Crystal Coral closed//Turns out not to be a CC

[noirsphynx]

I turned out the lights and went out for a few hours and upon my return it was almost completely open. here's the pic(with lights out) when I returned home.

[fencer]

Okay now I have no idea what it is....softie?

[marie]

That is not a galaxy coral, a type of non photosynthetic coral maybe? that would explain why it opens at night

[noirsphynx]

Originally Posted by marie

That is not a galaxy coral

I agree, it's not like any cystal coral I've found in my book or the net. It was fully open at the store in the middle of the day.

[noirsphynx]

Crystal coral my ass! I bought it as a crystal coral(not knowing what a crystal coral actually looked like.....newbie) but after searching the net since buying it I've finally figured out what this thing is. It's called a Dendronephthya. That'll teach me to buy on impulse

[spreerider]

looks cool i want one now, too bad its not photo

[fkshiu]

Better get some good filter feeder food/phyto since dendros aren't exactly the easiest corals to keep - what filter feeders are?

[noirsphynx]

Originally Posted by fkshiu

Better get some good filter feeder food/phyto since dendros aren't exactly the easiest corals to keep - what filter feeders are?

I feed Phyto and reef roids daily. I'm going to try mounting it under an over hang in my tank to see how it does. I was reading that they're often found like that.