Id corals please

[Jimbo C]

Can anyone please ID the two corals growing on the back of my pagoda & can I frag them off with a simple scroll saw?

 

[mr_X]

The picture is awful small after this forum gets through with it. Can you upload it to a hosting server like photobucket and then post a link to it?

 

[Brad M]

They look like polyps. The polyp is always the 2 for 1 coral frag deal since they end up growing everywhere. If you cant cut the rock its on then just cut them off with a sharp blade and let sit in a low circulation area till it re attaches to something then glue that to a frag.

 

[mr_X]

Polyps? Every coral has polyps.

 

[Brad M]

Polyps? Every coral has polyps.

Hmm I didnt know that. I thought polyp was a trype of coral like these guys.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/aquarium-fish-supplies.cfm?c=597+599

 

[mr_X]

I don't know why people refer to them as that. Some are called "button polyps" so I can only guess that people just dropped off the "button". All corals, even sps, have polyps.

 

[Brad M]

I don't know why people refer to them as that. Some are called "button polyps" so I can only guess that people just dropped off the "button". All corals, even sps, have polyps.

Ha im glad I used the term button polyps in my last post. Is there an actual name for the type of coral in the link I posted or is it usually just button polyps? I appreciate the knowledge.

 

[mr_X]

Zoanthids, or Palythoa.