ID new coral please

Stephen.h · 08/24/2015, 03:36 PM

Just got another two coral. Just want make sure is leather finger coral and some type of button polyp not sure exact one. Also is this dangerous to move about the button polyp without gloves as have read. Thanks

Stephen.h · 08/24/2015, 03:42 PM

Here's pic

Stephen.h · 08/24/2015, 04:00 PM

thats them uploaded attachements now

swiftvision · 08/24/2015, 04:02 PM

I don't think thats a leather, looks like ne of my SPS.

But Im a newbie too.

Stephen.h · 08/24/2015, 04:43 PM

got told was finger leather

killinit123 · 08/24/2015, 04:52 PM

looks like a stylophora to me.. sps.. does it have a hard skeleton?

Stephen.h · 08/24/2015, 04:52 PM

from my research maybe a colt coral???

killinit123 · 08/24/2015, 04:53 PM

you also have some xenia on the bottom portion of the first pic

Stephen.h · 08/24/2015, 04:58 PM

yes something ok as and extra for a change lol. Just trying to find out exactly so can look up their proper care/requirements also the button polyps

Dkuhlmann · 08/24/2015, 05:13 PM

At first I thought it was an SPS too but looking at it further I'm sure it's a finger leather. Nice one too.

Stephen.h · 08/24/2015, 05:18 PM

yes more looking online seems look like finger/ colt coral. Now just to see exact type zoa i have

Dkuhlmann · 08/25/2015, 05:06 AM

Finger and colt corals are two completely different corals. The colt often gets confused for a Kenya Tree.

shifty51008 · 08/25/2015, 05:25 AM

What lights do you have? From the looks of the zoas they dont have enough. They are streching out

Stephen.h · 08/25/2015, 08:43 AM

Ok colt coral it is. Have a t5 unit with one marine daylight by juwel and one actnic. Also a led strip. Do the need lots more light may move it further up the tank. On of the Zoa that broke of seem to be a lot better than bunch that I have together.

meisel1 · 08/25/2015, 08:52 AM

sorry...not a colt coral...colts have very frilly branches.... +1 to finger leather/devils hand...

Stephen.h · 08/25/2015, 09:12 AM

ok thanks its just when looked into leather it dosent look red enough to be it, but more so the colt by looks

lol.....

Stephen.h · 08/25/2015, 11:20 AM

looks like Cladiella species of leather coral. aka colt/finger
http://animal-world.com/Aquarium-Coral-Reefs/Colt-Coral

meisel1 · 08/25/2015, 12:02 PM

interesting... I assumed colts only looked like this..

ShaunMonahan · 08/25/2015, 12:05 PM

Gladiella sp. (Cauliflower Colt Coral) or (Blushing Colt Coral) <- hater of common names for this very reason.

Stephen.h · 08/25/2015, 12:25 PM

yes is quite confusing just trying to get the exact one for growth rate

08/24/2015, 03:36 PM	#1
Stephen.h Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Scotland Posts: 101	ID new coral please Just got another two coral. Just want make sure is leather finger coral and some type of button polyp not sure exact one. Also is this dangerous to move about the button polyp without gloves as have read. Thanks Last edited by Stephen.h; 08/24/2015 at 03:53 PM.

08/24/2015, 04:02 PM	#4
swiftvision Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 179	I don't think thats a leather, looks like ne of my SPS. But Im a newbie too. __________________ 100 Gal Cube Reef 8 Gal Nano Reef Current Tank Info: 8 Gallon Nano Reef and custom 100G cube reef

08/24/2015, 05:13 PM	#10
Dkuhlmann Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 8,823	At first I thought it was an SPS too but looking at it further I'm sure it's a finger leather. Nice one too. __________________ Previous tanks: 200 gal fowlr 9" Emperor Angel and many different butterfly fish 4" maroon clown and several other fish, 50 gal sump, 40 gal mixed reef/fish mostly softies and LPS. Current Tank Info: 40b 750 gph 45 lbs lr, 2"-3" sand, 165w full spectrum dimable LED, 20 gal sump/refugium 30 lbs lr, Bak Pak 2 skimmer, 4" sock temp 79-80, sg 1.026, NH3 0, NO2 0, NO3 <10, ph 8.2, calc 400, mag 1300

08/25/2015, 05:06 AM	#12
Dkuhlmann Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 8,823	Finger and colt corals are two completely different corals. The colt often gets confused for a Kenya Tree. __________________ Previous tanks: 200 gal fowlr 9" Emperor Angel and many different butterfly fish 4" maroon clown and several other fish, 50 gal sump, 40 gal mixed reef/fish mostly softies and LPS. Current Tank Info: 40b 750 gph 45 lbs lr, 2"-3" sand, 165w full spectrum dimable LED, 20 gal sump/refugium 30 lbs lr, Bak Pak 2 skimmer, 4" sock temp 79-80, sg 1.026, NH3 0, NO2 0, NO3 <10, ph 8.2, calc 400, mag 1300

08/25/2015, 05:25 AM	#13
shifty51008 12-5 Chiefs record Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 10,134	What lights do you have? From the looks of the zoas they dont have enough. They are streching out __________________ 75 gal. mixed DT, 100 gal. sump, 50 gal. fuge, Clownfish breeder

08/24/2015, 03:42 PM	#2
Stephen.h Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Scotland Posts: 101	Here's pic

08/24/2015, 04:43 PM	#5
Stephen.h Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Scotland Posts: 101	got told was finger leather

08/24/2015, 04:52 PM	#6
killinit123 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: upstate New York Posts: 611	looks like a stylophora to me.. sps.. does it have a hard skeleton?

08/24/2015, 04:53 PM	#8
killinit123 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: upstate New York Posts: 611	you also have some xenia on the bottom portion of the first pic

08/24/2015, 04:58 PM	#9
Stephen.h Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Scotland Posts: 101	yes something ok as and extra for a change lol. Just trying to find out exactly so can look up their proper care/requirements also the button polyps

08/24/2015, 05:18 PM	#11
Stephen.h Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Scotland Posts: 101	yes more looking online seems look like finger/ colt coral. Now just to see exact type zoa i have

08/25/2015, 08:43 AM	#14
Stephen.h Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Scotland Posts: 101	Ok colt coral it is. Have a t5 unit with one marine daylight by juwel and one actnic. Also a led strip. Do the need lots more light may move it further up the tank. On of the Zoa that broke of seem to be a lot better than bunch that I have together.

08/25/2015, 08:52 AM	#15
meisel1 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: aurora ontario Posts: 529	sorry...not a colt coral...colts have very frilly branches.... +1 to finger leather/devils hand... __________________ current tanks..150 gal diy dt. 60 gal sump, 37 gal macro tank...2x maxspect razor 160, maxspect gyre. 2x mp 10. JNS co2 skimmer. Kamoer triple doser.

08/25/2015, 09:12 AM	#16
Stephen.h Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Scotland Posts: 101	ok thanks its just when looked into leather it dosent look red enough to be it, but more so the colt by looks lol.....

08/25/2015, 11:20 AM	#17
Stephen.h Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Scotland Posts: 101	looks like Cladiella species of leather coral. aka colt/finger http://animal-world.com/Aquarium-Coral-Reefs/Colt-Coral

08/25/2015, 12:02 PM	#18
meisel1 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: aurora ontario Posts: 529	interesting... I assumed colts only looked like this.. __________________ current tanks..150 gal diy dt. 60 gal sump, 37 gal macro tank...2x maxspect razor 160, maxspect gyre. 2x mp 10. JNS co2 skimmer. Kamoer triple doser.

08/25/2015, 12:05 PM	#19
ShaunMonahan Clam nut Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 270	Gladiella sp. (Cauliflower Colt Coral) or (Blushing Colt Coral) <- hater of common names for this very reason.

08/25/2015, 12:25 PM	#20
Stephen.h Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Scotland Posts: 101	yes is quite confusing just trying to get the exact one for growth rate