Coral ID Please

SHNICI · Nov 10, 2020

Hi, got this one yesterday and can't ID it, cane I get some help Please, to read how and in what to DIP it and where to place it. It's like SPS, but can't say anything else.

P-Dub · Nov 10, 2020

Hynophora. Careful on placement as this is an aggressive coral.

SHNICI · Nov 10, 2020

P-Dub said:
Hynophora. Careful on placement as this is an aggressive coral.

and under aggressive you mean what? In what way ?

JGT · Nov 10, 2020

SHNICI said:
Hi, got this one yesterday and can't ID it, cane I get some help Please, to read how and in what to DIP it and where to place it. It's like SPS, but can't say anything else.

Neon green hydrophora, mid to high flow, high PAR.

P-Dub · Nov 10, 2020

SHNICI said:
and under aggressive you mean what? In what way ?

It will actively and quickly kill neighbors. Mine did fine with an Acropora neighbor for a while then one day... it was ugly. Check this out... EDIT: Not my video. Mine was green like yours and the Acro was about an inch away when the threads just engulfed half of it... As I said, it was an ugly massacre.

JGT · Nov 10, 2020

P-Dub said:
It will actively and quickly kill neighbors. Mine did fine with an Acropora neighbor for a while then one day... it was ugly. Check this out...

Dude! That is insane,. Looks like invasion of the body snatchers

SHNICI · Nov 10, 2020

P-Dub said:
It will actively and quickly kill neighbors. Mine did fine with an Acropora neighbor for a while then one day... it was ugly. Check this out... EDIT: Not my video. Mine was green like yours and the Acro was about an inch away when the threads just engulfed half of it... As I said, it was an ugly massacre.

do you have any photo of it, I can't see something like mine under that name

(and this one can't see any tentacles, was w/o and in the tank before I got it for 5-7 days)

SHNICI · Nov 10, 2020

on the Videos (I saw few more) is it just EATING the flesh from the corals ?

P-Dub · Nov 10, 2020

SHNICI said:
do you have any photo of it, I can't see something like mine under that name (and this one can't see any tentacles, was w/o and in the tank before I got it for 5-7 days)

Yup... and it is a Hydnophora Rigida, green, for sure. Give it time to puff up and acclimate. It will look like the photos below...

Hydnophora Rigida - Google Search

www.google.com

P-Dub · Nov 10, 2020

SHNICI said:
on the Videos (I saw few more) is it just EATING the flesh from the corals ?

Yup, that is exactly what is happening.

JGT · Nov 10, 2020

P-Dub said:
Yup, that is exactly what is happening.

More like taking over their physical container.

SHNICI · Nov 10, 2020

P-Dub said:
Yup, that is exactly what is happening.

I'll put it in a cage

Glass one

Actually in that case will leave it far away from anything in the tank, over 3-5 inches should be fine. And when I have pieces from fragging which can't glue/use will give him to feed on as well

Is that fine ?

SHNICI · Nov 10, 2020

JGT said:
More like taking over their physical container.

P-Dub · Nov 10, 2020

SHNICI said:
I'll put it in a cage Glass one
Actually in that case will leave it far away from anything in the tank, over 3-5 inches should be fine. And when I have pieces from fragging which can't glue/use will give him to feed on as well
Is that fine ?

I wouldn't necessarily feed it coral. It is more of a defense response to an intrusion. Never fed mine. Just watched it kill two corals. After that, I made sure it was always given a wide berth.

SHNICI · Nov 10, 2020

And will make it MOBILE to can move it from one place to another, if I need to rearrange to place something near...

JGT · Nov 10, 2020

Wow, that is what nightmares are made of.!I’d be afraid to stick my hand in a tank with one of those soul suckers.

SHNICI · Nov 10, 2020

P-Dub said:
I wouldn't necessarily feed it coral. It is more of a defense response to an intrusion. Never fed mine. Just watched it kill two corals. After that, I made sure it was always given a wide berth.

Thank you for the advices. I appreciate them!!!
Just let me know if you can, is it picky on something or isn't like the bird nest one swing and die off immediately ?

SHNICI · Nov 10, 2020

JGT said:
Wow, that is what nightmares are made of.!I’d be afraid to stick my hand in a tank with one of those soul suckers.

tell me about it, when I pull it out of the tank it wss, I touch there LR, and something grab my finger...., guess what, which I don't saw before that there, and it was like kat tongue with sharp and strong grips ....
Was flower - rock anemone in a hole in the LR

It' almost freak me out

P-Dub · Nov 12, 2020

SHNICI said:
Thank you for the advices. I appreciate them!!!
Just let me know if you can, is it picky on something or isn't like the bird nest one swing and die off immediately ?

Wherever those tendrils land will be dead. It will not kill off the whole neighboring coral unless it can reach the whole thing. It is an indiscriminate killer but loads of fun to have, with caution

SHNICI · Nov 12, 2020

P-Dub said:
Wherever those tendrils land will be dead. It will not kill off the whole neighboring coral unless it can reach the whole thing. It is an indiscriminate killer but loads of fun to have, with caution

Thank you, just will leave it away from the rest of the corals (to good distance)+ the option to can easy change the position. I't still in the stressed position, don't puff yet, I shade it to can settle and lower a bit the WF because I see it start to peel, but the WF wasn't that much at all.