 12.

michaeljames · 09/04/2007, 07:00 PM

Alveopora, aka flowerpot coral similar to goniopora, it's quite an aggressive coral...

michaeljames · 09/04/2007, 07:02 PM

oops, didn't count the petals!

Percula9 · 09/04/2007, 07:11 PM

Nice hitchhiker, although they live from 6 mos to a year.

Aquarist007 · 09/04/2007, 07:35 PM

Nice hitch hiker------keep the placement where it is---and feed it cyclopeeze twice a week---those polyps are searching for a meal right now.
You don't have to necessarily spot feed it --just put the cyclopeeze in the tank and turn off the main pump for 45 min to an hour.
If you have a power head in the tank you should keep it on to circulate the cyopeeze

mhhauser321 · 09/04/2007, 07:55 PM

The real question is where did you get your rock from?

09/04/2007, 06:49 PM	#1
pinniger Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 32	Help with coral ID please This came as a hitchhiker on my rock, just wondering if anybody knows what kind it is.

09/04/2007, 06:55 PM	#2
MalHavoc Infinitely Prolonged Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 10,850	You got that as a hitchhiker? Really? It looks like Goniopora sp, a notoriously difficult LPS coral to keep alive for more than a few months, as its husbandry requirements are mostly unknown. Alveopora is a close relative, and is easier to keep. Goniopora has 24 petals on each stalk, whereas Alveopora has 12. __________________ Jason "Empathy, he once had decided, must be limited to herbivores or anyhow omnivores who could depart from a meat diet. Because, ultimately, the empathic gift blurred the boundaries between hunter and victim, between the successful and the defeated." -- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K Dick

09/04/2007, 07:00 PM	#3
michaeljames Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Rochester NY Posts: 737	Alveopora, aka flowerpot coral similar to goniopora, it's quite an aggressive coral... __________________ "This tastes like crap!" "Well here, try it with some selcon and garlic..." Current Tank Info: 180g RR AGA 2 x 250w SE MH 1 x 175 SE MH 2 x 6' Super atinic VHO Iwaki 100 return Reef Octopus Skimmer

09/04/2007, 07:02 PM	#4
michaeljames Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Rochester NY Posts: 737	oops, didn't count the petals! __________________ "This tastes like crap!" "Well here, try it with some selcon and garlic..." Current Tank Info: 180g RR AGA 2 x 250w SE MH 1 x 175 SE MH 2 x 6' Super atinic VHO Iwaki 100 return Reef Octopus Skimmer

09/04/2007, 07:35 PM	#6
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	Nice hitch hiker------keep the placement where it is---and feed it cyclopeeze twice a week---those polyps are searching for a meal right now. You don't have to necessarily spot feed it --just put the cyclopeeze in the tank and turn off the main pump for 45 min to an hour. If you have a power head in the tank you should keep it on to circulate the cyopeeze __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

09/04/2007, 07:11 PM	#5
Percula9 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Orange County CA Posts: 3,819	Nice hitchhiker, although they live from 6 mos to a year.

09/04/2007, 07:55 PM	#7
mhhauser321 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 283	The real question is where did you get your rock from? __________________ "Fry: I'm not a robot like you, I don't like having discs cramped into me... unless they're Oreos... and then only in the mouth." "Fry: Wow. That guy makes Speedy Gonzalez look like Regular Gonzalez"