Nps ID

[Frikkie]

Hi R2R!

Can anyone id this little guy for me? Its soft coral. Responds well to feeding zoo plankton and Rotifers.

It came on a rock hiding under zoas, so i chipped it off and placed it in a hole in my rock.

Thank you!

 

[cloak]

Gorgonian of some type perhaps?

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

I would just treat it like any other NPS leather coral, it looks neat though. I wonder how it will look after it grows a bit.

Do you know where (geographically speaking) the rock and/or zoas came from?

 

[Frikkie]

The zoas came from bali/Indonesia, and I thought it was a gorg as well but its much more stubby than any gorg ive seen. Its almost half an inch thick.

I’ve successfully kept nps before so will see if i can get it to grow out[emoji51]

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

Took a bit of digging but maybe Paraminabea aldersladei (Used to be called Minabea aldersladei)

 

[Frikkie]

Took a bit of digging but maybe Paraminabea aldersladei (Used to be called Minabea aldersladei)

Thank you that’s exactly it![emoji51]

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

Thank you that’s exactly it![emoji51]

Happy to help