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FAQs about Stony Coral, Cnidarian Identification
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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 & Belinda Barry
<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:
http://wetwebmedia.com/acclimcoralslight.htm
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
<De nada,
Sara M.> |
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