Coral ID please

[DeniableArc]

Iv had this a couple months and it’s turning blue from brown and polyps are getting longer and turning green

 

[fishguy242]

goni?

 

[DeniableArc]

goni?

No definitely not here’s a pic with polyps sucked in. Ty

 

[fishguy242]

nice,duncan?

 

[heniochus]

Looks like a pretty happy tenuis

 

[DeniableArc]

Looks like a pretty happy tenuis

Thanks mate. When I got it it the stalk was completely brown with no pe it’s getting more blue every day and I am thinking the polyps will turn a bright green

 

[ScottR]

Some serious PE on that

 

[DeniableArc]

Some serious PE on that

I can touch it and they will all retract then almost straight away they come back out

 

[ScottR]

Some serious PE on that’ll acros never get that fuzzy.

 

[DeniableArc]

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Some serious PE on that’ll acros never get that fuzzy.

I’m guessing it’s happy? It loves reef roids and i have cut back on carbon dosing

 

[ScottR]

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I’m guessing it’s happy? It loves reef roids and i have cut back on carbon dosing

So many debates about that. Some say acros can’t eat roids. I don’t know. But I don’t feed any of my SPS.

 

[fishguy242]

polyps are huge ,first look thought duncan ,nice coral there

 

[DeniableArc]

So many debates about that. Some say acros can’t eat roids. I don’t know. But I don’t feed any of my SPS.

I mainly use roids on my Scolymia and lobos but when I started giving it a squirt it creates a big mucus like string similar to what my lobos do.

 

[DeniableArc]

polyps are huge ,first look thought duncan ,nice coral there

Thanks

 

[ScottR]

I mainly use roids on my Scolymia and lobos but when I started giving it a squirt it creates a big mucus like string similar to what my lobos do.

I read somewhere here where someone fed acros. They ate but then spit the food back out and released mucus. Mucus is a response to being irritated. I’m not saying it’s wrong but that’s what I’ve read. There’s also been a discussion about whether PE is a good thing or not. But I always felt PE is good and looks like you’re doing something right.

 

[DeniableArc]

I read somewhere here where someone fed acros. They ate but then spit the food back out and released mucus. Mucus is a response to being irritated. I’m not saying it’s wrong but that’s what I’ve read. There’s also been a discussion about whether PE is a good thing or not. But I always felt PE is good and looks like you’re doing something right.

Ok I’ll try to read up on that. Could it possibly be that it would be only getting 150 par at the most, trying to collect more light

 

[Softhammer]

I have something just like that. The growth though isn’t looking like a tenius, I was thinking it’s a Horrida. Also agree with ScottR above, reef foods just irritates my corals. They don’t eat it. Into the garbage it has gone. I have been feeding acros for 18 years now and they should not slime out when feeding. The slime is a response to remove the irritant from their tissues, they cannot possibly ingest the mucous strands like a vermetid snail can. My number 1 Acro food, that you could actually watch them eat was the now unavailable Cyclopeeze freezer bar. That stuff was amazing. The only useful dried food that I have seen being eaten without sliming is Hikari Coralific delight. I had read threads about foods and recently conducted my own tests, albeit informal. Other than fresh fish eggs, leftover from cleaning my catch from the Gulf of Mexico, that Hikari stuff is my go to food now.