Porites Porites
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surfjeepzx
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I have lots of porites in my tank. I have a rock that had a skeleton of porites on it when I bought it. Didn't think much of it then it started to grow back over itself. I have another rock that I started with a porites frag and a mirolina frag. The two have engulfed the rock and are competing in growth for space now.
I've found that porites and mirolina like the bottom of the tank best. Moderate flow and they will even do well in shaded parts of the tank. I also have a large section of mirolina that is competing with some green cap I have plating off a rock. It started war with the cap and seemed to give up and start growing out off the ock. It should look real nice after a while.
Porites does the same thing as mirolina. It encrusts then when it can't encrust sny more due to space or competition it will start ledging out. Be careful where you place the the porites as it has tenticles that sweep out about 1-1.5" and sting anything it touches.
I've found that porites and mirolina like the bottom of the tank best. Moderate flow and they will even do well in shaded parts of the tank. I also have a large section of mirolina that is competing with some green cap I have plating off a rock. It started war with the cap and seemed to give up and start growing out off the ock. It should look real nice after a while.
Porites does the same thing as mirolina. It encrusts then when it can't encrust sny more due to space or competition it will start ledging out. Be careful where you place the the porites as it has tenticles that sweep out about 1-1.5" and sting anything it touches.
sin05_omar
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I dont think so... at least for my case i have not obsereved it having any sweeper ..
LobsterOfJustice
Recovering Detritophobe
Surf, I believe you are referring to Porites asteroides, not Porites porites.
LobsterOfJustice
Recovering Detritophobe
I think they used to be pretty common but for some reason they arent seen that much anymore. I have a yellow branching piece I got from another reefer, I treat it the same as any other sps. I dont really have any particular advice about it.
MCsaxmaster
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Porites porites is a Caribbean coral and therefore not available for collection. It is therefore usually not available in the trade. It would be possible to get it on aquacultured rock from the Keys, though I'm not sure if that species has shown up. We've got some P. divaricata here in the lab, which is a sister species. They're pretty undemanding and seem to be doing fine. We've had them for a year and a half or so, and just recently got some decent light on them so growth has picked up.
There a several similar-looking Pacific species that are usually available. Given decent conditions and relatively bright light Porites is usually undemending IME. Most of them really do prefer and need brighter light to thrive though, and ideally stongish water motion.
cj
There a several similar-looking Pacific species that are usually available. Given decent conditions and relatively bright light Porites is usually undemending IME. Most of them really do prefer and need brighter light to thrive though, and ideally stongish water motion.
cj
MCsaxmaster
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They're pretty much all a similar shade of grey.
Generally yes, as is required with the identification of almost all corals. You can usually tell them apart from other poritids in the field though (P. furcata being the most similar).
With strong, direct aggression, like attack with sweeper tentacles, most of them. Usually Porites are low on the aggression scale, but P. porites is a brooder and Porites are good at surviving partial mortality, hence they persist on reefs.
Oh, yes it would be fine to have it if it came on a snail shell or aquacultured rock or something like that. The problem is not the posession or collection of insignificant parts of the stock like this, but rather large-scale collection off the reefs. That is something the Caribbean likely just couldn't sustain (enough problems already) so collection of corals/live rock is illegal in US waters (import of the material into the US from foreign waters is also illegal since it is all CITES listed, though most countries in the Caribbean have also illegalized collection).
cj
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