Please help me ID this coral and mystery pest.
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loveaddressbox
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Not sure on the coral could be Acanthophyllia something? I might be completely wrong. But looks like a long polyp stony coral, but I need glasses and I odn't have them...
The other could be an hydroid.
The other could be an hydroid.
Dkuhlmann
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I think your pest is a ball tip anemone, and also unsure of the coral. But I can tell you this, with the ball tip being there and looking healthy I'd say your tank is doing well. Just remember to take it slow. Don't add more than one maybe two fish every two weeks to a month. Preferably a month wait between fish will allow your bacteria to build up to accept more fish.
Are you asking for the zoa type too?
It's some kind of favia, kinda like my unknown one at home.
Anyways, that doesn't look like a ball anemone at all, i have some and they're nothing close to that.
Those appear to be tentacles, some sort of small coral.
it's causing your zoas to close, it might be stinging it. I would break and chip that piece off and keep an eye
It's some kind of favia, kinda like my unknown one at home.
Anyways, that doesn't look like a ball anemone at all, i have some and they're nothing close to that.
Those appear to be tentacles, some sort of small coral.
it's causing your zoas to close, it might be stinging it. I would break and chip that piece off and keep an eye
neededahobby
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regarding the pest - Is it light sensitive (only comes out at night) or is it out all day?
Does it fully retract when touched - how fast?
If it was a ball anemone (google pseudocorynactis) then it likely would NOT hurt the coral but I have those and do NOT think that is what you have.
The balls appear only on the end tips - (while ball anenomes have multiple concentric circles of balls) also it appear to be a colony - not a lone hitchhiker which is more common.
google "great star coral polyps" and I think you will see a better match.
Does it fully retract when touched - how fast?
If it was a ball anemone (google pseudocorynactis) then it likely would NOT hurt the coral but I have those and do NOT think that is what you have.
The balls appear only on the end tips - (while ball anenomes have multiple concentric circles of balls) also it appear to be a colony - not a lone hitchhiker which is more common.
google "great star coral polyps" and I think you will see a better match.
