Please Id this coral

[Julius]

Please Id this soft coral

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[Julius]

Should the polyps be extending more? What conditions are ideal? Lights , flow? A friend gave me this frag and he called it chilli pepper coral.

 

[Anonymous]

Completely unscientific guess that its something in the genus Capnella based on the polyp layout.

 

[Anonymous]

Yeah looking at how flexible I would guess colt coral. A picture with it not bent over from the flow would probably make for an easier id. LOL, all the little anemones around it....aiptasia.

 

[Nautilus1]

EVeryone always comments on my anemone problem. I kalk bomb all 200 of them and the come back within 2 weeks. I need some natural predators. The coral is not bent over from flow. Its just weak i guess. I just putit in the tank. Assuming it is colt/capnella, What kind of flow and light requirements does it enjoy?

 

[Anonymous]

Yes I noticed after that the coral was bent, but the anemones were not. Colt corals are very hardy and will adapt to any sort of reef type lighting and moderate flow.

 

[dragonladylea]

Capnella - Kenya Tree

 

[stubbsz]

My colts survive in any flow, they grow stockier in a high flow. I have 250W Halides and they love it at the top, middle and bottom of the tank, I remove and/or sell them off all the time

I'd probably get rid of them but they were my first coral and I'm kinda sentimental.

-Adrian