Leather coral identification

[WeezeReefing]

Anyone have any idea what kind of leather this is?

 

[MaiReef]

Tough under the blues. Though it looks first like Sinularia.

 

[Tahoe61]

Tough under the blues. Though it looks first like Sinularia.

Yuppers I would agree.

 

[WeezeReefing]

This is what I thought but green sin has much bigger polyps I thought? Mine just seems to double in size and grow hairy pimples lol.

 

[Tahoe61]

It does not look fully open or expanded? Does it always look like that? Where is it located in the tank, lighting and flow wise? How long have you had it?

 

[WeezeReefing]

I've had it around 4 months, I bought it freshly fragged, it's in moderate flow and middle of my 90 gallon tall about a foot or so from light. When lights go out it shrinks to half its size and all pimples go away. This picture was taken when it was fully open, at least as open as I've ever seen it.

 

[Tahoe61]

It should show polyps with 8 tiny tentacles to each polyp head. Might want to try more flow. How is your water chemistry? If the coral is only opening as much as indicated by the image I would be concerned. If able please post a daylight image/white, less blue, thanks.

 

[WeezeReefing]

 

[ritter6788]

Sinularia or nepthea but really tough to tell the difference in the 2 unless you looked under a microscope.

 

[Tahoe61]

Thanks it really should be more open if you have had it that long. Check chemistry 1st, and then if chem checks out, try different placement.

 

[DeniseAndy]

These guys will stay closed until they are happy with light, flow and chemistry. They are great indicators of something being off. They also hate you working near them in the tank. Check your values and make sure they are stable. Relatively new tank from the looks of the pic. Make sure to feed them broadcast food for corals. They love that.

 

[WeezeReefing]

My tank has been up 7 months, the latest parameters I took last week, alk was 9, calcium 420, 1.025 salinity, 80 degrees, nitrates 5, Phosphates undetectable, pH 8.3. I use rodi water and my fresh top off is testing 0 ppm.

 

[DeniseAndy]

Sounds good, but with stability, you want to make sure you are not having large swings of anything. Check morning and evening. See what those numbers are especially ph, temp, specific gravity (salinity). check Alk daily to see what changes.

 

[WeezeReefing]

Taking note, thanks so much y'all! Happy Reefing!

 

[WeezeReefing]

Just thought I'd leave this here, I added this toadstool a month or so ago and its open whenever lights are on. I think I'm going home after work and moving the coral. I think maybe he has too much flow.

 

[Mark Gray]

sort of looks like the frag I have

 

[nemo1017]

This one is a sinularia.







This one is a nepthea




Both kind of similar, but the nepthea has more polyps.