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Liam's tank · Oct 30, 2023

I have been trying to get this coral identified for some time now. I've been to LFS, posted on a few forums (including here in the past) but to no avail. I think that these photos are the best I've been able to get so I'm hopeful. One is from the top looking down & the second from the front.

steveschuerger · Oct 30, 2023

Did come on the rock, assuming it was live rock?

EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal · Oct 30, 2023

Branching cyphastrea is my guess

Edit: never mind. Cyphastrea polyps don't have soft tentacles

steveschuerger · Oct 30, 2023

Cyphastrea would be one of my guesses, or if a hitchhiker might be star coral or a larger polyped porites

EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal · Oct 30, 2023

steveschuerger said:
Cyphastrea would be one of my guesses, or if a hitchhiker might be star coral or a larger polyped porites

See my edit

Liam's tank · Oct 30, 2023

steveschuerger said:
Did come on the rock, assuming it was live rock?

Yes

EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal · Oct 30, 2023

Liam's tank said:
I have been trying to get this coral identified for some time now. I've been to LFS, posted on a few forums (including here in the past) but to no avail. I think that these photos are the best I've been able to get so I'm hopeful. One is from the top looking down & the second from the front.

Look up Oculina robusta

steveschuerger · Oct 30, 2023

EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal said:
See my edit

I have terrible luck with Cyphastrea but I admit I thought it looked similar .

EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal · Oct 30, 2023

EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal said:
Look up Oculina robusta

Need help identifing magical water tree

This came with my live rock and I wasn't prepared for it and I don't really know exactly what it is. It doesnt seem to like Kent MicroVert or mysis shrimp but seems to love raw shrimp from the grocery store. I'd like to know what it is and how to take care of it.

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steveschuerger · Oct 30, 2023

EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal said:
Look up Oculina robusta

I think you’re right on target with this. Looked it up myself. Should’ve considered it since I had some in my first batch of rock . Couldn’t keep it alive unfortunately.

EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal · Oct 30, 2023

steveschuerger said:
I think you’re right on target with this. Looked it up myself. Should’ve considered it since I had some in my first batch of rock . Couldn’t keep it alive unfortunately.

Kasrift · Oct 30, 2023

Liam's tank said:
I have been trying to get this coral identified for some time now. I've been to LFS, posted on a few forums (including here in the past) but to no avail. I think that these photos are the best I've been able to get so I'm hopeful. One is from the top looking down & the second from the front.

Looks like an astreapora. There are branching varieties, but if this came from gulf live rock them it is something else.

vetteguy53081 · Oct 30, 2023

Liam's tank said:
I have been trying to get this coral identified for some time now. I've been to LFS, posted on a few forums (including here in the past) but to no avail. I think that these photos are the best I've been able to get so I'm hopeful. One is from the top looking down & the second from the front.

Looks like what is known as hidden cup coral or pagoda cup coral

EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal · Oct 30, 2023

vetteguy53081 said:
Looks like what is known as hidden cup coral or pagoda cup coral

Nope

Acros · Oct 30, 2023

I have the same type of coral that came with live rock from the gulf. Actually I had two, one had green polyps (dead now as a stylo encrusted over it) and the second one is just pink in color (still alive).

steveschuerger · Oct 30, 2023

Kasrift said:
Looks like an astreapora. There are branching varieties, but if this came from gulf live rock them it is something else.

If it’s Gulf Live , I’d say it’s probably oculina. Most of the hitchhiker corals I’ve gotten have been from their rock.

Kasrift · Oct 30, 2023

Acros said:
I have the same type of coral that came with live rock from the gulf. Actually I had two, one had green polyps (dead now as a stylo encrusted over it) and the second one is just pink in color (still alive).

Yours is different than the original poster, yours looks like a tubastrea of some kind.

EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal · Oct 30, 2023

Acros said:
I have the same type of coral that came with live rock from the gulf. Actually I had two, one had green polyps (dead now as a stylo encrusted over it) and the second one is just pink in color (still alive).

Yours looks different than the OP's

EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal · Oct 30, 2023

Liam's tank said:
I have been trying to get this coral identified for some time now. I've been to LFS, posted on a few forums (including here in the past) but to no avail. I think that these photos are the best I've been able to get so I'm hopeful. One is from the top looking down & the second from the front.

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