Pagoda cup coral? Care/placement
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Reeferdood
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It looks ok where it is based on what I see. They like moderate light and flow, I would let it settle in for a while before moving it.
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What Reeferdood said.
I bought a frag months ago, and only recently has it settled in. I just noticed this week that the polyps are now fully extended and it is starting to encrust where it was placed.
I also noticed your flame angel seems to be eying the cup in your photo. I hope that your angel behaves and doesn't nip at those coral polyps.
Do you feed your tank plankton? I have been increasing feedings of plankton and fish food recently and I am certain that has encouraged my cup to open up more for feeding.
That's a beautiful coral. GL
I bought a frag months ago, and only recently has it settled in. I just noticed this week that the polyps are now fully extended and it is starting to encrust where it was placed.
I also noticed your flame angel seems to be eying the cup in your photo. I hope that your angel behaves and doesn't nip at those coral polyps.
Do you feed your tank plankton? I have been increasing feedings of plankton and fish food recently and I am certain that has encouraged my cup to open up more for feeding.
That's a beautiful coral. GL
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Thanks for the advise guys. I have not feed plankton yet but there are a few local guys around me that sell it. I will pick some up. Also so far I have not seen the angle nip at any thing. He has been around a few months. I feed pretty heavy and often though
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If it is a pagoda cup, I may have missed the name of it. Then it can take a good amount of light and flow. Mine has always been one of the closest corals to my lights and gets a kings share of the flow in the tank.
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I only ‘dabble’ in corals (7-gallon nano tank), but I got this about Pagoda Cup about 3 weeks ago from my LFS. So far, so good.
encrustingacro
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Your coral is not a pagoda cup (Duncanopsammia peltata), but a Turbinaria (maybe heronensis judging by the peripheral corallites). Turbinarias have smaller corallites and don't have the large, showy polyps of pagoda cups.
KrisReef
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Good catch. I think I took the op’s word for it but opening it up now it’s not a pagoda cup.
