Need id

ja__ · 02/27/2006, 02:46 PM

need help idiing this pink corall for a friend, it came with liverock from bali if that helps?

Avi · 02/27/2006, 03:10 PM

That appears to be a sponge growing there.

ja__ · 02/28/2006, 08:28 AM

Weres the sponge?

Avi · 02/28/2006, 08:31 AM

Isn't that it right in the center of the pic?

ja__ · 02/28/2006, 08:41 AM

no thats just the rock chiming tru

The red stuff on the other hand whats that?

Avi · 02/28/2006, 10:22 AM

The red stuff appears to me to be coraline algae. That's something that's good so don't be concerned about that. It's a calcerous algae that needs proper calcium levels in the water column to thrive and it will also consume nutrients in the water so it will reduce the amount of nutrients in the water that would be available to unwanted micro-algaes. If you touch the "red stuff"and it doesn't fall apart that's what it is.

ja__ · 02/28/2006, 10:27 AM

OKay, Thanks.

Have any idea on that corall?

Avi · 02/28/2006, 10:57 AM

The pic is a bit blurry, but if I were to hazzard a guess, it would be a very young version of a Colt Coral like this:

http://www.4coral.com/images/Coral/S...2009.18.04.jpg

Ya think that's it?

ja__ · 02/28/2006, 01:26 PM

But thats more a orange color this is pink/reddish looks alot like it but the color is wrong. what katogori do this kind of corall go under? soft,sps,lps?

IslandCrow · 02/28/2006, 01:36 PM

If it is indeed a colt coral, they're soft corals. It really is difficult to tell from the picture, though.

Avi · 02/28/2006, 01:53 PM

Colts are soft coral. There is color variation in them so the fact that the colors here don't exactly match doesn't mean much. Do a Google search in Google Images and see what you think.

ja__ · 02/28/2006, 02:06 PM

ohh thanks

i did a search and fpund a pink variant thanks

are they hard to keep?

02/27/2006, 02:46 PM	#1
ja__ Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: norway Posts: 86	Need id need help idiing this pink corall for a friend, it came with liverock from bali if that helps? Last edited by ja__; 02/27/2006 at 03:19 PM.

02/27/2006, 03:10 PM	#2
Avi Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Westchester County, NY Posts: 7,327	That appears to be a sponge growing there. __________________ I'd keep the whole ocean if my den were big enough Current Tank Info: 120 gallon reef with 210 lbs. of live rock, Aqua-C EV180 Skimmer, Aquactinic double 250W MH with blue plus t5 support; 58 gallon freshwater planted tank using CO2 and T5s; 30-gallon cube with a few fancy goldfish; and a 110 gallon FOWLR

02/28/2006, 08:31 AM	#4
Avi Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Westchester County, NY Posts: 7,327	Isn't that it right in the center of the pic? __________________ I'd keep the whole ocean if my den were big enough Current Tank Info: 120 gallon reef with 210 lbs. of live rock, Aqua-C EV180 Skimmer, Aquactinic double 250W MH with blue plus t5 support; 58 gallon freshwater planted tank using CO2 and T5s; 30-gallon cube with a few fancy goldfish; and a 110 gallon FOWLR

02/28/2006, 10:22 AM	#6
Avi Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Westchester County, NY Posts: 7,327	The red stuff appears to me to be coraline algae. That's something that's good so don't be concerned about that. It's a calcerous algae that needs proper calcium levels in the water column to thrive and it will also consume nutrients in the water so it will reduce the amount of nutrients in the water that would be available to unwanted micro-algaes. If you touch the "red stuff"and it doesn't fall apart that's what it is. __________________ I'd keep the whole ocean if my den were big enough Current Tank Info: 120 gallon reef with 210 lbs. of live rock, Aqua-C EV180 Skimmer, Aquactinic double 250W MH with blue plus t5 support; 58 gallon freshwater planted tank using CO2 and T5s; 30-gallon cube with a few fancy goldfish; and a 110 gallon FOWLR

02/28/2006, 10:57 AM	#8
Avi Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Westchester County, NY Posts: 7,327	The pic is a bit blurry, but if I were to hazzard a guess, it would be a very young version of a Colt Coral like this: http://www.4coral.com/images/Coral/S...2009.18.04.jpg Ya think that's it? __________________ I'd keep the whole ocean if my den were big enough Current Tank Info: 120 gallon reef with 210 lbs. of live rock, Aqua-C EV180 Skimmer, Aquactinic double 250W MH with blue plus t5 support; 58 gallon freshwater planted tank using CO2 and T5s; 30-gallon cube with a few fancy goldfish; and a 110 gallon FOWLR

02/28/2006, 08:28 AM	#3
ja__ Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: norway Posts: 86	Weres the sponge?

02/28/2006, 08:41 AM	#5
ja__ Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: norway Posts: 86	no thats just the rock chiming tru The red stuff on the other hand whats that?

02/28/2006, 10:27 AM	#7
ja__ Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: norway Posts: 86	OKay, Thanks. Have any idea on that corall?

02/28/2006, 01:26 PM	#9
ja__ Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: norway Posts: 86	But thats more a orange color this is pink/reddish looks alot like it but the color is wrong. what katogori do this kind of corall go under? soft,sps,lps?

02/28/2006, 01:36 PM	#10
IslandCrow Reef Monkey Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Rockledge, Fl Posts: 5,759	If it is indeed a colt coral, they're soft corals. It really is difficult to tell from the picture, though. __________________ All opinions in the above message should be taken with 35 ppt salt. -Mike C. Current Tank Info: I have a reef screen saver on my phone, does that count?

02/28/2006, 01:53 PM	#11
Avi Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Westchester County, NY Posts: 7,327	Colts are soft coral. There is color variation in them so the fact that the colors here don't exactly match doesn't mean much. Do a Google search in Google Images and see what you think. __________________ I'd keep the whole ocean if my den were big enough Current Tank Info: 120 gallon reef with 210 lbs. of live rock, Aqua-C EV180 Skimmer, Aquactinic double 250W MH with blue plus t5 support; 58 gallon freshwater planted tank using CO2 and T5s; 30-gallon cube with a few fancy goldfish; and a 110 gallon FOWLR

02/28/2006, 02:06 PM	#12
ja__ Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: norway Posts: 86	ohh thanks i did a search and fpund a pink variant thanks are they hard to keep?