Superman Coral

[Galwaydellboy]

Hi Guys

I got this superman coral last week anybody have one of these ??

My question is from the photo how is it looking ?

Any thoughts



Thanks

 

[paulweck]

It looks really good did it come on that rock?

 

[Galwaydellboy]

Hi Paul

Yes it came on the rock

I've never had one before so wasn't sure how it should look

Thanks for your reply

Any tips on keeping this would be appreciated

Dec

 

[paulweck]

Is a pretty hardy monti. So keep you parameters in check and it should be fine And it like med- hi lighting and high flow. It will benefit for feeding with a good coral food.

 

[Sniperhank]

That isn't exactly a "superman coral". That is a more common nickname for a monti, which paul covered.

That on the other hand is a meteor shower coral, a Cyphastrea.

 

[mr_X]

That's referred to as a Meteor Shower Cyphastrea, not Superman coral.

 

[paulweck]

So its that apart of the montipora family? Sorry if messed up the id

 

[mr_X]

No. It's in the Cyphastrea family.
Cyphastrea agassiz
Cyphastrea chalcidicum
Cyphastrea decadia
Cyphastrea japonica
Cyphastrea microphthalma
Cyphastrea ocellina
and Cyphastrea serailia, which I believe is the one pictured above.

 

[paulweck]

Sorry my mistake. It looked like a monti

 

[mr_X]

Oops....Ocellina is the meteor shower, not Serailia

 

[Galwaydellboy]

Cheers lads

LFS said it was a Superman

My parameters are perfect and going by what it looks like online it looks in great condition

 

[mr_X]

They just made that name up.

 

[Galwaydellboy]

I know it's crazy how many time they get stuff wrong

There is only one shop in Ireland that knowledge and they are a 3 hour drive from me :-(

 

[mr_X]

You gain the knowledge and then you can embarrass them at will, and maybe catch a sweet deal here and there with mislabeled corals!

 

[Sniperhank]

That's how I do it. It's 2 hours to lfs that even carry coral for me. We understand.

 

[Galwaydellboy]

Good advice guys

I hope I can pick up se cheep corals I'm the future