wife new coral. Any Idea's?

[snakeklr]

Wife got this at a LFS any ideas? I have searched the web the past two days with no luck. Is it a sponge? Its hard and crusty. tubular with plates that hold the tubes.

 

[snakeklr]

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/85307mini-tash_coral_bmp.jpg

here is a better pic

 

[katpurdy]

pipe organ...
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=N

 

[idareefer]

yep, tubipora

 

[snakeklr]

So it is dead? from what i have read on the web this is its skeleton? or will it revive? I feel bad that my wife may have bought a dead coral

 

[katpurdy]

do any white polyps come out of the tubes? they should look like little daisy's.

 

[snakeklr]

not that we have seen.

 

[davelin315]

That does not look alive to me. If you look at the tubes, each one should have a small white polyp that comes out of it. At the very least you should have a small bump inside the tube showing that there is a polyp inside it. I think the one you have is Tubipora musica (pipe organ coral).

 

[idareefer]

It does look dead, polyps are kinda greyish, little bumps, shame on LFS for selling to your wife, she should take it back!