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[Brian5000]

Looking at my tank today, I noticed this patch of small anemone-like tenticles on top of this old stony coral skeleton. They are maybe 5mm at the longest right now and are translucent brown. I gress it doesn't really look like an anemone since it doesn't have a base; it's flat against the rock. So far, it's only appeared in this patch about the size of a quarter. Can anyone make tell me what this is?
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[Brian5000]

Here's some more description after studying them more. The "polyp" appears to be about 5 mm in diameter with the tenticles around the edge. It looks like there are about 5 of that size plus several smaller ones around the group.
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[Anonymous]

Looking at my tank today, I noticed this patch of small anemone-like tenticles on top of this old stony coral skeleton. They are maybe 5mm at the longest right now and are translucent brown. I gress it doesn't really look like an anemone since it doesn't have a base; it's flat against the rock. So far, it's only appeared in this patch about the size of a quarter. Can anyone make tell me what this is?

How old is this skeleton? - Can you get the photo zoomed in a little more? - Do the polyps fit each cup like I think they do?

 

[Brian5000]

It's on the surface of my live rock which I used to start the tank just under 3 months ago. The do seem to fit into the cups. You think these are actually coral of some kind!? Sorry about the picture, my camera isn't the greatest quality, so small things like this are really hard.
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[KoCook]

I have them too, I think someone said they were sponges?
You do have a nice 'hotdog' bubble algae though...

 

[Anonymous]

These do indeed look like stony coral polyps. I haven't a clue what species they might be though.

 

[Brian5000]

That's ok. Maybe it will be easier to id when it grows in a little more. For now, I'm just relieved it's not some pest anemone. Still, I'm amazed that a coral of any kind would grow from nothing under the care of a newbie like me. amazing.
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[Anonymous]

Well... - Pretty much ALL life will struggle awfully hard to stay alive.. - Lionfish are now becoming common off the coast of North Carolina. - Some here say there is no way that they could have come in on the ballast water of a cargo ship but I wouldn't rule it out one bit.

Yeah, if I were you, I'd try to rotate that rock around a bit to get it a little more light if possible and also try feeding it a range of stuff and find out what it likes. (Start with phyto and move up obviously..)

I'm not entirely sure exactly what it is either but I'd venture a couple guesses to it being maybe either a galaxy (galaxea) or moon (dipolastrea) coral but without a better pic thats zoomed in on it a little bit better (and also showing the whole colony a little better) I wouldn't put a lot on either of those guesses.

Is that neomeris there about an inch, inch and a half?

 

[Brian5000]

The Neomersis in like 3/4 inch, I think. Being faced at the corner of the tank, a straight on shot would be difficult, but I can try again later. As for feeding, dosen't it mean it's eating something already if it's there at all?
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[Mihai]

It looks close to what I had identified as a Madracis sp. coral I got with some Caribbean LR:

http://reefs.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t ... highlight=

Scroll all the way down for a picture that is in focus.
Now (6months later) it's bigger and looks better than ever before.

Good luck,
M.

 

[Brian5000]

The Rock is from Fiji by the way. My camera just wasn't designed for this, here's the best of what I took:
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[Anonymous]

Hmm.. - My guesses should have shown this to be a little more evenly dome-shaped than what you've got.. - Could still be I suppose, but I certainly can't nail it.

John_B, you have any ideas?

 

[Anonymous]

Well I'll venture a guess, although I'm almost certain it's wrong. It looks a bit like a young colony of a Pocillopora sp. Just a pic to compare it to from my tank, it's very hard to see, but the few polyps to the right of the snail tube are Pocillopora.

 

[Anonymous]

I would do what Grateful suggested as well, give it some light, blow some small meaty foods across it. It looks like it could handle some baby brine shrimp.

 

[Brian5000]

Thanks guys for all the input, I'm sure it will be easier to get an exact id when it grows up a bit. For now, I'll do what I can to make it comfy and grow in a little.
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[Brian5000]

Thanks guys for all the input, I'm sure it will be easier to get an exact id when it grows up a bit. For now, I'll do what I can to make it comfy and grow in a little.
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