was wondering if anyone knew what coral this is???

jepree · #1 05-25-2009, 07:38 AM

so i purchased a coral as a "RIDGE/BLUE CORAL." as yet i have not found a picture on the internet as to IT looking like a ridge/blue coral. it actually looks more like a cup/turban coral but the polyps don't extend and i already have one

i tried big als but they were well.....i'm not gonna say "stupid" even tho i want to so i'll say VERY VERY uninformative and not helpful at all!!!

can anyone please give me a proper id on this coral???

reefy · #2 05-25-2009, 07:42 AM

I believe thats a pacoda coral. give him sometime, the polyp will open when it adapt to ur water
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...a%3DN%26um%3D1

jepree · #3 05-25-2009, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by reefy

I believe thats a pacoda coral. give him sometime, the polyp will open when it adapt to ur water
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...a%3DN%26um%3D1

i'm almost sure it's not reefy just because i have a pagoda/cup/turban coral in my tank already but thats what i first assumed too! i have seen this coral in the sps tank at big als but they didn't know what it was and just kept telling me its a hard coral which frustrated me!

Drock169 · #4 05-25-2009, 08:01 AM

Scroll coral

Myka · #5 05-25-2009, 04:23 PM

Turbinaria sp aka Pagoda aka Scroll coral aka Cup coral aka Turban coral.

Oh, and it is a hard coral.

Both LPS and SPS are hard corals. Many people seem to think that LPS are soft corals, but they aren't. Anything with a calcareous skeleton is a hard coral of one sort or another. It may take a week or even two for the polyps to fully extend, but I assure you it is a Turbinaria coral no matter which common name you like to use. Your Turbinaria has really good coloring. Keep it happy and healthy with not too much light (or too little depending what type you have), and it will keep this gorgeous coloring. They have a tendency to bleach out to a tan color although there are yellow versions as well.

A Blue Ridge coral is something totally different. Blue Ridge is Heliopora sp, and although it looks like an SPS it is in fact an LPS coral. When you break a piece off it is blue on the inside, and if it is nice and healthy and well kept the growing tips will be bluish. I would like to have one in my tank. I love them!!

SeaHorse_Fanatic · #6 05-25-2009, 06:42 PM

Yup, I have the same coral. Its a Turbinaria sp. Very hardy & easy to keep. The polyps extend out a few days after I move it and those polyps are large (almost overlapping).

Anthony

jepree · #7 05-25-2009, 08:24 PM

thanks for all the helpfulness!!!

Snappy · #8 05-25-2009, 09:45 PM

It is definately Turbinaria. Most likely T.frondens or T.patula & is commonly referred to as Pagoda cup.

Zoaelite · #9 05-25-2009, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Snappy

It is definately Turbinaria. Most likely T.frondens or T.patula & is commonly referred to as Pagoda cup.

+1 on that.
Great looking piece,

The coral right above the blue/ orange acan is a cup coral, once open the polyps look like fuzzy fleshy plump little stars and there really easy to target feed.
Levi