Id on hitch hicker sps?

[OrangeKoi]

Can anyone Id this tough lps for me? I thought it was dead and would be good for bacterial colonizing. I put it in my tank and it has been growing/coming back to life since.

I did not know the damage factor of BTA's and had one with it for about a week and a half. I've separated the two now. Hopefully the carbon will filter out the toxins that WC might be unable to take out.

It's color is pink like coraline algea and the little tentacles of a lighter "skin tone" have a center that goes a touch orange. Pretty close to the picture.

Any idea?

I'm trying to get tank configuration settled without having to revamp everything. I have a 10 gallon regular in FW which could be switched with a 10 gallon hex. Or I could configure a removable cave/platform for whatever, either the corals or the anemonea.

This lps was the only one that seemed to be bothered by the anemonea.

Any ideas?

 

[RandyP]

If you are taking about what is on the edge of the rock or dead coral head, that looks like a small cup coral pagoda (Turbinaria peltata) to me....It's an LPS coral

 

[Feerlaroc]

I agree with RandyP.

 

[MiddletonMark]

Some species of Turbinaria, I agree.

 

[OrangeKoi]

LPS? are you sure?

LPS? are you sure?

I thought lps were much larger. Sorry, the picture is bigger than the critter. It is actually about 1/3 the size of the picture. Does this change your answer? Or no?

Hey, I copied and pasted, by george I think you've pegged it! thanks!

 

[MiddletonMark]

Still looks like Turbinaria sp. to me.

IMO, this coral Genus is a good example of the problems with the hobby-terminology of SPS/LPS. Some varieties have pretty big polyps, some have quite small. So I guess technically I'd put some Turbinaria species in SPS, some in LPS.
But given scientists don't pay too much attention to these hobby distinctions - I generally don't worry about one/other either.

 

[OrangeKoi]

I got this as a HH. I've been looking in the wrong section lol Thanks.

 

[MiddletonMark]

Moved to LPS Forum per thread-starters request

 

[speckled trout]

Cup coral

 

[Sk8r]

That's going to be a little dicey in a very small aquarium. Basically to keep pagoda, (and the coral may attempt to regrow) you need a handful of solid parameters: kh of 2.95-3.5, cal of 400-430, mg. 1200-1300. Temp about 78 to 81, salinity of 1.024-26, with good light, but not blazing bright. If you can bring this back, you can keep corals with good success.

 

[OrangeKoi]

Until I put the anemonea in it was doing great. Needless to say I moved the anemonea.

Thanks so much for the encouragement.