coral ID help

[Skunk Shrimp]

what is this?

 

[blaxsun]

Can you provide another image under whiter lightng?

 

[Skunk Shrimp]

Can you provide another image under whiter lightng?

 

[Cell]

Rainbow pectinia maybe?

 

[Skunk Shrimp]

Rainbow pectinia maybe?

I added another picture.

 

[blaxsun]

Rainbow pectinia maybe?

Good call. Not sure about rainbow, but I'm definitely leaning towards a pectinia.

 

[Skunk Shrimp]

Rainbow pectinia maybe?

Good call. Not sure about rainbow, but I'm definitely leaning towards a pectinia.

so here is the thing because we am newer we made the mistake of buying before we knew exactly what it was. We were told it's an acan but it refuses to puff up so we don't think its that. We don't want it to die. It hasn't gotten any worse we are going to try and spot feed it with mysis again. We have been doing browsing on the web and just can not seem to find what it is!

 

[blaxsun]

so here is the thing because we am newer we made the mistake of buying before we knew exactly what it was. We were told it's an acan but it refuses to puff up so we don't think its that. We don't want it to die. It hasn't gotten any worse we are going to try and spot feed it with mysis again. We have been doing browsing on the web and just can not seem to find what it is!

It's definitely not an acan, no. Pectinias can be slow growers, and aside from a few (very minor) spots on it - it seems healthy.

 

[Skunk Shrimp]

It's definitely not an acan, no. Pectinias can be slow growers, and aside from a few (very minor) spots on it - it seems healthy.

awesome!! Thanks so much for the help!!!

 

[blaxsun]

awesome!! Thanks so much for the help!!!

@Cell did all of the heavy lifting!

 

[Skunk Shrimp]

@Cell did all of the heavy lifting!

thanks to both!!!

 

[Skunk Shrimp]

It's definitely not an acan, no. Pectinias can be slow growers, and aside from a few (very minor) spots on it - it seems healthy.

Do you have any guess as t what the spots on it could be?

 

[blaxsun]

Do you have any guess as t what the spots on it could be?

It looks like parts where the coral may have been damaged (stung by another coral, dinged, etc.) that are now covered with a bit of algae growth. I wouldn't worry - over time the coral will usually replace and overgrow these (I have corals with minor spots like this where they banged onto rocks when my fish toppled them over).

 

[encrustingacro]

Not Pectinia; probably Dipsastraea that has been in captivity for a long time

 

[Skunk Shrimp]

Not Pectinia; probably Dipsastraea that has been in captivity for a long time

how do i “bring it back to full health” im a struggling to keep it happy

 

[encrustingacro]

how do i “bring it back to full health” im a struggling to keep it happy

What problems are you having with it? Your coral looks fine to me; it doesn;t seem to be losing any flesh.

 

[Seansea]

Ya it looks fine. Kind of a cool looking speciman. Best thing to do is not mess with it. Leave it alone and let it do its thing. Has obvious mouths so would spot feed it a couple times a week. Reef roids is good. What kind of light do you have?

 

[Skunk Shrimp]

What problems are you having with it? Your coral looks fine to me; it doesn;t seem to be losing any flesh.

okay i will leave it alone i’ve just been worried cause there is no clear cut picture of what it is

 

[Skunk Shrimp]

Ya it looks fine. Kind of a cool looking speciman. Best thing to do is not mess with it. Leave it alone and let it do its thing. Has obvious mouths so would spot feed it a couple times a week. Reef roids is good. What kind of light do you have?

we have a ai blade grow and glow but we are getting a xr30 later this month the blades we’re doing great with the softies but they need a little more light with the new corals we’ve added

 

[Seansea]

Ok thise are solid lights. Should do great