Need a soft coral Id please

[Icefire]

Picture taken at night, they are bright yellow, 3/4" high, 5/8" diameter.

When closed they are semi-spherical, 1/4".

Thanks

 

[sir_dudeguy]

not the greatest pic, but if you say they're bright yellow, i'd say yellow polyps for sure.

 

[Icefire]

Think I got it:

Parazoanthus gracilis or axinellae

It's an anemone coral, yellow polyp.

http://www.jlaquatics.com/phpstore/store_pages/details/corals-soft.php?product_ID=c-ipolyel

 

[sir_dudeguy]

ya thats the one i was thinking of. Didnt know it was an anem type thing..i guess it does sorta look a bit like aptasia. But i got no clue where they get that you need 175w MH lighting to keep it...i've kept that under 2x65w pc's in my 29 :lol:

 

[Icefire]

Yeah my friend who gave it to me had them and some others in a 4x 36" t8 no in a 65G.

They will just grow slower.

I guess with my 4x39w t5 it will grow nicely!

Do they eat at night? they are open with my lights off.

Also got some small GSP pieces, I hope to cover the back glass with it.

Do they eat at night? they are open with my lights off.

 

[sir_dudeguy]

Do they eat at night? they are open with my lights off.

many corals do this. My moon polyps are ALWAYS open. Same with a few of my button polyps, leathers, etc...

I dont think that means they feed at night tho...they're just still open i guess.

For the gsp...i believe they're 100% photosynthetic (actually i dont think its the coral itself that uses light...i think its an alga that grows on the coral that the coral eats...but you know...whatever :lol

My gsp have never once taken a piece of food. Sometimes they're open at night as well. I think it may just depend on how much ambient light is in the tank at night...if its pitch black then i'd think they'd close all the time/way...but if there's ambient light from the room, my corals stay open.

The gsp will be very easy to cover the back glass...just give it time

 

[Icefire]

Just tryed crushed flake food, droped in the mouth and the 3 closed around the food, half closed.

My friend didn't target feed them I think, but I'll do.

 

[jer77]

GSP and Zoanthids both do not require food but may feed on zooplankton, like cyclop-eeze. It is not necessary to feed them because they feed off of stuff already in the tank most of the time. They might grow faster if you feed them, but I doubt the gsp's will accept food or need the extra food because they'll grow soo fast.

 

[Icefire]

Yeah I know about GSP not needing food but Yellow polyps aka Parazoanthus gracilis are a anemone coral (colonial) that will grow better if target feeded BBS, crushed flake or other small food.

 

[jer77]

Parazoanthus gracilis are of the order Zoanthidea, not Actinaria. So they are not a true anemone coral, but close. Zooplankton is best for feeding purposes especially cyclop-eeze and actually since they have long tenticles you can probably get by with feeding it mysis shrimp too.

 

[Icefire]

Took some pics