SPS ID and question

[dantodd]

I picked up a few browned out SPS at the LFS last week. I've never kept SPS before and thought buying browned out specimens would be best since I don't yet know what I am really doing.

This particular frag seems to have an especially strong sting and I'd like to know if that is true and get an ID....

TIA. Dan

edit: the dead areas were already dead when I got it...

 

[GMAX]

Looks like Stylophora to me. Browned corals if they are kept in proper conditions will return to color. In this case it could be a pink stunner.

When you can pick up browned but otherwise healthy corals at a cheap price, you are eventually going to get some stunning corals. I have.

 

[FastFish720]

I would say Stylo too

 

[dantodd]

Thanks guys, I appreciate it. Are they particularly powerful or do all SPS have about the same sting?

I must be particularly sensitive to coral stings. When my LPS stung me (I grabbed him when he fell off a ledge during cleaning) it peeled the skin off 2 of my fingers. This guy made my fingers hyper-sensitive to temperature changes for 3 days after I picked him up to reposition him in the tank. I think I'll be wearing rubber gloves every time my hands go in the tank from now on.

 

[dippin61]

i dont think stylo's sting.. i havnt really ever heard of sps stinging. i have stylos in my tank, and have touched them repeatedly.. no problems whatsoever.

 

[dantodd]

hmmmm..... that leaves the habaneros that I was cutting but they don't usually effect my fingers at all.

I wonder if corals, fish, etc are sensitiver to capsaicin. It doesn't seem like it from recent experience but, thought I'd ask.

 

[Amphiprion]

Sure they are sensitive to capsaicin. It irritates the skin of fish, causing them to secrete more mucus. In fact, that is the primary active ingredient in Kent's RxP--not that it does much good other than irritating your fish.

 

[dantodd]

thanks. I've picked up some latex gloves and will not be cutting habaneros without them in the furture.