Western_reefer
Reef keeper
Has anyone ever heard of Stylaster coral? Here is a picture.
Anyone ever hear of Stylaster coral?
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Western_reefer
Reef keeper
Its Non-Photosynthetic right?
stunreefer
Reef Hugger
Yes, similar to Distichopora.
EDIT: Gresham beat me
Gresham, have you experienced any success with either genus mentioned above?
EDIT: Gresham beat me
Gresham, have you experienced any success with either genus mentioned above?
Western_reefer
Reef keeper
Yes, similar to Distichopora.
EDIT: Gresham beat me
Gresham, have you experienced any success with either genus mentioned above?
Yeah, it looks very similar to Distichopora, but Stylaster has a bunch of smaller/thinner branches.
Yes, similar to Distichopora.
EDIT: Gresham beat me
Gresham, have you experienced any success with either genus mentioned above?
no. I tried both several times a few years back while working on the wholesale side of the trade but had poor luck. I tried dripping phyto, BBS, CE and some other stuff and still couldn't keep either of them for that long. However with the feeds produced today by various companies, along with new flow devices, I think it should be possible. I suspect they eat much smaller stuff then most NPS corals, like bacterioplankton or zooplankton larvae. saying that, I have not done any research on what they feed upon. Time to hit the books and papers to see what is out there 
The Reef Expert
New member
If they're on ARKive then they're endagered plus hard to feed; kinda like muricella, best left in the wild.
