Fungiid Show Off
- Thread starter coralite
- Start date
Yeah, they are very touchy, but it has got to be my favorite coral in the whole tank. So, far i've had it about 6 months, and it has grown a bit in that time. It gets HUGE at night, and eats more than any coral i've ever had before. I think thats the key to keeping them long-term, personally: feeding the hell out of them. I have also noticed that this coral gets extremely unhappy if the Alk should drop at all. I don't understand why, but low Alk seems to be a real problem for this coral, more so than for most corals. This thing is more sensitive than any of my acros, but its worth it, I love watching the tentacles sway in the current.
Mark
Premium Member
Awesome pics everyone!
Fungi'ds are my alltime favorite coral. This is because one of the first corals I owned was a fungia. It grew to the size of a small dinner plate, and spawned every fall in my tank. That thing was like a pet to me.
I keep several now, but none that I would call rare or spectacular:
Here is my baby. He popped off of a friend's anthocaulli, and was the size of a dime when I got him... So tiny, I kept him in a teacup on the sandbed for a while since the current would blow him around. He is 4" now:
Then I picked this guy up from a MO site, but I haven't seen the green spread much like Coralite's(I took that pic of his, that coral was even more amazing in person). I think my lighting is too intense. I think lower lighting stimulates the green pigments more. This coral is still neat to me, since an injury in the distant past seems to have caused it to have multiple mouths. pic from store I purchased it at:
Then, here's my halomitra. Not the prettiest, but neat to me for it's unusual nature. I plan on moving this year, and reducing my coral numbers. This guy will get a much large space to grow, when I thin the herd. I would like to grow him out as much as I can, and they get quite big:
And then, there's what I *think* is a Diaseris(Jake?). This is a very old pic of it in my old tank. Note the little fungia is an older pic of the Fungia above:
I'm still on the hunt for a blue fungia, and a red one. Still need a litho' for my collection too.
Fungi'ds are my alltime favorite coral. This is because one of the first corals I owned was a fungia. It grew to the size of a small dinner plate, and spawned every fall in my tank. That thing was like a pet to me.
I keep several now, but none that I would call rare or spectacular:
Here is my baby. He popped off of a friend's anthocaulli, and was the size of a dime when I got him... So tiny, I kept him in a teacup on the sandbed for a while since the current would blow him around. He is 4" now:
Then I picked this guy up from a MO site, but I haven't seen the green spread much like Coralite's(I took that pic of his, that coral was even more amazing in person). I think my lighting is too intense. I think lower lighting stimulates the green pigments more. This coral is still neat to me, since an injury in the distant past seems to have caused it to have multiple mouths. pic from store I purchased it at:
Then, here's my halomitra. Not the prettiest, but neat to me for it's unusual nature. I plan on moving this year, and reducing my coral numbers. This guy will get a much large space to grow, when I thin the herd. I would like to grow him out as much as I can, and they get quite big:
And then, there's what I *think* is a Diaseris(Jake?). This is a very old pic of it in my old tank. Note the little fungia is an older pic of the Fungia above:
I'm still on the hunt for a blue fungia, and a red one. Still need a litho' for my collection too.
Last edited:
mr294
Active member
Unfortunately the Halomitra was sold along with all my other corals when I took a break from the hobby a couple years ago. It did grow quite a bit during the time I had it, but nothing like my Heliofungia. My helio went from being a little bigger than a silver dollar to over 8" in diameter when fully expanded. Very neat coral, just hard to place with all those tentacles waving around my acros
A question regarding compatiabilty:
Someone had said above in this thread that fungia can touch each other without stinging, and that the only real issue is shading/abrading each other. Does this hold true for all fungiids? Specifically, if I move my orange Cycloseris next to my Heliofungia, will they sting each other? I fear maybe Heliofungia is too distantly related to other fungiids to not sting them. Are my fears unfounded? I would like to put them next to each other, but am reluctant to allow them to hurt each other, if they would.
Does anybody have any experience with this?
Someone had said above in this thread that fungia can touch each other without stinging, and that the only real issue is shading/abrading each other. Does this hold true for all fungiids? Specifically, if I move my orange Cycloseris next to my Heliofungia, will they sting each other? I fear maybe Heliofungia is too distantly related to other fungiids to not sting them. Are my fears unfounded? I would like to put them next to each other, but am reluctant to allow them to hurt each other, if they would.
Does anybody have any experience with this?
palypicker
In Memoriam
Nice fungias! What is a avg price on a red plate?
Mark
Premium Member
Both corals do not seem to bother it. It's a pretty aggressive coral. It burned my bubble gum echino pretty badly. I'm hoping to move this year, and plan to dump a bunch of corals, in order to provide more room for the halomitra, as well as some other favorites. In the end, I would prefer a tank with fewer but larger corals.
I'm keeping an eye on my orange one (its mostly orange with a few green spots) so I can keep him away from other corals on or near my sandbed for that reason! It move on day 3 & I move it a couple of inches back. Like the color for sure, but I do value my other corals.
Matthew
Matthew
Similar threads
