What is this Coral?

[Oscar]

Originally Posted by Whatigot

Did you get a ridiculous amount of pistol shrimp (I have seen 9 in my tank at one time, who knows how many others are in there) as well?

I noticed while I was at JL that the corals like yours showing up on my rocks were the same as the symbiotic porites that exist with Christmas tree worms and sure enough, a tonne of them started to pop up recently on my LR as well.
I bet you will notice many of these on your rocks shortly.

No pistol shrimp and no Christmas tree worms so far. I have had the Cuban LR for 2 months now so I suspect I have seen all of the wildlife that I am going to get. Lots of very small feather dusters.

[Whatigot]

Man, I guess I lucked? out with the pistols, it's actually amazing watching a colony of them.

Did you have a look at the link to JL's pic of the Christmas tree worms?
To me it looked Identical to the ones that popped up on my cuban LR when I looked in person and when I saw all the ctw come up recently it really made me suspect they were one and the same
I have been watching these things for 2 months and I have not seen sweepers once and I do a fair amount of night gazing....

What do you think?
thank you.

[Oscar]

Originally Posted by Whatigot

Did you have a look at the link to JL's pic of the Christmas tree worms?

I have been watching these things for 2 months and I have not seen sweepers once and I do a fair amount of night gazing....

Yeah, thanks for the link. I am waiting until I am sure that my parameters have stabilized until I add any coral. I will be down at the Coast later this week so I will take a peek at that rock if any is in the store.

[Whatigot]

I think I wasn't clear.
I am wondering if you think that the coral you already have, the one that came on your liverock, is a match to the porites that are symbiotic with christmas tree worms as pictured in the link i posted earlier in this thread.
Again, I have the same coral on my LR from Cuba and I was certain it was porites, especially since I have seen no sweepers.
I was wondering if after having a look at the picture you might fathom a guess at if the porites that JL sells with its christmas tree worm rocks might be one and the same with the "mystery" coral you and I both had pop up on our LR...
Just looking for a second opinion, thank you.

[Oscar]

Originally Posted by Whatigot

I was wondering if after having a look at the picture you might fathom a guess at if the porites that JL sells with its christmas tree worm rocks might be one and the same with the "mystery" coral you and I both had pop up on our LR...
Just looking for a second opinion, thank you.

I do not have enough experience in coral ID to hazard a guess, hence the reason for my original post.

[Whatigot]

you don't have enough experience to look at one picture and compare it to what you have?

Come on now, how do you think you gain experience in Coral ID?
By identifying corals I'd imagine.....


In any case, based on my experiences and observations; I think it's porites.

[Oscar]

Originally Posted by Whatigot

you don't have enough experience to look at one picture and compare it to what you have?

I still check my driver's license to see what my name is, so no I am not going to hazard a guess on sketchy web photos.