Coral ID Please
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MarinaClown
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One looks like a bleached SPS coral. Sorry if that's the case
Mightyreefer87
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One looks like a bleached SPS coral. Sorry if that's the case
I agree about the second being bleached.
The first might be a rusty gorgonian?
Hope this helps
mr_X
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I vote "lace coral" for the first one, and a wild colony of acropora for the second.
mr_X
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It doesn't look dead to me. Dead would be pure white with no flesh on it. This colony appears neon green to me.
Here are some colonies that came in dead. Does yours look like this to you?
Here are some colonies that came in dead. Does yours look like this to you?
Thanks Mr X. It's not completely white. It's more cream with light hues of green and appears to be fleshly... Just bought it Saturday from my LFS as a rare piece. Just want to make sure it is okay, as I am just really getting into corals and don't know that much just yet. Thanks for all you do to help us newbies out and any further advice is greatly appreciated!
mr_X
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It's not rare. Don't believe the LFS. It's just a wild colony, like the ones that came in dead above. They make those concrete bases, and tie them to a bamboo grid, and suspend that from the ocean floor in shallow water, with small pieces of coral attached, which they plucked from colonies on the reef.
In a short time they are the size you see in the pics and are ready for sale. They ship them in boxes of 18-25 to california, where your LFS orders from.
Harder to keep than corals that have been in synthetic water and artificial lighting for generations, but not impossible.
I have a few wild pieces in my tank right now doing ok.
In a short time they are the size you see in the pics and are ready for sale. They ship them in boxes of 18-25 to california, where your LFS orders from.
Harder to keep than corals that have been in synthetic water and artificial lighting for generations, but not impossible.
I have a few wild pieces in my tank right now doing ok.
mr_X
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BTW, that lace coral needs to be fed. Some of them actually sting fish as well. Not sure if that one does or not, but They do consume small, planktonic foods. the funny thing about them is that you can't tell when they are dead- the color is in the skeleton, not the flesh, so I suppose the way to tell if it's alive is if you see polyps extended at night when the lights or out. Algae growing on it would be a bad sign.
The wild colony had a tag on it labeled, "Walt Smith Fiji Cultured". Is that what they would have done?
As for the lace coral. I did put in some time release dried marine phytoplankton. Will that and the foods I feed my fish be enough or do you recommend something else?
As for the lace coral. I did put in some time release dried marine phytoplankton. Will that and the foods I feed my fish be enough or do you recommend something else?
mr_X
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Cultured, just means what I said earlier. It does not mean that they cultured it in a closed system.
I don't know if dried phyto and fish poop will do the trick or not. I guess you'll just have to see.
I don't know if dried phyto and fish poop will do the trick or not. I guess you'll just have to see.
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