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FAQs about Stony Coral, Cnidarian
Identification 7 Related FAQs:
Stony Coral ID 1, Stony Coral ID 2,
Stony Coral ID 3,
Stony Coral ID 4, Stony Coral ID 5,
Stony Coral ID 6, Stony Coral ID 8,
Stony Coral ID 9, & Cnidarian
Identification,
Stony FAQs 1, Stony FAQs 2,
Foods/Feeding/Nutrition,
Disease/Health, Propagation, Coral
Compatibility, Stony
Coral Behavior, Related
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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> |  |
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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