Went against my better judgement

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Well, due to a birthday present, I had some store credit at a fish place I normally don't shop at. It was burning a hole in my pocket and I went against my better judgement and baught a receeding coral in an attempt to rescue it. It is what I believe to be a colony of Favia. It looked like it had started receeding and was deflated but I convinced myself that it had potential if I could turn it around.
I brought it home, slowly acclimated it and gave it a gentle Lugols dip paying special attention to the receeded edges with a turkey baster.
I put it on the bottom of my tank in a place where there is a low, constant flow and low light consisting of low actinic and indirect white light. If I start seeing tentacles after lights out I plan on doing a little target feeding for a while.
So far it seems to be puffing up more and a slight irridescence is appearing. I will post pics when I get a chance. I am rusty on my LPS so any advice or suggested changes to my approach is appreciated.

Oh, I also picked up a couple of loose zoa frags that I attached to plugs and seem to be doing well also.
: )

 

[szwab]

Lookin any better today? How's it doing?

 

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All seems well today. It looks like the copepods might have cleaned up any remaining dead flesh around the edges after the lights went out. No dramatic differences from yesterday but it still looks a lot happier than in the store. The green zoas have been fully opened and the last two stubborn polyps of the Blue ringed ones are starting to open.

I finally got around to uploading some pics I took yesterday. Sorry about the poor quality. I had to use my cel phone.

BTW - Can anyone confirm from the pic that it is in fact a Favia. Like I said, I'm really out of the loop and rusty on LPS.

 

[zeppelin]

That looks like acan echinata. Very powerful sting. Give it room around other corals.

 

[Bcollins111900]

acan echinata like larry said

 

[hollback]

that looks like acan echinata. Very powerful sting. Give it room around other corals.

+2

 

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Thanks, guys. How do I tell the difference? I was leanning away from Acans because I was under the impression Acans had more individual looking polyps while these appear to be very conneted to each other at the edges. Any help is appreciated.

 

[kcooley]

you are thinking acan lordhowensis

 

[zeppelin]

you are thinking acan lordhowensis

Yep. Allot of different acanthastrea out there. Echinata/subechinata have more connected looking polyps.

 

[motley]

thoes are realy nice blue hornets. where did you get them?

 

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thoes are realy nice blue hornets. where did you get them?

I don't know if they are actually hornets and I've seen similar ones referred to as african blues. I just got them cause I liked them and wanted to add more blue. I like referring to them as Majestic Barney Bungholes.

I'd rather not post where I got them because I'd rather not advertise for them because I'm not slod on their husbandry and sustainability practices. I'd rather steer people toward trusted resources like Phishy, Premium Aquatics or Reef Systems. I can tell you that it was the only frag of those that was there. If you really want to know where, shoot me a PM.

 

[motley]

I don't know if they are actually hornets and I've seen similar ones referred to as african blues. I just got them cause I liked them and wanted to add more blue. I like referring to them as Majestic Barney Bungholes.

I'd rather not post where I got them because I'd rather not advertise for them because I'm not slod on their husbandry and sustainability practices. I'd rather steer people toward trusted resources like Phishy, Premium Aquatics or Reef Systems. I can tell you that it was the only frag of those that was there. If you really want to know where, shoot me a PM.

hey no problem i understand. when they are big enough to frag let me kno :fun4:

michael

 

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You got it.

 

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Quick update: More experienced people than me identify it as an Acan Echinata so I'm going with that. It continues to look pleased with it's new environment. The picture doesn't make it look like it but it has a minimum of a few inches around it to prevent it from stinging any corals. That being said, my display tank is only 40 gal so I'm thinking I will work on getting it to look fully recovered and the way its supposed to then try to find it a bigger home so I can free up some space in the tank again. I will be very satisfied if I can fully turn around a coral that was most likely to eventually be doomed.