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Hitchhiker coral?


Chris333

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When I first put the rock in water:

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It had some 1" long fingers that broke off the top in transit.

 

A few days later with brighter lights:

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Any ideas? I've been searching for hours...hard to search when you don't know what your looking for.

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Tank is only 1.5 weeks old, no feeding yet.

 

Yes the rock is from Gulf Live Rock. If it is Oculina should I try feeding it? Also noticed you have a Spec V as well.

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Guits, looks like you are correct. I just read where some one glued the broke pieces back and it kept growing. Wish I knew it was alive when I opened the box...

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Tank is only 1.5 weeks old, no feeding yet.

 

Yes the rock is from Gulf Live Rock. If it is Oculina should I try feeding it? Also noticed you have a Spec V as well.

 

I have 2 pieces of Oculina and they both are voracious eaters. They even eat pellets that I've pre-soaked in tank water. I also obtained my rock from Gulf Live Rock

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Awee one of my favorites! Mine died a while back because it got engulfed by my LTA.

 

They become truly beautiful corals when they mature and start to branch.

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Turbulent indirect flow and medium intensity light worked best to make it super happy IME

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I fed mine a soggy shrimp pellet and bought some Coral Frenzy.

 

Mine might have looked like the one above if the fingers hadn't broke off.

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Here is a photo of one of mine with its feeding tentacles out:

 

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Is this a caribbean based tank? I see some caribbean rose corals. Did you purchase those or were they hitchhikers? I don't believe you can buy them anymore...legally.

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Is this a caribbean based tank? I see some caribbean rose corals. Did you purchase those or were they hitchhikers? I don't believe you can buy them anymore...legally.

Yup, it is a Caribbean (actually Florida) based tank. They were all hitchhikers on aquacultured live rock - it took a while (and multiple live rock orders) to acquire all the specimens! I believe these corals can only be acquired as hitchhikers on aquacultured live rock as hard corals cannot be legally collected.

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Yup, it is a Caribbean (actually Florida) based tank. They were all hitchhikers on aquacultured live rock - it took a while (and multiple live rock orders) to acquire all the specimens! I believe these corals can only be acquired as hitchhikers on aquacultured live rock as hard corals cannot be legally collected.

Awesome. The caribbean rose corals are beautiful.

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