PRW1988 Fish Gatherer Joined Mar 27, 2007 Messages 2,066 Reaction score 0 Location Canada Mar 9, 2010 #1 Well I posted a while ago asking for an id on my coral. My friend has told me it could be a zoo polyp but I'm not sure. What do you guys think? And if it is a zoo polyp can you give me some info please?
Well I posted a while ago asking for an id on my coral. My friend has told me it could be a zoo polyp but I'm not sure. What do you guys think? And if it is a zoo polyp can you give me some info please?
D dark_stranger New Member Joined Mar 26, 2008 Messages 42 Reaction score 0 Mar 9, 2010 #2 Looks like a Goniopora.
OP OP PRW1988 Fish Gatherer Joined Mar 27, 2007 Messages 2,066 Reaction score 0 Location Canada Mar 11, 2010 #3 That's what I thought too. But a few people I've asked dismissed it. Even at the store.
seffieuk I used to be indecisive but now I'm not so sure! Joined Apr 24, 2005 Messages 11,133 Reaction score 0 Location near Hockley, Essex UK Mar 11, 2010 #4 Can you turn it over an take a photo of its skeleton/base please? I am almost certain it is a Gonniopora, as I said earlier Seffie x
Can you turn it over an take a photo of its skeleton/base please? I am almost certain it is a Gonniopora, as I said earlier Seffie x
ben1987 Fish Aficionado Joined Sep 3, 2006 Messages 4,854 Reaction score 0 Location Sheffield, England Mar 12, 2010 #5 id agree with that, cant be zoanthids as it looks to be attacked to a skeleton. Which means its not a softie unless its grown on a dead bit as a way of someone fragginf them, in which case maybe clove polyps but deffo not zoas
id agree with that, cant be zoanthids as it looks to be attacked to a skeleton. Which means its not a softie unless its grown on a dead bit as a way of someone fragginf them, in which case maybe clove polyps but deffo not zoas
shibby Fish Herder Joined Apr 20, 2007 Messages 1,206 Reaction score 0 Location weston, UK Apr 2, 2010 #6 i think its alveopora, goniopora has more tentacles.
steelhealr Hug a mod Nano Reef Moderator Retired Moderator ⚒️ Joined Dec 27, 2004 Messages 5,632 Reaction score 4 Location Long Island, NY Apr 3, 2010 #7 I agree with Shibby. I vote for alveopora sp.. They are difficult to keep alive. SH