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Can You Please Help Me Identify This Coral?
03/22/08 Dear Sir or Madam, We purchased this beautiful coral
from a local merchant and was told by one employee that it was a
Blastomussa and by another that it was a Pavona. <Haha, wow,
that's quite a difference of opinion! It is not either of
these.> Both of which to us it does not look like. Can you
please tell us what it is? <It's impossible to accurately ID
without a close look at the exposed skeleton, but it looks like a
Pectinia sp. to me. http://www.wetwebmedia.com/pectiniids.htm>
Best regards,
Marc <Best,
Sara M.> |
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| help with coral, ID, lambda....
3/6/08 Hi Crew! Donna here needing help again. A local reefer
gave me a frag of this coral about 4 months ago. She told me it was
a Pink Birdsnest <... a Poritid? Mmm, no... Looks more like a
Hydnophora species; a Merulinid...> and she had it under PC
lighting so I thought it would be okay in my tank. A 20L with PC
lights. I put it pretty close to the top. It was doing fine all
this time and then I decided to change my lights. It was under 130W
PC and I just got the Hagen Glo T5 HO 2X29W one actinic one
daylight. I did this 4 days ago and now the coral looks like this.
Am I correct in assuming the light is too strong? I moved it lower
in the tank for now until I receive your response. Thank you in
advance! Donna P.S. the pictures are reversed I couldn't figure
out how to get them in the proper order...Sorry <Mmm, I would
borrow (check with the stores about, or the local marine/reef club)
a PAR meter... Too "guessing" to gauge how much useful
light/change otherwise here. I would in the meanwhile use a bit of
shading material as discussed here: Bob Fenner> |
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| Thanks/ Lighting/ ID 2/29/08 Hello Crew-
<Esther...> As I approach the one year anniversary of very
first marine tank I would like to thank you for providing so much
information on your site; which has led to my success in this
hobby! My fish are waving their fins in cheers as well, as they
benefit the most I think! <You're all welcome> Setup/
Specs: 75 gallon (48 x 18 x 21), Aqua C Remora Pro with Mag pump,
90 lbs. live rock, 3 power heads for water movement, and Corallife
PC 260W lighting fixture. Ammonia: 0, Nitrate: 0, Nitrite: 0, dKH:
11.8, Calcium: 440. Aside from the hitchhiker Zoanthids, (and the
ID below) I am just starting into corals and only have a Candy Cane
coral right now. But as it is time to change my light bulbs again,
I started thinking that at $30 each bulb for 4 bulbs every six
months it is, in the long run, not very economical and that there
better options out there. I have been looking into T5 lighting (I
am not able to do MH) but want to know if you really don't need
to change the bulbs as often? <Correct> So I have been
looking at the Nova Extreme and the Nova Extreme Pro. The Pro has 6
x 54W, but with individual reflectors, and the other has 8 x 54W
but with a single parabolic reflector. After some reading, I think
that the individual reflectors are the better choice because of the
'light absorption back into the bulb loss' is less with the
individual reflectors. Thoughts on this? <This is also so> My
wish list for future corals would be: Blastomussa, Cynarina or
Lobophyllia, and a plate Montipora; could these be kept under
either of the above lighting? <Yes> Lastly, I have a small
colony of hitchhikers I can't seem to identify and hoping you
might have a clue. They are about 1/8" in diameter and after I
noticed the first one, (about 4 months after getting that piece of
rock), they have started multiplying. I've included (for hopes
of an easier ID for you) a shot of a grouping of them, as well as
the mouth and a skeletal make-up. I would love to know what they
are so I can record it in my saltwater log. Thanks again! Esther
<Are stony corals... scleractinians... I think a
Caryophylliid... testimony to your good care here. Bob
Fenner> |
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Coral ID Please 12/20/07 Hi guys (and Gals)
Just wondering if you could please ID this piece of coral. It's
white and very hard like bone. <Yikes. It looks like a dead
coral skeleton (of what, it's very difficult/impossible to say
from the photo-- I would need a clearer, closer picture to even
guess well).> Thank you, Michael
Sara M.> |
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