Coral Spotlight | Stylocoeniella

mikejrice · Dec 7, 2018

Common names: Thorn coral

Difficulty level: Stylocoeniella is a very sensitive SPS coral with stable alkalinity, calcium, nutrient levels and full spectrum lower lighting being a must.

Feeding: As with most SPS corals, small suspended particulate food will be accepted.

Lighting: Thorn coral is a semi-cryptic low light coral that seems to need a fuller spectrum. Many times they thrive even in shade or on the back wall of aquariums.

Waterflow: As with most SPS, higher flow is a must for styloC.

Placement: They should be placed near the bottom of aquariums on rock that they may encrust and cover. Take care to keep LPS and other more aggressive corals away.

General: StyloC is another awesome dark zone grower much like cyphastrea. Use it to fill in those blank spots where not even soft coral will grow at the base of your reef.

https://captivecoral.net/portfolio/stylocoeniella/

dank reefer · Dec 7, 2018

I picked up this small frag at a frag swap last week, and it's my first Stylocoeniella. It's a beauty.

JF Rainbow

dank reefer · Dec 7, 2018

and thanks to @DCS Reef, he was able to tell me what type it was, as all I remembered was JF Rainbow Stylo something or other...lol

Sea MunnKey · Dec 7, 2018

Way back then I saw this weird looking hitchhiker and cut it off. Glued it to a piece of rock that started growing & displayed a very dark bluish purple base with white polyps and neon green mouths. Unfortunately my water parameters didn't meet it's expectations and the Stylocoeniella starting peeling and eventually lost the colony.

BoomCorals · Dec 7, 2018

This is good info, thanks for posting. I bought a stylo pack a year or so back and they never seem to grow for me. After reading your writeup I wonder if I’m giving them too much light?!

DSC reef · Dec 7, 2018

Jose Esteves said:
and thanks to @DCS Reef, he was able to tell me what type it was, as all I remembered was JF Rainbow Stylo something or other...lol

Your welcome

Bayareareefer18 · Dec 7, 2018

I picked up a burnin banana as one of my first frags. It has great polyp extension but doesn't have that bright yellow coloration I have seen in pictures. I'm wondering if its lighting. I do have it in a shaded area but I don't run really strong light to begin with

mikejrice · Dec 7, 2018

Bayareareefer18 said:
I picked up a burnin banana as one of my first frags. It has great polyp extension but doesn't have that bright yellow coloration I have seen in pictures. I'm wondering if its lighting. I do have it in a shaded area but I don't run really strong light to begin with

Might be a difference in lighting spectrum.

Bayareareefer18 · Dec 7, 2018

mikejrice said:
Might be a difference in lighting spectrum.

Ya thinking it may be the uv

Dburr1014 · Dec 10, 2018

Is this a stylo?

DSC reef · Dec 10, 2018

Looks like it to me

Dburr1014 · Dec 10, 2018

Cool thanks, this piece grows pretty quickly. It has nice pink polyps.

mikejrice · Dec 10, 2018

Dburr1014 said:
Is this a stylo?

Looks like it. Nice colony!

rossco · Dec 16, 2018

I have a few, all growing in the same area on the bottom. Burning Banana, Jose's Pink Polyp, a turquoise one, and JF Sunset which is still small and I couldnt get a shot because its behind the Superman Monti in the foreground.

Superfizzo · Oct 1, 2019

Not the clearest picture but I just got a burning banana and it's polyps have really extended out over the first 3 days and I'm seeing new growth already. I have it 9 inches down in between 2 radion g4's running ab+. Lots of light as I thought this was an sps coral...i guess I'll keep you posted on how it does in high par.

Bayareareefer18 · Oct 1, 2019

Superfizzo said:
Not the clearest picture but I just got a burning banana and it's polyps have really extended out over the first 3 days and I'm seeing new growth already. I have it 9 inches down in between 2 radion g4's running ab+. Lots of light as I thought this was an sps coral...i guess I'll keep you posted on how it does in high par.

Mine always had great polyp extension but took awhile to find the right spot to get that bright green/yellow color

WV Reefer · Oct 1, 2019

I have a green one that is very fluffy and always looks like it sparkles.

Graffiti Spot · Oct 2, 2019

Wow, I love all the colony shots of this coral guys. Well done, something you don’t see that often anymore is colonies.
I saw non acro sps was going to become collectible a while back. People used to look over these corals a LOT and even though I don’t care to keep them I am glad others have taken more interest in them.