Pagoda/Cup coral info needed
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GoingPostal
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Easy as pie and very hardy, at least the "cup" versions are, mine like a lot of flow and are always willing to eat, they also well under most lighting, I have one under a 70 watt halide and anothe under 150 watts.
Very easy and hardy coral. I bought mine about 7 years ago. When I got it, it was yellow. It has since changed colors several times and is now a nice lime green. It has trippeld in size in that 9 years. The main "cup" is about 1/2 inch thick. Mine is an oblong shape being about 4 inches across and about 6 inches long.
I have kept it under a varity of lights, everything from about 100W of N.O. florecents to it's current tank which has 400 DE MH 10K lights and it sits about 3 feet under the light. It get's moderate flow and I have never fed it directly.
Because the center of the coral is about 2 inches deep, ie cup, I occasionaly swish my hand above it to blow out any collection of dutris that may accumilate.
Mine did have a small 2 headed branch that started growing out from its side. I haven't really looked for it lately so I don't know if it fell off or is still there in it's back side.
There are some pic's in my gallery and a few more in my thread that you can reach by clicking on my little red house.
HTH.
I have kept it under a varity of lights, everything from about 100W of N.O. florecents to it's current tank which has 400 DE MH 10K lights and it sits about 3 feet under the light. It get's moderate flow and I have never fed it directly.
Because the center of the coral is about 2 inches deep, ie cup, I occasionaly swish my hand above it to blow out any collection of dutris that may accumilate.
Mine did have a small 2 headed branch that started growing out from its side. I haven't really looked for it lately so I don't know if it fell off or is still there in it's back side.
There are some pic's in my gallery and a few more in my thread that you can reach by clicking on my little red house.
HTH.
I've been watching one in the LFS for awhile. It looks healthy as far as I can tell, but I've never seen the polyps on it as open as the ones in the pictures above. Is this a cause for concern?
The one in the store is in a coral only tank under MH lights. All the corals there look good.
The one in the store is in a coral only tank under MH lights. All the corals there look good.
GoingPostal
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Are you sure it's a pagoda cup (t. peltata) and not t. reniformis? The latter doesn't open like cups do. It also might be unhappy, my cup didn't have nearly as many polyps out or as fully open at it's previous home as it does in mine.
It looked like this in QT
It's even more bushy now but this is the only other pic I have
It looked like this in QT
It's even more bushy now but this is the only other pic I have
GoingPostal
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Bright yellow ones are dyed, mine is the natural brown color, there are some nice green ones out there though.
I've had a teal green "pagoda" or "cup" for about 3 years. Its a beautiful coral! It will be a nice add to your tank.
Its battle record with other corals in my tank has been interesting. It currently is defending its space from a huge blue chalice quite well. And it totally torched a symplyllia a few weeks ago that accidently was bumped next to it for just a few seconds.... it did a ton of damage in a very short time.
However, it was burned by another acro a few years ago that fell on it (a tenius I believe).
Nothing here to keep you from getting one; just a few tidbits to help you with placement.
Its battle record with other corals in my tank has been interesting. It currently is defending its space from a huge blue chalice quite well. And it totally torched a symplyllia a few weeks ago that accidently was bumped next to it for just a few seconds.... it did a ton of damage in a very short time.
However, it was burned by another acro a few years ago that fell on it (a tenius I believe).
Nothing here to keep you from getting one; just a few tidbits to help you with placement.
Thanks for sharing your experiences.
The one I'm looking at is an aqua green color. Really striking, not tan, not blue, not green, but some combination thereof.
I've been eyeing my tank for just the right place to put it. The only things remotely close (eight inches +) are a candy cane and a clam.
The one I'm looking at is an aqua green color. Really striking, not tan, not blue, not green, but some combination thereof.
I've been eyeing my tank for just the right place to put it. The only things remotely close (eight inches +) are a candy cane and a clam.
As I stated before, mine was yellow when I bought it. It has turned a nice green since then and has survived just fine or the past 7+ years. It has changed colors over the years from a dark green to a light lime green that it is now. I currently have it sitting about 3 feet under a 400W DE 14K hamilton MH bulb.
