Anybody have a name for this coral?

[BringingThatDottyback]

I got it in a trade a while ago. Guy told me it was a rainbow stylophora but I looked at pics of a rainbow stylophora last night and they don't look similar.

 

[Scorpius]

That's a Pocillopora, an easier to keep sps. Has a tendency to polyp bailout and spread throughout your tank.

 

[BringingThatDottyback]

That's a Pocillopora, an easier to keep sps. Has a tendency to polyp bailout and spread throughout your tank.

LOL, good think I went for it on looks and not name.

 

[justinm]

It will spread all over your tank, if you like it, it’s a good thing.

 

[BringingThatDottyback]

It will spread all over your tank, if you like it, it’s a good thing.

All over may be a bit much. But I do like how it's constantly changing colors.

 

[Scorpius]

It will spread all over your tank, if you like it, it’s a good thing.

I've only found this to be true when they're stressed out.

 

[Tahoe61]

Polyp bail out is a common means of reproduction, this is a coral I would not intentionally add to my tank. They can be pretty but once they start dropping polyps they grow to sting other corals.

 

[Salty1962]

That's a Pocillopora, an easier to keep sps. Has a tendency to polyp bailout and spread throughout your tank.

Yeah, a Poci.

 

[jda]

They will reproduce when doing incredibly well too. I have a no Poci rule in my tanks now... they end up everywhere.

Poci = Blue Cloves of SPS.

 

[saltyhog]

Agree, they are the GSP of SPS. They will do it even when thriving. I'm still trying to eliminate the results of the beautiful neon green one I had a couple of years ago....or actually still have!

 

[ewelch]

I would name it Mike

 

[BringingThatDottyback]

I would name it Mike

I was thinking it looks like more of a Luke.

 

[BringingThatDottyback]

Agree, they are the GSP of SPS. They will do it even when thriving. I'm still trying to eliminate the results of the beautiful neon green one I had a couple of years ago....or actually still have!

It's funny I actually have a not neon but green one in my tank that I knew was a poecillapora. But I might keep my eye out if I can get a green one as bright as my green birdsnest.

 

[jda]

The green and red in these really comes out more with a daylight spectrum of bulb. 6.5K or 10K mixed in with the massive amounts of blue that people use today.

 

[Sabellafella]

I got it in a trade a while ago. Guy told me it was a rainbow stylophora but I looked at pics of a rainbow stylophora last night and they don't look similar.

Are the polyps green? Could be, just needs to adjust a little to your lighting maybe

 

[BringingThatDottyback]

Are the polyps green? Could be, just needs to adjust a little to your lighting maybe

The polyps don't really have a color. They're more transparent. The skin has patches of flourescent green. The camera doesn't show it but under white light some of the shaded parts have greenish instead of pink skin and under blue lights the green parts of the skin cover a larger area.

 

[reef life]

Yea, I had it growing on the glass in the back of my tank, Overflows, on the cords to my pumps, ETC........ Got rid of it(Many other unwanted critters)last year when I started over again.

 

[Katrina71]

I think it's pretty too. Can you isolate it on a rock?

 

[jda]

It broadcasts into the water column and grows anywhere... overflows, behind rocks, etc.

 

[Sabellafella]

The polyps don't really have a color. They're more transparent. The skin has patches of flourescent green. The camera doesn't show it but under white light some of the shaded parts have greenish instead of pink skin and under blue lights the green parts of the skin cover a larger area.

Reason I ask is because it does look like a stylophora. Theres just a couple minut details that shy away from a pocillopora Think it just needs a bit of time =)