jenniebutterfly Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 This came attached to a gsp i bought today. i have no clue what kind of coral it is, here it is without a flash and here it is with the flash and a bit closer up Link to comment
jenniebutterfly Posted January 7, 2005 Author Share Posted January 7, 2005 so i guess it is a brain, it looks bad in the pics, but a bit better in person, and the good news is it had it's feeder tentacles out after lights out. i am hoping it starts looking better, my lfs had this end stuck down in the sand so that may contribute to it's sad appearance. i hope it fully recovers. Link to comment
Travis Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Yeah, looks like a brain. I hope you can nurse it back to health . Do you feed your corals? Put some food made for filter feeders in there and see what happens. Link to comment
jenniebutterfly Posted January 7, 2005 Author Share Posted January 7, 2005 i did i put phyto in there after i saw that. i hope it does get healthy again, but i guess the tentacles coming out is a good sign Link to comment
FAC_WNY Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Looks like a Favia spp. (or is that Favites..without going to Borneman I always forget which has separate corallite walls and which has common corallite walls). And phytoplankton isn't going to do any good. Matter of fact..about the only corals that directly consume phytoplankton are softies and gorgonians...most LPS and SPS don't touch the stuff. Try feeding some meaty foods (frozen silversides, Formula 1, etc etc) directly when the feeders are out. Cheers, Fred Link to comment
jenniebutterfly Posted January 7, 2005 Author Share Posted January 7, 2005 well it ain't getting any tonight lol, i was planning on doing that tomorrow with my regular feeding schedule. Link to comment
SaltyDawg Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Favia/ aka moon stone. Favites have the seperating walls. BTW I have no idea what you rlighting situation is but I would definately turn it right side up so it is facing your bulbs. Link to comment
jenniebutterfly Posted January 7, 2005 Author Share Posted January 7, 2005 it is as right side up as it is gonna get lol. it is attached to that gsp rock, but i have two separate jbj lights, and one is on an angle pointing towards it Link to comment
MaryHM Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 It's a favites, not favia. Very hardy, not too demanding. Take the feeding suggestion given earlier and you should be set. Link to comment
SaltyDawg Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 Mary you rright! http://www.aquariumarts.com/favites.html http://www.thepetstop.com/showprofile.cgi?...loc=&listpage=1 ( Moon stone) Link to comment
psam Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 Hard to tell in photo, possibly Oulophyllia sp. also? Link to comment
jenniebutterfly Posted January 18, 2005 Author Share Posted January 18, 2005 well thought i would give an update, it is doing much better now. it has colored up nicely. here it is now Link to comment
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