Jump to content
inTank Media Baskets

Help identify this coral please


Rex113

Recommended Posts

I bought a feather duster yesterday and the rock it was attached to was included. I’m thinking it’s some sort of brain coral?. The center area has small grass like tentacles on it. 

ED1ADF7D-7B9F-46F4-A981-06029C49EBBA.png

Link to comment

Looks like some kind of favia. Lps hard coral. They need more light than shrooms and leathers. I'm not sure what li d of lights you have or where it's at in the tank. The green center appears to be dead skeleton with algae. If your paramiters are good and you have a hungry cuc the algae may resolve on its it's own. You can feed the lps coral a few times a week they usualy put out feeders a bit after lights out. Very Small pellet food or something like reef chilli or reef roids it would eat.

  • Like 1
Link to comment

Thanks Lazy Fish, I think your right it looks like Favia except the green part is not algae it’s little green tentacles growing from the favia. I looked with a magnifying glass 👍 

Link to comment

It does look like algae, but if you zoom in you will notice a circular pattern and each green hair is exactly the same length. I will try and take a clearer picture tomorrow 👍 

Link to comment

Filamentous algae can look really odd. No worries, and nice find! The coral should grow over the top of that skeleton eventually, treating it like a rock to grow on. 

  • Like 1
Link to comment

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

  • Recommended Discussions

×
×
  • Create New...