Mystery Coral, ID maybe?

[Benton613]

Hi guys, i purchased a couple pieces of coral online and one of the options was a mystery coral for the adventorous. Well i guess i fall in to that category because i bought it and now have no idea what it is. I looked on the site for something similar with no luck. any ideas? thanks

 

[Sadielynn]

looks like a ticked off tree coral

 

[melosu58]

What kind of lighting do you have?

 

[Benton613]

i got an AquaLight double linear strip with 2-65 watt Actinic Blue & 2-65 watt 10,000K flourescent lamps

 

[Benton613]

i put this green star in there same time it just starting to be not so pissed

 

[Sadielynn]

i got an AquaLight double linear strip with 2-65 watt Actinic Blue & 2-65 watt 10,000K flourescent lamps

Tank size ? I am going to guess this is not nearly enough for this coral they tend to like higher light values

 

[Benton613]

55 gallon, i just read on a site the trees could take 2-3 weeks to acclimate to light with metal halide?

 

[Sadielynn]

yes but the lighting you have is not going to be enough you will want t5s or even pc for them which is a bit stronger than NO lights

 

[Benton613]

right on guess i'll pick up some of that, $15 coral getting me $300+ light fixture,

 

[Sadielynn]

dont ask if you dont want the answer

 

[Crepe]

A 55 gallon can use just a viper in addition to your existing lights I think.

But in the end a t5 retro will open the doors for you for other corals in addition to your tree.

 

[Benton613]

i didn't mean it like that, i want the coral to flourish, it was a "random" like i posted. thanks for the help, i got money i'll buy a new light, lfs did me wrong, hopefully the tree makes a rebound cause i like where i just placed it, excited to see what it turns out to look like. just didn't know what it was or what it needed. it will help my others tooo!