jenna Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 I brought this little hitchhiker home on some live rock last month and I don't know what it is... Is it a leather? It's growing slowly and I wanna make sure I have it in the right part of the tank. Right now the rock is near the bottom... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C0lin Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Looks like a little galaxy frag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenna Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 Are their polyps flower/star shaped like mine? I googled galaxy coral and to me they look more like a torch... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenna Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 I just reached my hand in the tank and touched it and it's most definitely an SPS... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffreyg Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Whatever it is. kinda neat lookin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenna Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 It is! And I actually just noticed another (tinier) one on the same rock while I was looking hard at it. I think the little fluorescent tips are really neat.. I'm just wondering if it's supposed to be this color or if it's browned out because it's at the bottom... I wish I had a macro lens so I could get a better photo. When I touched it the polyps retracted and it's definitely starting to grow out into a small stony branch. Too bad it's on a large supporting rock at the bottom or I'd move it upward :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVPaquatics Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 +1 on galaxia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Yeah galaxy is my guess. Definately if you can feel stony bottom careful as theyre very fragile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Would be easier to tell with skeleton too, galaxy has smallest polyps of all lps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenna Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 Well right now the skeleton is white-ish. I don't know if that's normal or if it got bleached from the mini-crash we had last weekend from our nudibranch. The polyps are tiny but a little bit larger than that of say, birdsnest. I will try to post a photo of the skeleton with the polyps retracted.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePremiumAquarium Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Looks like one of two possibilites two things: Pocillopora damicornis(most likely this) Galaxia fascicularis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenna Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 It does look a LOT like pocillopora damicornis from the photos I saw. THANKS!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenna Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 Is it ok where it's at?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Should be fine looks like its doing okay right now, now that garrett mentioned it you an see the pink base in middle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePremiumAquarium Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 It's a pretty easy going coral and requires medium to high light and medium to high flow. I tend to have good luck with it just about everywhere that it can get some light. It's a fun one to watch grow as it tends to grow pretty rapidly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenna Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 Yea it seems to be growing pretty fast. When I first noticed it it was just a few polyps pretty flush to the rock. I'd say it's doubled, possibly tripled in size in the last month or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Re_Run Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Cool freebies are always nice.. keep us posted with more pics as it gets larger.. check you calcium level if its an sps might want to keep it so it will keep growing fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenna Posted October 1, 2012 Author Share Posted October 1, 2012 Ah calcium level- that's another question I have. Mine seems to be too high! We have been dosing the right amount of trace elements but we're also using Purple Up (I know, people have mixed feelings about that stuff) but now our calcium is above where it should be. Everything else is at the proper level. Should we quit using the purple up? Are there consequences of the calcium being elevated? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunMonahan Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Pocillipora Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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