Unknown Coral?

Dastins · Oct 30, 2015

I have no idea what the coral just to the left of this torch is considered. The tentacles breath in and out. I'm having trouble finding it anywhere online. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

evolved · Oct 30, 2015

Aiptasia; a pest anemone.

Dastins · Oct 30, 2015

I've never seen aiptasia like this. I wish I could post the video. It's literally breathing in and out.

Dastins · Oct 30, 2015

Hopefully the video helps explain..

ritter6788 · Oct 30, 2015

Harmless barnacle. Likely won't survive for long periods of time in a tank.

SandJ · Oct 30, 2015

Looks like a type of hydroid. Some live in tubes.

NanaReefer · Oct 30, 2015

Agree with ritter6788, harmless barnacle. Nice!

Dastins · Oct 30, 2015

NanaReefer said:
Agree with ritter6788, harmless barnacle. Nice!

Hope it sticks around, really interesting to watch.

rajkovich207 · Oct 30, 2015

At first glance I get seed mojano as well but after the video I definitely agree with rit

mrjohnreed · Oct 30, 2015

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So I picked this up today and it looks like a tree coral. The guy at the las said that this coral would do great in a cave area in the tank. It likes low water flow and low light. Now from what I have read it says the opposite. Anyone know if the las is correct or should it be more out in the open maybe at a medium to low level in the tank? Thanks.

NanaReefer · Oct 30, 2015

Dastins said:
Hope it sticks around, really interesting to watch.

As long as there's food in the water. Phytoplankton/zooplankton.

rajkovich207 · Oct 30, 2015

Actually and I'm sorry to give you such bad news, the thing won't live. It needs a constant supply of food. It's known as an nps or non photosynthetic coral and is extremely hard to care for.

Pete polyp · Oct 30, 2015

mrjohnreed said:
So I picked this up today and it looks like a tree coral. The guy at the las said that this coral would do great in a cave area in the tank. It likes low water flow and low light. Now from what I have read it says the opposite. Anyone know if the las is correct or should it be more out in the open maybe at a medium to low level in the tank? Thanks.

Looks like a carnation coral. It's nps and will require feeding.

mrjohnreed · Oct 30, 2015

Ok thanks. I guess we shall see how it goes with the feeding schedule.

NanaReefer · Oct 31, 2015

rajkovich207 said:
Actually and I'm sorry to give you such bad news, the thing won't live. It needs a constant supply of food. It's known as an nps or non photosynthetic coral and is extremely hard to care for.

Pretty supportive info there. [emoji106]

rajkovich207 · Oct 31, 2015

Someone needed to be honest so he understands why it died. Not trying to be a jerks or anything just giving him the truth

mrjohnreed · Oct 31, 2015

So i am deeding the coral but was thinking of puttingnthe feeding on a doser tontry snd keep a steady flow of food. Any thoughts?

rajkovich207 · Nov 1, 2015

That would probably be your best bet. And again I'm not trying to be a jerks here but the amount of food nps corals like this one require, allow for nutrients that just won't work in a reef. If your serious about keeping this beautiful coral then some serious research is going to be needed. I think everyone here can agree that the nps tanks on the Web are some of the neatest and most beautiful around!

ritter6788 · Nov 1, 2015

Stumbled across this after reading this thread. Might be of some help. http://reefbuilders.com/2015/10/29/preliminary-success-dendonephthya-carnation-corals/#ixzz3q5UIYVmQ

If anyone ever cracks the code on these things I wouldn't hesitate to set up an NPS tank.