What are some uncommon or oddball coral?

[fishski13]

After being in this hobby for a few years I have come to a liking of oddball corals and I like to keep them myself. Corals that aren't necessarily expensive, but just corals which not many people know about or are harder to find. Corals like the pagoda cup coral, fox coral, or australomussa. What are some other unique corals out there that you dont see everyday or not many people know about?

 

[harrylarry]

Snake polyps

 

[Seansea]

fire coral

 

[Reefer Reboot]

Black Sun Coral

 

[i cant think]

After being in this hobby for a few years I have come to a liking of oddball corals and I like to keep them myself. Corals that aren't necessarily expensive, but just corals which not many people know about or are harder to find. Corals like the pagoda cup coral, fox coral, or australomussa. What are some other unique corals out there that you dont see everyday or not many people know about?

They used to be common as muck but are now relatively hard to come by;
Astreopora. They’re usually brown or green and not quite this colourful but they’re a coral I love.

 

[DanyL]

How about Branching Cyphastrea?
You can see them in the hobby here and there, however due to their slow growth and finicky acclimation you don’t see them very often.

 

[Stephen8169301]

Red flower tree coral

 

[livinlifeinBKK]

Black Sun Coral

I've had those... they're voracious eaters! Very beautiful though, especially when the polyps are fluorescent green.

As for a unique coral I personally have, I'd say my orange branching Psammacora. This is a screenshot from the seller. It's grown a good bit in my tank but I don't have a filter to take a good pic that would do it justice.

 

[A Young Reefer]

How about Branching Cyphastrea?
You can see them in the hobby here and there, however due to their slow growth and finicky acclimation you don’t see them very often.

never had success growing those, EXTREMLY slow growers and very finicky as you mentioned, plus they are usually sold in booger sizes so that doesn't help either

 

[A Young Reefer]

branching gsp for me, never saw one in real life.
Edit: walking dendros, they have a Sipunculid worm living inside of the coral which moves it around the sand bed.

 

[Townes_Van_Camp]

Tubestrea and chili coral. Don't see either often.

 

[i cant think]

branching gsp for me, never saw one in real life.
Edit: walking dendros, they have a Sipunculid worm living inside of the coral which moves it around the sand bed.

I’d agree with branching GSP but I cant grow GSP for the life of me…

 

[A Young Reefer]

I’d agree with branching GSP but I cant grow GSP for the life of me…

probably a blessing in disguise, I cant grow xenia.

 

[Matthijs]

branching gsp for me, never saw one in real life.
Edit: walking dendros, they have a Sipunculid worm living inside of the coral which moves it around the sand bed.

I don't think branching gsp is a variety, it's just the way it starts to grow upwards when there is no place left. At least that's what my gsp did and I gave all away

Grtz,
Matthijs

 

[i cant think]

I don't think branching gsp is a variety, it's just the way it starts to grow upwards when there is no place left. At least that's what my gsp did and I gave all away

Grtz,
Matthijs

Honestly, some GSP does this but branching GSP definitely is a variety. I’ve had regular encrusting GSP and Branching GSP and there’s definitely a difference. Branching GSP has hollow branches whilst encrusting GSP seems to just grow out in one flat plate when it branches to find more growing room.

 

[A Young Reefer]

I don't think branching gsp is a variety, it's just the way it starts to grow upwards when there is no place left. At least that's what my gsp did and I gave all away

Grtz,
Matthijs

I have collected different strains of gsp over the years, non of them did it. besides does gsp ever run out of room?

 

[i cant think]

probably a blessing in disguise, I cant grow xenia.

Maybe but I’d love that toxic green… Unfortunately I doubt my angels would agree with Green Slimer.

 

[SteveMM62Reef]

Blood Red Xenia for me, finally got three heads from a Hobbyist, without paying an exorbitant price. Looking for Purple Mushrooms, but don’t want to pay $100+ for a single head. Can remember having the back wall of my 90 covered with them and giving them away. Any Purple Corals at this point.

 

[Matthijs]

Once again, so-called branching GSP is not a variety, it just starts to grow like that when different patches of gsp starts to touch eachother and there is no room left to grow on the rock.
Here you can see a picture of the regular gsp I had in 2021 where you can clearly see that it starts branching, nothing rare to me.

Grtz,
Matthijs

 

[MrGisonni]

How about Branching Cyphastrea?
You can see them in the hobby here and there, however due to their slow growth and finicky acclimation you don’t see them very often.

I have one for years now....I love it. He has been getting stung a bit and sustained some damage on one branch from my goniopora, but I guess it's the price I had to pay.....the goniopora has tripled in size over the past 2 years and had to be moved a bit.