my first coral! - Aquarium Advice

ct67_72 · 08-29-2007, 05:37 PM

Just got this guy yesterday, seems to be pretty happy.

chase33 · 08-29-2007, 09:41 PM

Nice. Good luck with it.

**roka64** · 08-30-2007, 09:27 AM

Nice, what is it?

ct67_72 · 08-30-2007, 11:15 AM

its a yellow cup coral. thanks

**Devilishturtles** · 08-30-2007, 01:06 PM

Looks like a bleached (maybe, never seen a stark white one) Goniopora sp.. Read up on care of these corals. They are quite hard to care for and don't fair as well in captivity, although there success is improving in the past years.

http://www.goniopora.org/

ct67_72 · 08-30-2007, 03:19 PM

I thought it may have been that but after checking it is a cup coral (Turbinaria peltata) the pictures look funny but it is bright yellow.

kay-bee19 · 08-31-2007, 10:42 AM

Looks very much like a goniopora.

Can you take another pic of it when the polyps are retracted?

ct67_72 · 08-31-2007, 01:44 PM

yes, I can get a pic of it retracted, probably when the lights go out. I have been looking and the 2 look very similar. I wish I could get a pic that shows the color better as well.
the more I look the more i think it is. well after going through some pics and info Im almost positive that it is. so much for impulse buying corals.

macman7010 · 08-31-2007, 01:50 PM

hmmm looks like a gonipora to me as well. a very bleached gonipora.

**melosu58** · 09-04-2007, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by macman7010

hmmm looks like a gonipora to me as well. a very bleached gonipora.

Looks like it to me also.

08-29-2007, 05:37 PM	#1
ct67_72 Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 178	my first coral! Just got this guy yesterday, seems to be pretty happy.

08-29-2007, 09:41 PM	#2
chase33 Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: NJ Posts: 631 Images: 21	Nice. Good luck with it. __________________ C/

08-30-2007, 09:27 AM	#3
roka64 Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,054 Images: 12	Nice, what is it? __________________ Age is relative, you are only as old as you act....of course, this works in reverse.... Questions loved, heeded advice greatly appreciated! Vote for AA Good reading about: Nitrogen Cycle Fishless Cycling Need more help? Articles Acronym List --Scott

08-30-2007, 01:06 PM	#5
Devilishturtles Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Frederick, Maryland Posts: 7,908 Images: 17	Looks like a bleached (maybe, never seen a stark white one) Goniopora sp.. Read up on care of these corals. They are quite hard to care for and don't fair as well in captivity, although there success is improving in the past years. http://www.goniopora.org/ __________________ -Lindsay Live in the Western MD/West Virginia/DC Metro Area? Join our very active regional forum Here Like the advice someone just gave you? Add to their reputation! Click on the balance icon underneath their username and let them know.

08-31-2007, 01:50 PM	#9
macman7010 Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: MD Posts: 798 Images: 7	hmmm looks like a gonipora to me as well. a very bleached gonipora. __________________ Visit ReefWise.org http://www.reefwise.org "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." -Ghandi

08-30-2007, 11:15 AM	#4
ct67_72 Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 178	its a yellow cup coral. thanks

08-30-2007, 03:19 PM	#6
ct67_72 Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 178	I thought it may have been that but after checking it is a cup coral (Turbinaria peltata) the pictures look funny but it is bright yellow.

08-31-2007, 10:42 AM	#7
kay-bee19 Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 115 Images: 4	Looks very much like a goniopora. Can you take another pic of it when the polyps are retracted?

08-31-2007, 01:44 PM	#8
ct67_72 Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 178	yes, I can get a pic of it retracted, probably when the lights go out. I have been looking and the 2 look very similar. I wish I could get a pic that shows the color better as well. the more I look the more i think it is. well after going through some pics and info Im almost positive that it is. so much for impulse buying corals.

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