Akiowalt Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Hi, I'm not sure what is this. I search here and there but can't find the answer. Looks like some kind of LPS. Please ID. During March and came with attached rock: Now with regular feeding: Link to comment
jnelson Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Don't think that's an LPS... Looks more like an anemone. Put on some gloves and try to touch it. Does it actually have a skeleton or is it soft? Link to comment
Akiowalt Posted May 23, 2011 Author Share Posted May 23, 2011 Don't think that's an LPS... Looks more like an anemone. Put on some gloves and try to touch it. Does it actually have a skeleton or is it soft? Is LPS. It shows the skeleton when disturb and with branch like most of the LPS. Link to comment
WilD Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 I think it does look like LPS. Could be a form of hitchhiker cup coral (not to uncommon). Looks almost like a tiny fungia in the second pic... Link to comment
Akiowalt Posted May 23, 2011 Author Share Posted May 23, 2011 how about this picture? Link to comment
Aquanist Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Definitely NOT a fungia then. Colangia, Phyllangia or Astrangia perhaps? Or deflated baby Euphyllia. Link to comment
Akiowalt Posted May 23, 2011 Author Share Posted May 23, 2011 Definitely NOT a fungia then. Colangia, Phyllangia or Astrangia perhaps? Or deflated baby Euphyllia. Yes. some kind of Phyllangia or Astrangia. But, how to define them? Link to comment
L8 2 RISE Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Definitely a fungia. I had one that came in tiny and looked EXACTLY like that. It was covered in zoas too. I chopped the zoas out from around it and now it's about the size of a half dollar or bigger. Link to comment
L8 2 RISE Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Yes. some kind of Phyllangia or Astrangia. But, how to define them? If you ever get a large fungia, flip it over and look at the underside, often times in the middle it looks Like there was once a banch or something there, this is because they all have a "stalk like base as juveniles". Read here: http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...=153614&hl= Link to comment
maocdroid Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Definitely a bubble coral (Plerogyra sinuosa) Link to comment
L8 2 RISE Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 haha, this thread is pretty amusing, but just wait for it to grow, I promise you will see that it's a plate. If you get it to close up, you'll see that the skeleton structure is the same. Link to comment
Deleted User 4 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 hahaha it's funny how people here can't even identify what this coral is, it is so obvious that it is a fungia plate baby coral, I've had a baby 1 like that before so I know what it looks and is. No doubt about it being a baby plate. Link to comment
gabe_j Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 yep its a plate dude. i sold a few magicians to a guy here and it had a baby plate on it. it looked ust like that. Link to comment
Akiowalt Posted May 24, 2011 Author Share Posted May 24, 2011 thanks guy! I think it sounds like plate coral, and this might be the first stage that comes with stalk as following: from lakshwadeep ---Moving Around------------ All juvenile fungiids are attached to the substrate by a stalklike base (called acanthocaulus stage in life). At a certain size, the stalk dissolves, and the polyp begins the free-living phase (anthocyathus stage). When detached, fungiids are able to move over the bottom (if the physical surface allows this). There are two types of movement: active and passive migration. Active migration is usually at night where the polyp uses a series of inflation and deflation and pushes against adjacent surfaces. Passive migrations occurs when the a fungiid is swept by water movement. This can be dangerous if they end up in a reef fissure, but they usually can upright themselves after getting flipped over (larger species cannot do this, however). Link to comment
jeffblly Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Thats a nice looking plate. Link to comment
Akiowalt Posted August 30, 2011 Author Share Posted August 30, 2011 Thats a nice looking plate. Thanks. this is free! gorgeous Thanks to you also. This guy eats like pig and almost takes everything fall under him. Link to comment
Akiowalt Posted November 10, 2011 Author Share Posted November 10, 2011 Update for this coral. The stalk grow out a new baby after the brother fall. Bonus again! This is the brother Link to comment
Builder Anthony Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 That is just awesome that it started growing a new head. Link to comment
Kylebeano Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 You have a "plate factory" there. Very unique and rare find. There are only several people I know to have been lucky enough to get one! Link to comment
Akiowalt Posted November 11, 2011 Author Share Posted November 11, 2011 Thanks every. This is very impressive when I look at it. Fortunately, I don't throw it :D Link to comment
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