Lobo/Trachy/other ID?

[Reefkeepers Archive]

This lobo suggested earlier actually isn’t a lobo at all, but an Acanthastrea Pachysepta.

Though it is also not what OP have.

Flesh texture screams lobo, @encrustingacro what do you think it is?

 

[DanyL]

Flesh texture screams lobo, @encrustingacro what do you think it is?

Oh I’m sure it is a Pachysepta, because I own the very same morph myself.
Interestingly enough - it was originally more blue-green under T5s, but it became bright green under LEDs.

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

Oh I’m sure it is a Pachysepta, because I own the very same morph myself.
Interestingly enough - it was originally more blue-green under T5s, but it became bright green under LEDs.

Huh, my pachysepta has a very different texture, usually it's the lobos that have a much more rough/fringe texture

 

[DanyL]

lobos that have a much more rough/fringe texture

Not necessarily. It is one of the reasons why it was misidentified and classified as a lobo for so long.

Here’s an example from google for similar colors to the ones mine originally had under T5s, and it is a Pachysepta as well:

Here you can see similar textures from reef builders article about them:

And finally, here’s a pic from Live Aquaria, labeled as Pachysepta:

I guess there are more than one morphs, because I do also see differently looking Pachyseptas online, some similar to yours, some similar to mine and others in between.

 

[ChiCity]

That can't be more than a 1" frag lol

hahahaa, true…
but i dunno, my gut says wilsoni.

maybe once it colors in some more and the flesh grows out it’ll become clearer

 

[alpacaman]

What’s your secret

I have a rescued lobo that’s in 3 growths 1 of which are showing skeleton

How did you bring it back ?

I'm on the Moonshiners plan but with elevated alk (in the 10 range instead of 8.5). If you go through my post history and look at any of the coral growout contests posts, you'll find images of my ICP results and APEX stats. My tank is pretty stable so I'm sure that helps.

For filtration, I just have a fuge with bio blocks and balls, chaeto, and a skimmer. I took out my roller a few weeks back to see how it would do and everything's still chugging along great.

I feed super heavy for my 500L tank: broadcast coral food (3 scoops reefroids + 3 scoops BRS coral chili, 1 tsp oyster feast) at least 2x/week. My autofeeder (Avast, it's awesome) pumps out Avast reef jerky every 2 hours from 0800-2000 for 60 sec of "on" time each iteration. I also keep my clip stocked with nori. My final addition is daily addition of at least 1 cube of spirulina/brine shrimp (SF Bay brand? Ocean Nutrition? can't remember) or a nickel sized chunk of LRS reef mix.

Other things I dose are 30ml acropower per day and moonshiners vitamix (6 drops/day) and mud (1ml/day). I ran out of phyto about 3 weeks ago, but I've got a massive, stable population of pods that might also contribute.

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

I'm on the Moonshiners plan but with elevated alk (in the 10 range instead of 8.5). If you go through my post history and look at any of the coral growout contests posts, you'll find images of my ICP results and APEX stats. My tank is pretty stable so I'm sure that helps.

For filtration, I just have a fuge with bio blocks and balls, chaeto, and a skimmer. I took out my roller a few weeks back to see how it would do and everything's still chugging along great.

I feed super heavy for my 500L tank: broadcast coral food (3 scoops reefroids + 3 scoops BRS coral chili, 1 tsp oyster feast) at least 2x/week. My autofeeder (Avast, it's awesome) pumps out Avast reef jerky every 2 hours from 0800-2000 for 60 sec of "on" time each iteration. I also keep my clip stocked with nori. My final addition is daily addition of at least 1 cube of spirulina/brine shrimp (SF Bay brand? Ocean Nutrition? can't remember) or a nickel sized chunk of LRS reef mix.

Other things I dose are 30ml acropower per day and moonshiners vitamix (6 drops/day) and mud (1ml/day). I ran out of phyto about 3 weeks ago, but I've got a massive, stable population of pods that might also contribute.

Wow, how do you keep your phosphates down?

 

[alpacaman]

Wow, how do you keep your phosphates down?

No idea, honestly! I struggle keeping them up (and nitrates especially) above zero, that's why I took out the rollermat. I have a lot of bioblock media (Three 10"x10"x1" squares and 1gal of 1.5" spheres), a 1" sandbed, and Dr. Tim's Waste Away and maintenence (forgot the name) bacteria seeding @ 130ml per week.

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

No idea, honestly! I struggle keeping them up (and nitrates especially) above zero, that's why I took out the rollermat. I have a lot of bioblock media (Three 10"x10"x1" squares and 1gal of 1.5" spheres), a 1" sandbed, and Dr. Tim's Waste Away and maintenence (forgot the name) bacteria seeding @ 130ml per week.

Do any water changes?

 

[alpacaman]

Do any water changes?

Nope!

 

[DanyL]

I mean, it's not far fetched for a young tank with a fuge and added bacteria to consume this much nutrients.
I have a 9 months old frag tank with only a skimmer and a roller mat for nutrient export where I feed heavily (not as much as alpacaman, but I also have less volume, and less nutrient export, still quite heavily..) and yet I still dose Nitrates, Phosphates and aminos to compensate.

The problem with tanks with high nutrient consumption is that at some point it tips over, and if you don't catch it in time they'll start climbing - and as we all know, while it's easy to increase them, it's much harder to reduce them later on.

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

Nope!

Neither do I! Was curious as what you're feeding sounds like alot more than what I do lol. 120 gallon, LPS dominant, about a year old, 2 cubes of coral food daily and mysis every other day, coral only for now, po4 is .03, no3 is undetectable, GHA refeugium and daily filter sock changes is all I do. Manual dosing of 20 ml alk, ~13 ml calcium, 1 ml iodine, .5 ml potassium, 3ml iron and 2ml other trace elements daily. Any full tank shots?

 

[encrustingacro]

It's not a pachysepta; flesh is too smooth (for a lobo as well) I guess we'll just have to wait until it recovers to see what it looks like

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

It's not a pachysepta; flesh is too smooth (for a lobo as well) I guess we'll just have to wait until it recovers to see what it looks like

True, though when they're recovering from that state they're not really showing much polyp extension

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

It's not a pachysepta; flesh is too smooth (for a lobo as well) I guess we'll just have to wait until it recovers to see what it looks like

Wait, whose isn't a pachysepta?

 

[encrustingacro]

Wait, whose isn't a pachysepta?

The original coral

 

[alpacaman]

Neither do I! Was curious as what you're feeding sounds like alot more than what I do lol. 120 gallon, LPS dominant, about a year old, 2 cubes of coral food daily and mysis every other day, coral only for now, po4 is .03, no3 is undetectable, GHA refeugium and daily filter sock changes is all I do. Manual dosing of 20 ml alk, ~13 ml calcium, 1 ml iodine, .5 ml potassium, 3ml iron and 2ml other trace elements daily. Any full tank shots?

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

You win!

 

[DJC]

Wow, how do you keep your phosphates down?

I was about to ask the same thing

 

[RockBox13]

From Australomussa to Parascolymia and now Lobophyllia rowleyensis. Reading through the thread I’ve noticed a few similar pieces that I have had and always questions about. I gotta get used to so many taxonomy changes.