stylocoeniella coral

stylaster · Jul 17, 2011

Picked this guy up this weekend. I think its a stylocoeniella species. Nice purple base with orange polyps. Dont see this coral around too much. If they come in other great colors like this i would love to find some more! Anyone have pics of this coral?

clowns101 · Jul 17, 2011

Looks really impresive,but I have to be honest and say I have never heard of one of these before!

stylaster · Jul 17, 2011

Listed as cyphastrea, which im sure its not. So i pulled out Verons corals of the world, this was the closest thing i could find

clowns101 · Jul 17, 2011

Where does this coral originate from?Indo?

stylaster · Jul 17, 2011

Im not sure where the supplier got it, ill ask him. Accoring to Veron its spread all across the indo pacific and australia. Prefers overhangs and dark areas

clowns101 · Jul 17, 2011

I have a lil hitch hicker that came out of Indo on a lil chalice that has those same polyps,I didnt think much more of it other than like a lil montipora thingy. The polyps on it are green though with a brown/pink base. Ill try and snap some shots if its still alive, it might have got burried in some sand...

stylaster · Jul 17, 2011

One thing i noticed is that it will have little spikes come up out of it between the polyps

Alkamist · Jul 17, 2011

Thats a really nice looking cyphastrea if it is one, i got a blue with pink polyp one that is pretty much under my frag rack getting close to zero light but he seams to like it.

soccerbag · Jul 17, 2011

Looks like a Stylo to me as well. I have a piece that's all green. Brightest green in my tank. I'll have to dig up a picture. They are very rare. Picked mine up from a local reefer here (SPSPirate). Haven't seen another one until now. Nice score!

clowns101 · Jul 17, 2011

I must have one of these then. Im not sure if its still alive,it still has the base color,but no PE,I hope it is,if not,I for sure want to get more of it.

soccerbag · Jul 17, 2011

Best I could find on short notice....crappy pic but you get the idea.

KLR · Jul 17, 2011

I almost got one of these,I lost.

Sweet looking piece! Maybe my green hitchiker is one,the polyps look the same.

Sweet find!

snobored · Jul 17, 2011

Wow very cool piece I have never seen on of those before

stylaster · Jul 18, 2011

Thanks guys i donated a frag of it to pnwmas, for seamax.

ritter6788 · Nov 7, 2014

Bump for an old thread. I have a small frag of this. I'm just now figuring out my "superman stylo" it isn't stylophora.

Any updates or growth shots?

evolved · Nov 7, 2014

I have three different ones; superman, sunset, and a red one.

Medium flow, medium-low light.

ritter6788 · Nov 7, 2014

evolved said:
I have three different ones; superman, sunset, and a red one.

Medium flow, medium-low light.

Do they grow for you? Are they just encrusting corals or do they branch any? I found a couple different species online and I don't know which mine is.

evolved · Nov 10, 2014

ritter6788 said:
Do they grow for you? Are they just encrusting corals or do they branch any? I found a couple different species online and I don't know which mine is.

I haven't really got them to grow much yet, but have figured out they're sensitive to too much light. They're holding color well, at least.
I haven't dug through Corals of the World much on them; I assumed they'd all be encrusting. Interesting...

ritter6788 · Nov 10, 2014

Mine doesn't seem to like light much either. I moved it down recently. Hasn't grown any worth mentioning.

Mihana · Apr 10, 2016

Pretty sure I have a stylo as well, perfectly matches your green one stylaster. Just posted a thread yesterday asking for an ID. Also pretty sure I have it in the completely wrong spot.