ReefSafari Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 So I got this online, and the picture made it look like some kind of birdsnest, and since I seem to do the best with birdsnest, I figured what the heck so added it to my order, well when I got it, it doesn't really look like a birdsnest, there was no description of what it was they just said, "SPS Frag"....(scratch) I e-mailed them several times asking about it, but have not received any reply. I like it, I was thinking it was maybe a Stylophora or something? Anyway, here is a crappy pic, anyone have any idea of what it might be? Anyone have some of this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberduck9 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 pocillopora my friend. Or however you spell it. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattv Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Looks like some kind of pocillopora. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 looks to me like a very unhappy pocillopora the way the branching is so close and tips are rounded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finch6013 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Pocillapora fo show. Get it lots of light and flow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I agree... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReefSafari Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 Thanks for all the replies, Pocillopora it is, kinda threw me there with the growth pattern, it doesn't look anything like the Pocillopora I already have. Oh' well, it was only $5....can't complain, I like it.....we will see how it does and how it grows. Thanks everyone for your imput.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowpunk Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I have that variety, they get big fast. mine is about 2" from the water top and 6" from my 400w halide and it loves it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianB Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I wanna know what the purple coral is behind it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReefSafari Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 I wanna know what the purple coral is behind it. Thats Green Star Polyp that is closed up, I turned the lights on to snap the pic, and they had "gone to bed" already, that peice was the first peice of coral I ever bought, Its different than the other "Green Star Polyps" I have had, these don't spread super fast and are not cancerous like the other stuff I have, I like this stuff, but not the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold B Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 That was probably only getting limited light on the top only. The thing with pocillipora is they grow so thick that the center and under side will look alot like how yours is looking in the center now. I'd introduce it to ever increasing light slowly and it will fill out i'm sure they are a hearty coral. JMO FME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titus'reef Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 i have one of those corals too. I got it from westside aquarium. They are pretty nice when they are healthy. Yours doesn't look so healthy thought, but it should recover pretty soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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