xADUBx Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Saw this on a post from someones tank and couldn't remember where. Just curious if any knows what kind of coral this is. Link to comment
seahorsedreams Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Looks like a goniopora. They are often found at the LFS dyed so don't let that sweet color fool ya... it may not be real. And now-a-days there is the beautiful art of photoshopping. Link to comment
TJ_Burton Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Looks like Alvepora Can't remember which has more tenticles on the polyps, Goniopora or Alvepora. Link to comment
phases Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Looks like goniopora to me. Alveopora has less tentacles and larger heads in proportion to the stalks. Link to comment
reefman225gal Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Looks like a Goniopora (24 tentacles) Alveopora (12 tentacles) Link to comment
FateX9 Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 i have a question about this coral my friend got one of these and my lfs told him that theyre photosynthetic im just really curious because ive always been told goniopora's are the hardest corals to keep alive because of their diet and if theyre really photosynthetic i dont see how theyre so hard to keep is it a species of goniopora that are photosynthetic or is it just more misinformation? Link to comment
supreme_spork Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 this is identical to a small goni colony i just saw at my LFS yesterday, although it looks a bit more color saturated in this picture. google goniopora care and you'll find goniopora.org. also this -- http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2005/10/aafeature2 Link to comment
c est ma Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 i have a question about this coral my friend got one of these and my lfs told him that theyre photosynthetic im just really curious because ive always been told goniopora's are the hardest corals to keep alive because of their diet and if theyre really photosynthetic i dont see how theyre so hard to keep is it a species of goniopora that are photosynthetic or is it just more misinformation? Coral nutrition is not as simple as it might sound...I found a good article in a magazine by Anthony Calfo, which I think might make a good sticky here...but an excerpt reads as follows: I think that many aquarium hobbyists believe that if they have adequate lighting, their corals will survive with little to no supplemental feeding. The reality of the matter, however, could not be further from the truth. Corals can indeed (potentially) obtain 100% of their carbon needs from zooxanthellate symbiosis, but...their requisite nitrogen must still come from feeding! All corals require at least some supplemental feeding. (Emphasis Calfo's. From C; The Journal, vol. 1, no. 3., 2007) --Diane Link to comment
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