What is this????

[Reeferhead911]

Hey all got this from my LFS and forgot what they called it any ideas will help...

 

[Convict2161]

Hey all got this from my LFS and forgot what they called it any ideas will help...

Looks kinda like a pulsing Xenia getting blasted by current b

 

[Reeferhead911]

Is that bad does it not like a lot of flow?

 

[Convict2161]

If it is a Xenia they tend to like low to moderate flow

 

[spoonman]

I dont think it is xenia. I cant remember the name of it but its taller and skinnier. If I think of the name I will re post.

 

[MINItron]

Fat base stalk, topped by thinner stalks that terminate in feathery, eight armed polyps sounds like the basic description of the Xenia genus to me. There are multiple species in the genus, and you may have seen this particular one under a different name, Pom-Pom coral comes to mind.

 

[Reeferhead911]

Thanks guys ill move my power heads so its not getting blasted...

 

[MINItron]

Once you have a more moderate flow on it, and if you water contains all of the necessary minerals you should see the heads pulsating. Then you will know you have a Xenia on your hands.

 

[spoonman]

Look up anthelia sp. I think that is what you have. Very possible they are the same genus as xenia.

 

[MINItron]

Anthelia arises from a mat rather than a thickened stem.

 

[Reeferhead911]

Adjusted my power heads so its not so brutal on it..