ID please. Dendro? with pics

[laugh]

So I was at the LFS buying some frags and this little guy was growing under the frag rack stuck to the bottom glass. I asked what it was and he plucked it off the glass and said it's soft so it must be some kind of cauliflower coral. Anyways he said I could have it because now it is just tumbling around the tank. My first thought was Dendronephthya but all the dendro I've seen has lighter stalks and longer branches. I placed it on the bottom under a ledge and it never really opened. I moved it out so it would be easier to feed and it started opening up in the brighter light. Not like a dendro. So what do you think?
Sorry I only have a point and shoot so it's tough to get clear shots of anything that is not right against the glass.

 

[laugh]

Anyone? I'm really hoping this is not Dendro.

 

[Misled]

Can you move it closer to the glass and get a better pic????

 

[Aaarrrggg]

I'm certainly no expert, but in my experience anything squidgy that's an awesome orange/pink/yellow color is usually non photosynthetic. It sucks because I love those colors! As I said, I'm no expert though -experts don't use the word "squidgy" for a start!

 

[gmpolan]

Im thinking the same, prob a sponge of some sort...

 

[laugh]

Can you move it closer to the glass and get a better pic????

I can try tommorow. But I doubt my camera or my skills will get any better by then:lol:

 

[Misled]

Dude!!!!! :lol:

 

[cside]

shine a flashlight in when you have your lights off to see if its nps. sounds noobish but my Tubastrea would only open at night when i first got it.

 

[csmfish]

Well, pick it up and move it closer to the glass, lol.

Whats wrong with dendro's? I dont think thats a dendro. Just think of a sun coral, but, orange like that. That does not look like a dendro as I have one, i believe, or a really orange sun coral. Oh, and, mine is open 24/7, thats why i believe I have dendros.

 

[laugh]

Dendro's are non-photosynthetic and notoriously difficult to keep feed well enough for them to thrive. I don't think this is Tubastrea(sun coral) as this guy is soft.

 

[csmfish]

Dendro's are non-photosynthetic and notoriously difficult to keep feed well enough for them to thrive. I don't think this is Tubastrea(sun coral) as this guy is soft.

Oh, I dont know about that, or, i have a hybrid. The base is not orangy like a sun coral, mine is like a trumpet coral, frogspawn or some other stony coral like that at its base. The flower part is a dark orange, like orange drink (that cheap stuff you get in the one gallon jugs for a dollar). Now, with that said, I hardly feed the thing if at all and it has popped out two new babies. Mind you, it isnt growing a lot either, but, when I got it, it was on its death bed. Now, a year later, it is a family of 4.

 

[laugh]

Ok best I could do closer to the glass. I'm thinking Scleronephthya just because the branches are so short. It opened for a bit today when the day lights came on.

 

[GerritM]

Alcyonium sp.?

 

[Postal]

Oh, I dont know about that, or, i have a hybrid. The base is not orangy like a sun coral, mine is like a trumpet coral, frogspawn or some other stony coral like that at its base. The flower part is a dark orange, like orange drink (that cheap stuff you get in the one gallon jugs for a dollar). Now, with that said, I hardly feed the thing if at all and it has popped out two new babies. Mind you, it isnt growing a lot either, but, when I got it, it was on its death bed. Now, a year later, it is a family of 4.

You have a dendrophyllia. The OP is talking about dendronephthea. Very large difference in survival rates between the two.

 

[ed102475]

Scleronephthya sp. ?

 

[csmfish]

You have a dendrophyllia. The OP is talking about dendronephthea. Very large difference in survival rates between the two.

Well, yea, lol. "dendro" leaves a lot to the imagination if your not a coral biologist, lol. :lmao:

 

[Whisperer]

Poci?