Bingo1213 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 I bought this at the LFS a while ago and would love to know what it is. It was sold to me as a catspaw but I always thought catspaw was another name for stylaphora which this is defiantly not. It is smooth and shiny with no visible polyps. It has always been this dark brown color, the mother colony at the LFS is huge! Any thoughts would be great! It is the dark brown coral in the back of the pic not the xenia in the front. Here is the pic. Link to comment
atrox Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Contact the LFS and ask them. Picture makes I'd difficult. Link to comment
Bingo1213 Posted November 5, 2014 Author Share Posted November 5, 2014 As stated in my original post I did ask and they claim its a cats paw but I thought that was another name for stylaphora. Link to comment
Bingo1213 Posted November 6, 2014 Author Share Posted November 6, 2014 Ok here is a better picture I would just like to know what this is since I know every other coral in the tank. Thanks! Link to comment
atrox Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Yes cats paw is common name for stylophora spp Google image search, it will show you all the different varieties Link to comment
Bingo1213 Posted November 7, 2014 Author Share Posted November 7, 2014 Yes but none of those look like the coral I am asking to get an ID for. Mine is very shiny while those have long polyps. Link to comment
marko Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 might be a porites. its a bad pic, so we cant help much. you need a macro lens that can let us see what the polyps look like. but for a definitive answer, you need to look at the dead skeletal structure - or PCR. which is why this hobby doesnt have definitive IDs. Link to comment
Acielot Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Porites is likely but again it's hard to tell without being able to see the polyps. Stylo is also possible but then again we can't verify. Link to comment
Bingo1213 Posted November 10, 2014 Author Share Posted November 10, 2014 You can't see any polyps but it is growing so i know it is healthy. The large colony at the LFS is completely smooth as well. They even appear shiny in person with no visible polyps what so ever. Strange Link to comment
lakshwadeep Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Yes, we need to see the polyps to get a better idea. It could even be hydnophora or some non-SPS. Link to comment
Bingo1213 Posted November 13, 2014 Author Share Posted November 13, 2014 The polyps are truly non existent. You can't see them on the mother colony at the pet store and you can't see them on this frag. It is not hydnophora I can tell that by its growth form. Plus it is always very shiny in appearance Link to comment
opaquelace Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 I know what it is but I can't remember the name. One of the LFSs where I live has a colony. When the polyps are out they're white/bluish in appearance and the coral itself almost looks like a plating coralline algae. Really strange coral, and not really common in the hobby but it can be seen occasionally. Link to comment
Bingo1213 Posted November 17, 2014 Author Share Posted November 17, 2014 I know what it is but I can't remember the name. One of the LFSs where I live has a colony. When the polyps are out they're white/bluish in appearance and the coral itself almost looks like a plating coralline algae. Really strange coral, and not really common in the hobby but it can be seen occasionally. Yes exactly sometimes it almost has what appear to be a few feather dusters on it (I have always assumed it was the polyps but they were very spaced out so I was not sure). And yes I have never in 8 years of being in this hobby seen another one. Link to comment
Bingo1213 Posted March 6, 2015 Author Share Posted March 6, 2015 I know this is an old thread but I finally got a descent pic of the polyps on this coral. I know they are kind of hard to see just cuz they are basically tiny white hairs. Ive only seen them out probably 3 times in the last year and a half. I photoshopped it to make them a little more oblivious. That is why the color of the coral is kind of strange but you can see the color in the other pics. Any thoughts would be great!! The polyps are easily seen if you look off the left edge of the coral and use the black overflow box as the background. They are white little hairs. Link to comment
drexel Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Looks like heliopora c. to me. They usually have hair-like polyps. Link to comment
Bingo1213 Posted March 18, 2015 Author Share Posted March 18, 2015 Yes I googled it and it looks exactly like it thank you!! That has been a mystery in my tank for around a year now lol Link to comment
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