Coral ID please!!!

[Fusch13]

Looking to buy this coral from lfs but wanting to know what it is, they do not know...want to do research before i purchase it!


Thanks
Ryan

 

[DarkXerox]

Branching fire coral? I think their genus is millepora (not to be confused with acropora millepora)

 

[wentreefgirl]

That is stylaster, lace coral. Its a hard to keep coral as it needs to eat frequently with phyto type foods. Its non symbiotic so could stay most anywhere. I have one.

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/sylasterina.htm

 

[Fusch13]

wentreefgirl,


Thanks.....i am able to get it for a very excellent price...should i consider it?

 

[tetra-tag]

The coral in the link that you provided closely resembles the Distichopora species coral depicted on page 104 of the Borneman book. (The corals illustrated for Stylaster appear to have finer, more abundant branches.)
"Like Stylaster, Distichopora are ahermatypic and aposymbiotic hydrocorals found in shaded and usually higher nutrient conditions."
So it will need to be fed, zooplankton or a reasonable substitute (i.e. Cyclopeze.)

 

[oddballs]

id feed 2 little fishes zoplan over cyclopese in my opinion itsa way better food for zooplankton eating inverts and corals i dont put the cyclopese in my tank because only a few things really seem to eat it!

 

[wentreefgirl]

Yes, its a nice coral. And colorful. I use phytofeast and reef roids and it does fine.

 

[Fusch13]

Ok, thanks everyone i think i might pick it up tomorrow....See if LFS stay true to the price they said...

 

[wentreefgirl]

Good luck.