Coral ID

[LeJeune981]

I picked this up at petco in the mixed frag tank..
No idea what it may be.. kinda looks like an sps but I was wondering if anyone has any ideas

It's still closed up for the most part..and a bit of a slime coat on it.. if and when it does open..I will snap another photo..

Thank you!

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[JUNBUG361]

Some type of Favia maybe

 

[ReefkeeperZ]

looks like a fully retracted goniopora to me.. but a pic with polyps extended would be great

 

[LeJeune981]

Once it opens up all the way I plan on getting a polyp pic

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[Reef noob_]

+1 on a very unhappy goniopora


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[LeJeune981]

+1 on a very unhappy goniopora


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Any coral from my local petco is a rescue mission..
It looks better today.. as well as the other unknown coral I purchased.. but it usually takes them a week or better to "wake up" so to speak..

Local petco keeps the Salinity at or below 1.019..
Combined with really old t8 bulbs..
It's always a gamble with them.. but they have been getting alot of rare corals in lately..

Hopefully this and the other one will pull through.. neither are open atm


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[Reef noob_]

May I ask how much you paid for it? If it is a goniopora it's a decent sized piece.


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[LeJeune981]

May I ask how much you paid for it? If it is a goniopora it's a decent sized piece.


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14 bucks each...

I'll snap a pic of the other frag as well... I can't find anything that looks like it online

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[LeJeune981]

This is the second coral..
I purchased one a few weeks ago.. but something in the tank broke the stalks and they dissapeared in the tank..

This one is still closed up.. but the one I had before.. the polyp looked exactly like a xenia or clove polyp.. but was orange and white colored..

As with the first frag.. once they open.. I will snap a photo and post it

The "stalk " skeleton is hard.. but looks porous.. and very fragile

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[ReefkeeperZ]

thats a clove polyp, the green ones used to be rare, and the orange/white ones super common. it's amazing how this hobby shifts

 

[LeJeune981]

thats a clove polyp, the green ones used to be rare, and the orange/white ones super common. it's amazing how this hobby shifts

Oh sweet.. I was looking at some pretty awesome looking clove polyps the other day at the big saltwater water store an hour or so away from my house..
I was gonna buy some.. I forget what color combos he had.

Ended up buying a big Rock full of a type of xenia (differant than the species I already have) a bunch of anthelia.. and some green Pallys on it for the xenia fuge I am slowly building..

Your deff right.. it's kinda weird how the hobby changes... expecially the trends that push prices up or down..



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[rvareef]

Any coral from my local petco is a rescue mission..
It looks better today.. as well as the other unknown coral I purchased.. but it usually takes them a week or better to "wake up" so to speak..

Local petco keeps the Salinity at or below 1.019..
Combined with really old t8 bulbs..
It's always a gamble with them.. but they have been getting alot of rare corals in lately..

Hopefully this and the other one will pull through.. neither are open atm


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its not really a rescue mission, more like a mission to fund their salt department and keep them ordering more livestock that will most likely be handled poorly and die, id stay away and support other vendors

 

[LeJeune981]

its not really a rescue mission, more like a mission to fund their salt department and keep them ordering more livestock that will most likely be handled poorly and die, id stay away and support other vendors

Unfortunately.. I don't really have that option.. next closest fish store is an hour/hour and a half drive one way.. and with my work schedule..and I live alone.. online ordering isn't really an option either

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[LeJeune981]

So.. the possible goniopora still hasn't opened all the way up.. it has opened a little bit.. the back half is still covered in slime.. I've blown some off with my turkey blaster.. but wondering if I should hit it with a tooth brush. Or move it up on the rocks so my bristle worms can clean it up.. any sugestions?

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[anthonys51]

It's funny how people think Corals are rare. Most supplies will label something rare simple to command a higher price Each type of coral has a cites. Some have a lot more than others. Such as mushrooms. It's not that the coral is rare in the wild it's just that they can't collect as much as they want so demand might be higher than supple. In time as demand fads the coral becomes less rare. Meaning the coral was never rare. I forget the Fish name but one type of anthias we pay 200 a fish for years they claimed it was rare. I was watching a tv special and the locals where eating the fish


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[Uncle99]

Super utter chaos rare zoos.....$25 per polyp.

(In other words, bright orange zoos, which is NOT rare)

Clams, 250 bucks, (and 1 dollar in Dubai)