Help noob with "Leather Coral" ID

grimlykindo · 11/30/2009, 05:27 PM

I just got this piece of LR on the cheap with some button polyps and what the guy said was a "leather coral" - searching online pics it doesn't really look like any of the leather corals I found online...Any input is appreciated!

ChadTheSpike · 11/30/2009, 05:41 PM

That looks more like a corallimorph like a ricordia or hairy mushroom than a leather.

grimlykindo · 11/30/2009, 05:44 PM

I thought I would note that in the very center of it there is a mouth looking piece that is pink instead of dark purple like the rest of the coral. Sometimes it looks open - other times it looks closed.

Also, there is a couple "baby" ones behind it on the rock - they look exactly the same, only alot smaller.

Jaycen B. · 11/30/2009, 05:45 PM

+1 on the shroom.

DougSupreme · 11/30/2009, 05:55 PM

I'm guessing Ricordea

grimlykindo · 11/30/2009, 05:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChadTheSpike

That looks more like a corallimorph like a ricordia or hairy mushroom than a leather.

So far the ricordia looks the most like it. There is a couple on google images that look pretty similar - the "mouth" is the most obvious similarity...

bs21 · 11/30/2009, 06:36 PM

definately a ricordia im thinking r. yuma

grimlykindo · 11/30/2009, 07:10 PM

Thanks for the replys! - can anybody tell me if it looks healthy? I have only had it for a week and and its positioned towards the bottom of my 40G breeder. Lighting is 4x39W T5, 2 actinic, 2 10k. 8 hour photo period

csal1-175 · 11/30/2009, 07:59 PM

Ricordea was my guess..

jenjen · 11/30/2009, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grimlykindo

Thanks for the replys! - can anybody tell me if it looks healthy? I have only had it for a week and and its positioned towards the bottom of my 40G breeder. Lighting is 4x39W T5, 2 actinic, 2 10k. 8 hour photo period

Looks healthy to me. IME they like light, so make sure it's out in the open (ie: not shaded). Toward the bottom of the tank should be fine.

11/30/2009, 05:41 PM	#2
ChadTheSpike Reef Engineer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Washington DC Posts: 1,526 Blog Entries: 1	That looks more like a corallimorph like a ricordia or hairy mushroom than a leather. __________________ ~Chad "Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies." Current Tank Info: 195 gallons of fun

11/30/2009, 05:55 PM	#5
DougSupreme Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,226	I'm guessing Ricordea __________________ Intelligence is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad Current Tank Info: 75g mixed reef

11/30/2009, 05:44 PM	#3
grimlykindo Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Minnesota Posts: 78	I thought I would note that in the very center of it there is a mouth looking piece that is pink instead of dark purple like the rest of the coral. Sometimes it looks open - other times it looks closed. Also, there is a couple "baby" ones behind it on the rock - they look exactly the same, only alot smaller.

11/30/2009, 05:45 PM	#4
Jaycen B. Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: GA Posts: 265	+1 on the shroom.

11/30/2009, 06:36 PM	#7
bs21 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 133	definately a ricordia im thinking r. yuma

11/30/2009, 07:10 PM	#8
grimlykindo Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Minnesota Posts: 78	Thanks for the replys! - can anybody tell me if it looks healthy? I have only had it for a week and and its positioned towards the bottom of my 40G breeder. Lighting is 4x39W T5, 2 actinic, 2 10k. 8 hour photo period

11/30/2009, 07:59 PM	#9
csal1-175 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Balto.Md Posts: 92	Ricordea was my guess..