NPS ID: dendro?

[Rookie07]

I have a colony that I believe is a Dendo colony, but Ive heard many different opinions.
Any have a definate ID for this colony?

Thank you

 

[Rookie07]

Anyone?

 

[coral_addict]

Looks like tubastrea to me, but I'm very far from an expert

 

[nvictor]

THis looks like tubastrea or sun coral to me also.

 

[stunreefer]

It's Dendrophyllia/Cladopsammia gracilis. Reef Builders did an article on them (google search) and there's been a few recent threads in this forum regarding this species.

 

[MarineSniper]

It's basically a branching type dendro. They require a bit more flow than regular dendros or suns and require more food than those, as well, in order to thrive. I hope you have a dedicated tank for those, because you're looking at a lot of food, to keep all those happy!

 

[SantaMonica]

My goal is to keep a nice dendro like that in a dedicated nano gyre setup with no target feeding but with enough auto feeding so that all the polyps are eating particles all day long.