Faintly greenish coral on Florida rock.

[Tired]

Any thoughts? About a quarter-inch across, found growing on a rock that seems to have been pretty heavily shaded, as evidenced by that yellow boring sponge. I thought it was a hidden cup coral at first, but it's greenish, and seems to be shaped differently. I'm going to use this rock as a base piece, so do I need to chisel that coral off (on a chunk of rock) and keep it in the light? Or will it do well in the shadows? 

 

(That sponge won't spread, will it? It freaks me out a little. Looks parasitic. I know it's harmless to my critters, but I don't want it anywhere I can see.)

[patback]

My money would be on a hidden cup as well.  

[Tired]

Do they come in green, though? Because the other one I have is completely brown. 

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4 hours ago, Tired said:

Any thoughts? About a quarter-inch across, found growing on a rock that seems to have been pretty heavily shaded, as evidenced by that yellow boring sponge. I thought it was a hidden cup coral at first, but it's greenish, and seems to be shaped differently. I'm going to use this rock as a base piece, so do I need to chisel that coral off (on a chunk of rock) and keep it in the light? Or will it do well in the shadows? 

 

(That sponge won't spread, will it? It freaks me out a little. Looks parasitic. I know it's harmless to my critters, but I don't want it anywhere I can see.)

I have one that looks like that from gulf live rock. Here’s their list:

 

https://gulfliverock.com/hitchhiker-id

[Tired]

Ah, there we go, that's got it- they have it listed as "tube coral". Wish they had Latin names; I had to go look at a list of corals in the region to figure out what species it actually is. Looks like this: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/97902-Cladocora-arbuscula/browse_photos

 

Any tips on care? A quick Google didn't pull up much that would be helpful, though I did find this https://treatment.plazi.org/GgServer/html/4B4287D6FF99DC22A187FF29FEE2F9E6 saying that they're found in shallow lagoons and seagrass beds. 

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13 minutes ago, Tired said:

Ah, there we go, that's got it- they have it listed as "tube coral". Wish they had Latin names; I had to go look at a list of corals in the region to figure out what species it actually is. Looks like this: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/97902-Cladocora-arbuscula/browse_photos

 

Any tips on care? A quick Google didn't pull up much that would be helpful, though I did find this https://treatment.plazi.org/GgServer/html/4B4287D6FF99DC22A187FF29FEE2F9E6 saying that they're found in shallow lagoons and seagrass beds. 

Mine is in my 12 gallon long ……so it’s pretty close the light

[Tired]

I'll have to try and separate it off into its own chunk, then. Looks like it's going to grow into something neat, too, if I can keep it happy. Thanks for the ID help, I wouldn't have realized this stubby lil thing was gonna grow out like that. I wonder how long it's been since it settled? 

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If memory serves mine would have a green tint depending on how intense the lighting was. Otherwise they were poop brown. 

[mcarroll]

Looks like it could be a type of Dendrophylliadae (genus), but if the ID above is correct (Cladocora sp) apparently it doesn't get classified with them.  Huh.

[mcarroll]

BTW, Corals of the World has it and another Cladocora species listed and could have some more info:

http://www.coralsoftheworld.org/species_factsheets/