ID anyone??

JoeShuck · 10/01/2010, 11:09 AM

This picture is actually one from another reefer's tank; however, one of these just started growing in my tank on a frag that I have had for years. It looks exactly the same and I am not sure of this is some sort of LPS or some possible pest. It looks to be a blasto or something similar. The size of the one in my tank is about the size of pencil eraser...any thoughts?

cloak · 10/01/2010, 11:24 AM

Cynaria maybe?

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...003/invert.htm

Milky3 · 10/01/2010, 11:26 AM

Plate coral?

JoeShuck · 10/01/2010, 11:41 AM

See that's what is bizarre! I thought the same thing since it definitely looks like the skeletal structure of cynaria...but I have never had any cynaria in my system. I did have a plate coral in my system about 6 months ago and it was brutally attacked by several angels and ripped to shreds...end of that.

About three months ago I noticed some fluorescence on the dead plate skeleton under my LED's and it looked like a tiny piece of the plate had survived but then was quickly abolished when I started using probiotics. Now that I got the low nutrient system in check and my corals are starting to recover, potassium level is back to normal, etc...I notice this little guy growing.

noahm · 10/01/2010, 01:46 PM

gonna go with plate coral also.

JoeShuck · 10/01/2010, 01:55 PM

Okay...so I understand from the looks it may "look" like a plate or Cynaria; however, lets use a different question for identification. Do plate corals or Cynaria-Scolymia-lobo-wellso or even brain corals, attach themselves to rocks? In other words; do they grow their skeletal structure to marry the body to another mass? I've never seen this happen...which leads me to doubt the types that are being presented.

d3rryc · 10/01/2010, 02:55 PM

My understanding was that for scolies and cynarina, they're attached to the rock until they reach a certain size, then detach. I wouldn't be surprised if other similar LPS behaved in a like manner.

akopley · 10/01/2010, 02:58 PM

you could smash a plate coral into 100 pieces and each little piece would grow out. i think your angels did a frag job for you.

julie180 · 10/01/2010, 04:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by d3rryc

My understanding was that for scolies and cynarina, they're attached to the rock until they reach a certain size, then detach. I wouldn't be surprised if other similar LPS behaved in a like manner.

I remember hearing something like that also.

noahm · 10/01/2010, 04:43 PM

It will start to look like a fat toadstool and then break free when it is a bit bigger.

10/01/2010, 11:41 AM	#4
JoeShuck Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Tacoma, Washington Posts: 29	See that's what is bizarre! I thought the same thing since it definitely looks like the skeletal structure of cynaria...but I have never had any cynaria in my system. I did have a plate coral in my system about 6 months ago and it was brutally attacked by several angels and ripped to shreds...end of that. About three months ago I noticed some fluorescence on the dead plate skeleton under my LED's and it looked like a tiny piece of the plate had survived but then was quickly abolished when I started using probiotics. Now that I got the low nutrient system in check and my corals are starting to recover, potassium level is back to normal, etc...I notice this little guy growing. __________________ Common sense is only common to those who possess it... -- Cheers! Joey Current Tank Info: 100g FOWLR, 65g Reef, 55g refug., 14g BC(empty)

10/01/2010, 01:55 PM	#6
JoeShuck Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Tacoma, Washington Posts: 29	Okay...so I understand from the looks it may "look" like a plate or Cynaria; however, lets use a different question for identification. Do plate corals or Cynaria-Scolymia-lobo-wellso or even brain corals, attach themselves to rocks? In other words; do they grow their skeletal structure to marry the body to another mass? I've never seen this happen...which leads me to doubt the types that are being presented. __________________ Common sense is only common to those who possess it... -- Cheers! Joey Current Tank Info: 100g FOWLR, 65g Reef, 55g refug., 14g BC(empty)

10/01/2010, 11:24 AM	#2
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	Cynaria maybe? http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...003/invert.htm

10/01/2010, 11:26 AM	#3
Milky3 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Harlingen ,Tx Posts: 148	Plate coral?

10/01/2010, 01:46 PM	#5
noahm Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 2,736	gonna go with plate coral also.

10/01/2010, 02:55 PM	#7
d3rryc Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cedar Park, TX Posts: 213	My understanding was that for scolies and cynarina, they're attached to the rock until they reach a certain size, then detach. I wouldn't be surprised if other similar LPS behaved in a like manner.

10/01/2010, 02:58 PM	#8
akopley Premium Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 701	you could smash a plate coral into 100 pieces and each little piece would grow out. i think your angels did a frag job for you.

10/01/2010, 04:43 PM	#10
noahm Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 2,736	It will start to look like a fat toadstool and then break free when it is a bit bigger.