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[OAD]

Picked up this frag yesterday for 30.

Thanks all!

 

[carman9941]

nice piece for $30 looks like a poccie to me

 

[OAD]

That is what I was thinking. Should I post a closeup of the polyps?

 

[JackKerouac]

Pocillopora damicornis

 

[OAD]

Jack, anything you can tell me about it?

 

[ADA33]

It sure does look like a Pocillopora. One thing to note. When the colony gets bigger it will reproduce in your tank by dropping off pieces of itself. I have found this to be annoying. Hopefully from the pic it is not the brown kind and just hasn't colored up. If you want I can give you a frag of the neon green or pink. Just PM me when you are ready.

 

[JackKerouac]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13017009#post13017009 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by OAD
Jack, anything you can tell me about it?

Hi Oad,Pocillopora is an hardy coral,as widefx told when it gets bigger it might reproduce and you'll find small Pocilloporas all over the tank.
If your light is enought and the paramether are good it will become more pink.

 

[OAD]

Outstanding, it is under a 70W Halide at the bottom of the tank for now. He was under some Halides (unknown wattage) at the LFS for quite a while about midway-top of the tank. Should I move him up?

 

[JackKerouac]

Yeah I would move it up

 

[OAD]

Will that light be sufficient? The tank is a 12G JBJ DX.

 

[JackKerouac]

well now I have one of them growing almost on shadow...
it's not so demanding,it will live,but maybe it's more difficoult that will turn pink

 

[SHARKBAITNC]

I started with one colony now I have alot, they are on every powerhead and growing on the back of the tank and poping up from every crack in the rock.

Nick

 

[OAD]

Thanks for the reply Nick.